The Future of Palm Oil in Europe
European Union on their new resolution the Renewable Energy Directive also known as RED 2 or The Directive, feedstock for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) that come from unsustain process are banned with approach called Indirect-land usage change (ILUC) as criteria for material selection. Palm oil is included as unsustain material for RES because the indirect land-usage change from forest, wetland and peatland into cropland. European Union feels their effort to reduce greenhouse gas emission with Renewable energy sources (biofuel) is wasted as the producer of biofuel material do deforestation and produce greenhouse gas emission more than EU tried to reduce. The EU made bold statement with RED II as to ensure the RES producer stop deforestation. The Directive adopted on March 13, 2019 and have two-month period scrutiny period to express an objection. Indonesia and Malaysia as the palm oil largest producer think The Directive is discriminative against their material and sent an ...