Publisher's Synopsis
Biofuels are promoted as type of renewable energy from biomass that replaces fossil fuelds in transportation, in an attempt to achieve the three-fold objectives of energy security, rural development, and GHG emission reductions. However, the increased consumption and production of biofuels have been increasingly subject to criticism for their potential negative impacts on environmental and socio-economic sustainability, and these impacts could be intertwined and have implications ranging from local to global scales. In this context, this book is dedicated to a comparative analysis on the state-of-affairs of the regulatory approaches to sustainability of biofuels in the international EU, and Chinese legal frameworks, examining whether they may inclusively address sustainability concerns in environmental and socio-economic dimensions.
