Updated evidence on ‘high indirect land-use change risk’ biofuel feedstock

Between 2020 and 2024 Cerulogy supported Guidehouse, GRAS and IIASA in updating the evidence base on the deforestation associated with biofuel feedstock crops, as  an input to the European Commission’s assessment of which biofuel crops pose a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk. The work includes new satellite data analysis demonstrating the continued linkage between some biofuel crops and deforestation – notably oil palm in Southeast Asia and soybeans in South America.

This technical analysis has informed a proposal by the Commission to update the EU’s list of high ILUC-risk feedstocks to include soybeans.