FUELLING PROGRESS OR POVERTY? THE EU AND BIOFUELS IN TANZANIA Policy Coherence for Development in practice Jasper van Teeffelen February 2013 FUELLING PROGRESS OR POVERTY? THE EU AND BIOFUELS IN TANZANIA Policy Coherence for Development in practice Jasper van Teeffelen February 2013 COLOPHON Evert Vermeer Foundation Herengracht 54 1015 BN Amsterdam the Netherlands Postal Address: P.O. BOX 1310 1000 BH Amsterdam the Netherlands T: +31 (0)20-55 12 293 F: +31 (0)20-55 12 250 E:
[email protected] I: www.evertvermeer.nl/english www.fairpolitics.eu Design Glamcult Studio Printed by Platform P Images Evert Vermeer Foundation (2012) FAIR POLITICS IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE EVERT VERMEER FOUNDATION AND IS SUPPORTED BY: The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the Evert Vermeer Foundation and does not necessarily reflect the position of its supporters. TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 List of acronyms 05 Initiative by the Evert Vermeer Foundation 07 Foreword 08 Executive summary 10 Map of Tanzania 13 1. Introduction 17 2. Scope and research methods 21 3. Policy Coherence for Development 21 3.1 The state of play 23 3.2 The way forward 27 4. Biofuels and the European Union 27 4.1 Biofuels 28 Box 1: Jatropha 28 4.2 The EU biofuels policy and the Renewable Energy Directive 31 4.3 Indirect Land Use Change 31 4.4 Biofuels and Policy Coherence for Development 34 4.5 Biofuels policy: incoherent with development goals 37 5. Biofuels in Tanzania 37 5.1 Tanzania and the EU 37 5.2 Biofuels in Tanzania 39 5.3 The role of EU biofuels policy in Tanzania 41 5.4 Dialogue and consultation 43 5.5 Development policy 43 5.6 Biofuels policy and PCD on the ground in Tanzania 47 6.