Regional and Global Linkages in the Energy-Climate-Development Policy Nexus: The Case of Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive

This research paper evaluates the biofuels components and sustainability criteria of the European Union's Renewable Energy Directive, analyzing how they align regional energy-economic goals with global environment, climate, and development policies.

• The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive is designed to speed up the shift toward renewable energy to advance EU policy goals regarding competitiveness, sustainability, and energy security.
• The Directive's biofuels components require convergence between regional and global policy objectives to ensure that regional energy-economic goals are aligned with global climate policy and general development and environment policies.
• The implementation and design of the sustainability criteria within the Directive's biofuels components tend to bolster internal EU technology and market objectives, but they diminish the Directive's potential influence on international development goals and global energy markets.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2011). Regional and Global Linkages in the Energy-Climate-Development Policy Nexus: The Case of Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive. https://www.sei.org/publications/regional-global-linkages-in-the-energy-climate-development-policy-nexus-the-case-of-biofuels-in-the-eu-renewable-energy-directive/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Regional and Global Linkages in the Energy-Climate-Development Policy Nexus: The Case of Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive. 2011. https://www.sei.org/publications/regional-global-linkages-in-the-energy-climate-development-policy-nexus-the-case-of-biofuels-in-the-eu-renewable-energy-directive/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2011regional, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Regional and Global Linkages in the Energy-Climate-Development Policy Nexus: The Case of Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2011}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/regional-global-linkages-in-the-energy-climate-development-policy-nexus-the-case-of-biofuels-in-the-eu-renewable-energy-directive/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }