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convened a working group of leading experts to consider the
science and technology prospects of delivering efficient
biofuels for transport in the broader context of the
environmental protection and sustainability. The working group
concluded that biofuels have a potentially useful role in
tackling the issues of climate change and energy supply.
However, important opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from biofuels, and to ensure wider environmental and
social benefits, may be missed with existing policy frameworks
and targets. Unless biofuel development is supported by
appropriate policies and economic instruments then there is a
risk that we may become locked into inefficient biofuel supply
chains that potentially create harmful environmental and social
impacts. New technologies need to be accelerated that can help
address these issues, aided by policies that provide direct
incentives to invest in the most efficient biofuels. The repor