Associations Between Biofuel Production and Sustainable Development Goals 2, 6, 7, 13, and 15
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v12i2.4324Keywords:
Sustainable Development Goals, biofuels, biofuel production, sustainable development indicators, energyAbstract
Total biofuel demand in areas like transport and energy is set to grow by almost 30% annually to reach 50 billion gallons by 2026. Biofuels' association with sustainable development has been a subject of discussion among researchers and policymakers. Even the most robust studies on this topic examine only a small number of sustainable development indicators across a limited number of countries. This study analyzes whether biofuel production could advance, impede, or have no association with targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2, 6, 7, 13, and 15, which relate to biofuel production on a global scale. Correlations between ethanol, biodiesel, and total biofuel production datasets and 23 indicators of the selected targets in 34 of the world's largest biofuel-producing countries for 2009–2019 were compiled and analyzed in the context of the existing literature. Findings suggest that biofuel production has varying associations with SDG targets.
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