Inglés Soporte

The report criticizes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for promoting a 'flawed model' of large-scale, export-oriented agrofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean. It argues that these projects, driven by demand from the US and Europe, lead to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and human rights abuses, such as violent land grabs in Colombia. The document asserts that agrofuels are not a viable climate solution due to land-use emissions and calls for the IDB to shift funding toward small-scale, local energy projects and truly clean renewables like wind and solar.

• Agrofuels produced via large-scale monoculture plantations are not an effective climate solution and may increase greenhouse gas emissions due to land-use changes and the conversion of carbon-rich land.
• The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has aggressively returned to agrofuel lending, approving US$45 million in loans and technical cooperation funds, with nearly US$3 billion in private sector projects in preparation.
• In Brazil, the expansion of sugarcane ethanol for export has devastated the Cerrado savanna and threatened the Amazon, while displacing small farmers and degrading local food security.
• The IDB's environmental screening process is criticized as inadequate, specifically citing the Moema debt restructuring project which was classified as Category C (negligible impact) despite its massive scale and potential for future ecosystem encroachment.
• In Colombia, the expansion of palm oil plantations has been linked to severe human rights violations, including the forced and violent displacement of Afro-Colombian communities by paramilitaries.
• Promoting agrofuels in the Caribbean and Central America risks increasing food insecurity, particularly in Haiti, where national crop production provides approximately 48 percent of available food.

APA

Calixte, A., Horner, K., & Ortiz, L. S. (2008). Inglés Soporte. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ingles-SoporteWEB1.pdf

Chicago

Calixte, Aldrin, Kate Horner, and Lucia Schild Ortiz. Inglés Soporte. Friends of the Earth International, 2008. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ingles-SoporteWEB1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{calixte2008ingls, author = {Calixte, Aldrin and Horner, Kate and Ortiz, Lucia Schild}, title = {{Inglés Soporte}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2008}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ingles-SoporteWEB1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }