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    The recent articles discuss the European Commission's decision to phase out palm oil biofuels due to concerns about its high carbon footprint and impact on deforestation. Malaysia and Indonesia have protested this directive, arguing it unfairly discriminates against palm oil. However, statistics show the palm oil industry has been responsible for substantial deforestation and wildlife loss. Significant sustainability reforms are needed for the palm oil industry to overcome its poor environmental reputation.

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    The recent articles discuss the European Commission's decision to phase out palm oil biofuels due to concerns about its high carbon footprint and impact on deforestation. Malaysia and Indonesia have protested this directive, arguing it unfairly discriminates against palm oil. However, statistics show the palm oil industry has been responsible for substantial deforestation and wildlife loss. Significant sustainability reforms are needed for the palm oil industry to overcome its poor environmental reputation.

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    The recent articles discuss the European Commission's decision to phase out palm oil biofuels due to concerns about its high carbon footprint and impact on deforestation. Malaysia and Indonesia have protested this directive, arguing it unfairly discriminates against palm oil. However, statistics show the palm oil industry has been responsible for substantial deforestation and wildlife loss. Significant sustainability reforms are needed for the palm oil industry to overcome its poor environmental reputation.

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    The recent articles discuss the European Commission's decision to phase out palm oil biofuels due to concerns about its high carbon footprint and impact on deforestation. Malaysia and Indonesia have protested this directive, arguing it unfairly discriminates against palm oil. However, statistics show the palm oil industry has been responsible for substantial deforestation and wildlife loss. Significant sustainability reforms are needed for the palm oil industry to overcome its poor environmental reputation.

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    Recent News

    Need to Tackle the Trust Deficit


     This article discusses the European Commission’s decision to phase out palm oil biofuels. The decision is based on
    the high carbon footprint of palm oil production.
     The European directive is to bring about good behavioural change in the palm oil industry.
     The article further discusses the conferences and previous instances in which the palm oil industry has been
    criticized for its impact on the environment, as well as research findings which incriminate the industry for its carbon
    footprint, and thus its contribution towards climate change.
    Malaysia, Indonesia join forces to protest EU directive 2018/2001
    This article highlights the partnership between Malaysia and Indonesia in objecting the
    Delegated Regulation Supplementing Directive 2018/2001 of the European Union Renewable
    Energy Directive II.
    Malaysian authorities argue that the law discriminates against palm oil-produced biofuels as
    compared to other oil crops, without scientific data or reliable information to back up the
    decision.
    Walk the Talk on Sustainability
    This article stresses on the need to ensure that the palm oil industry is sustainable to the
    environment in order to reduce the stigma from the Western world.
    Statistics show that the palm oil industry has been highly responsible for deforestation,
    leading to loss of tree cover, and wildlife deaths.
    • Most of the recent articles regarding palm oil point to the decision of the
    European Union to phase out palm oil.
    • The Delegated Regulation Supplementing Directive 2018/2001 of the European
    Union Renewable Energy Directive II was drafted because Western authorities
    claim that the palm oil industry leaves a high carbon footprint, contributing
    significantly towards climate change, and is therefore unsustainable in the long
    run.
    • Local authorities, however, rebut that the palm oil industry is no more harmful to
    the environment as compared to other oil crops, and that this directive is nothing
    more than a ploy to cripple the economy of palm oil-producing countries, while at
    the same time boosting the demand for their own crops.
    • Regardless of the basis of the claims from either party, it is undeniable that the
    palm oil industry has been responsible for a significant volume of deforestation in
    Malaysia alone.
    • Significant and immediate action has to be taken in order to convince the wider
    world to accept palm oil as the better alternative in all aspects, and thus reverse
    the decision by the European Union. Failing that, the palm oil industry looks to be
    bleak for the foreseeable future.

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