Area
Norway
Commodity Group
Biofuels
Commodity
Biodiesel
Date
01/12/2018
Policy Category
Other
Policy Instrument
Environmental policy
Description
Called, through Parliament, for the formulation of a comprehensive set of measures to exclude from the market biofuels whose production entails a high risk of deforestation.
Notes
The Norwegian Parliament requested the countrys Government to formulate a comprehensive proposal for measures to exclude from the market biofuels whose production entails high deforestation risk, effective 1 January 2020. With regard to palm oil, Parliamentarians have linked indirect land use effects arising from palm oil production to deforestation. Reportedly, in 2017, close to half of all biofuels consumed in the country were based on palm oil. The countrys current biofuel policy includes blending mandates for transport fuel (set at 20 percent in 2020) and a road tax exemption for biofuel supplied above mandated volumes. On a related subject, the Norwegian Government has announced that, from 2020, airlines operating in the country will be required to use fuel blends containing 0.5 percent of waste/residue-based biofuels.
