Biofuels: ethical issues

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• Varsha Jagadesham
• Friday 28 October 2011, 14:00-15:30
• Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley.

Cambridge Bioenergy Initiative / Nuffield Council on Bioethics event:

If you have missed the industry-focused discussion event on 1 Sept, here is another opportunity to hear and discuss the outcomes of the Nuffield Report:

To achieve sustainable economic growth, global society needs to wean itself off fossil resources. This in turn puts increased pressure on available biomass, land and water. In the rush for resources, ethical considerations are easily overlooked or given a low priority.

This April the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published its report on the ethical issues surrounding biofuels (Biofuels: ethical issues).The report, which includes recommendations for policy and practice, highlights that its conclusions are also applicable to other sectors which build on biomass as a key resource.

Varsha Jagadesham will be discussing the findings of the Council’s report with the audience. The report can be downloaded from http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/biofuels-0.

This talk is part of the Plant Sciences Talks series.

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