Europe’s biofuels addiction is threatening human rights in Peru
    
                  Blog by Oxfam België/Belgique
                    3 August 2021
            
        While Europe’s biofuels policies have figured prominently as a means to secure a more sustainable energy supply for the continent, they have created perverse incentives in developing countries such as Peru. The Chira Valley is a clear example of how this quest for greener alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted the development of large-scale bioethanol projects in the Global South, which have high social and environmental costs for local communities.