"A large part of the world's supply of important foodstuffs such as wheat, barley and sunflower oil seems to be completely shut down due to the war in Ukraine, which already means higher food prices. Therefore, we recommend that Denmark - initially temporarily - stop using food and feed for biofuels", says Jeppe Juul, Senior Adviser, Climate and Transport at the Green Transition Denmark.

Ukraine and Russia produce 24% of the world's wheat and barley, 15% of corn and over 60% of the globally traded sunflower oil. Already today, sunflower oil is being rationed in German, Spanish and Italian supermarkets, and the price of wheat has risen by around 50% since the beginning of February.

"Biofuels based on food and feed crops make no sense - especially in a food crisis. Crops that can be used as food for humans must not be poured into cars.

Therefore, the use of food and feed for transport fuels must be phased out". says Tarjei Haalund, Energy Policy Advisor at Greenpeace.

The EU Commission issued a statement on Wednesday calling on EU member states to reduce the use of feed and generation biofuels in light of the current crisis. A call that the two environmental organizations can only agree with. At the same time, the electrification of road transport should be accelerated in order to reduce oil consumption and make Denmark and the EU less dependent on imported fossil fuels.

More information

Jeppe Juul, Senior Advisor, Climate and Transport
tel. 33181948

Tarjei Haaland, Climate and energy expert, Greenpeace Denmark
tel. 28109053