This link was published on 12 February 2019

Norway Bans Deforestation-Linked Palm Oil Biofuels

The Norwegian parliament voted to make Norway the world's first country to ban its biofuel industry from importing deforestation-linked palm oil starting in 2020. A 2017 report by Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) showed palm oil-based biofuels have a more detrimental effect on climate change than using fossil fuels. The resolution calls on the government "to formulate a comprehensive proposal for policies and taxes in the biofuels policy in order to exclude biofuels with high deforestation risk."

  • EcoWatch
  • Climate Change
  • Palm Oil
  • Rainforest Foundation Norway
  • The Norwegian parliament
  • biofuel industry
  • importing deforestation-linked palm oil
  • fossil fuels
  • policies
  • taxes
  • biofuels policy
  • high deforestation risk