aaron leopold prepared for the meeting of the national focal points for pcd, 9 february, 2012, oecd,...

Aaron Leopold

Prepared for the Meeting of the National Focal Points for PCD, 9 February, 2012, OECD, Paris.

aleopolds@globalgovernance.eu

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

aleopold@globalgovernance.eu or aaron@iisd.org

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