Aaron Leopold
Prepared for the Meeting of the National Focal Points for PCD, 9 February, 2012, OECD, Paris.
The ongoing rush for land in Sub-Saharan Africa, biofuels and the
importance of developing country partners in PCD.
Biofuels: an open Pandora’s Box for PCD?
① Auto industry
② Environmental Concerns
③ Food vs. Fuel
④ Trade
⑤ Land & Food
⑥ Environmental Concerns again
⑦ 2nd Generation?
Land acquisitions or “grabbing” in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jump from 4 to 60+ mil. hectares per annum from 2008-10 (France!)
5-10% of total SSA land
Shady contracts
Friis/Reenberg 2010: majority for biofuels
ILC 2012: three quarters for biofuels
“Worst in Best” practices?
Policy Coherence for Biofuels
• Biofuels: PCD is (Global) Political Economy• Meaningful & long term cooperation on policy with all ministries and
development partners at all PCD stages• (commitment & statements, coordination mechanisms, monitoring)
• EU opened door & legitimized global boom
• EU 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development: “Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead”
• p107 “Energy policy: continue to work on the sustainability of biofuels and biomass, including monitoring of impacts.”
• Contingency planning?
Many thanks – Questions?
Aaron Leopold
Global Governance Institute (GGI), Brussels
Freie Universität Berlin
International Institute for Sustainable Development
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