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Sustainability for Whom? The discursive framing of ‘sustainable biofuels’ in the EU and Indonesia

Fridén, Alexia LU (2019) STVK12 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In order to transform the fossil fuel dependent transport sector the promotion of biofuels has been crucial in the European Union’s transition towards climate neutrality. To ensure the sustainability of biofuels the European Commission published a Delegated Act on March 13th 2019, proposing the gradual phase-out of high emitting biofuels that may cause indirect land use change (ILUC) – one of them being palm oil. This policy change has activated debates both in Europe and in major palm oil producing countries such as Indonesia – in which concerns over development trade-offs have been intensified. With the aim of illuminating the political debate on the proposed ILUC Directive, this paper takes the approach of environmental discourse... (More)
In order to transform the fossil fuel dependent transport sector the promotion of biofuels has been crucial in the European Union’s transition towards climate neutrality. To ensure the sustainability of biofuels the European Commission published a Delegated Act on March 13th 2019, proposing the gradual phase-out of high emitting biofuels that may cause indirect land use change (ILUC) – one of them being palm oil. This policy change has activated debates both in Europe and in major palm oil producing countries such as Indonesia – in which concerns over development trade-offs have been intensified. With the aim of illuminating the political debate on the proposed ILUC Directive, this paper takes the approach of environmental discourse analysis to analyze the argumentative rationality in official documents and other written or spoken statements uttered by identified discourse coalitions in the EU and in Indonesia. With background against the theories of ecological modernization and uneven development, the findings suggest that the ILUC Directive reflects the story-lines held by the European Commission that build on the ideas of ecological modernization. The rival discourses, led by the Indonesian state, non-governmental organizations and local actors demonstrate the deviating opinions in which different forms of development trade-offs are emphasized. (Less)
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author
Fridén, Alexia LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
European Union, renewable energy, Indonesia, palm oil, discourse analysis
language
English
id
8978122
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:12:21
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2019-09-06 09:12:21
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  abstract     = {{In order to transform the fossil fuel dependent transport sector the promotion of biofuels has been crucial in the European Union’s transition towards climate neutrality. To ensure the sustainability of biofuels the European Commission published a Delegated Act on March 13th 2019, proposing the gradual phase-out of high emitting biofuels that may cause indirect land use change (ILUC) – one of them being palm oil. This policy change has activated debates both in Europe and in major palm oil producing countries such as Indonesia – in which concerns over development trade-offs have been intensified. With the aim of illuminating the political debate on the proposed ILUC Directive, this paper takes the approach of environmental discourse analysis to analyze the argumentative rationality in official documents and other written or spoken statements uttered by identified discourse coalitions in the EU and in Indonesia. With background against the theories of ecological modernization and uneven development, the findings suggest that the ILUC Directive reflects the story-lines held by the European Commission that build on the ideas of ecological modernization. The rival discourses, led by the Indonesian state, non-governmental organizations and local actors demonstrate the deviating opinions in which different forms of development trade-offs are emphasized.}},
  author       = {{Fridén, Alexia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Sustainability for Whom? The discursive framing of ‘sustainable biofuels’ in the EU and Indonesia}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}