Sustainability a key challenge as new global alliance seeks to increase biofuel production

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A cleaner source of energy compared with conventional fossil fuels, biofuels are derived from biomass, such as from plants or agricultural and industrial biowaste.

Diversion of food crops to produce biofuels harms food security, especially for the poor when food prices are already soaring because of the war in Ukraine.

Another sticking point is deforestation to clear land needed to grow biofuel feedstocks. Such unsustainable production has a negative impact not just on biodiversity, but also on the ability of natural habitats to capture carbon.

Moving away from first-generation biofuels, which are produced from food crops, has emerged as a critical need to ensure sustainability....countries should now help speed up the commercial production of biofuels produced from agricultural waste, as well as newer sources such as algae.

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