Zoltán Szabó
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A widely expected food crisis derailing climate ambitions?
Efficiency championed by advanced grain processors or biorefineries offer a way to cut through trade-offs between conflicting policy aims. Creating value through industrial efficiency is perhaps the best way forward to simultaneously achieve climate, energy and food / feed policy...
Minimum wage policies offer a lesson for advancement of farming
It is not the case that any minimum wage is bad. Equally true, it is not the case that any biofuels demand is bad. Empirical evidence finds that a set minimum wage is beneficial for economy and society. Likewise, biofuel demand contributes to advancing farming, writes Zoltán Szabó.
Is there a link between air pollution and the coronavirus?
Early signs suggest the spread of COVID-19 is facilitated by air pollution, and if so, why not clean the air by using alternative fuels, such as ethanol?, writes Angela Tin and Zoltán Szabó. Angela Tin is from the American Lung...
How biofuels enter the race against the coronavirus pandemic
For 2020, hand sanitisers and disinfectants are what new iPhones and electric vehicles were for 2019. So, who are the Apples and Teslas of ethyl alcohol, asks Zoltán Szabó and explains how a climate solution is being turned into health assistance.
Will National Energy and Climate Plans, key to transport decarbonisation, deliver?
The EU is facing another lost decade in transport decarbonisation, a difficult process that requires all available measures. The National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) are key to decarbonising transport in the next decade and delivering on the EU's climate pledges, writes Zoltán Szabó.
Fair fuel pricing: A test for Europe’s climate ambitions
Is the EU committed enough to increase taxes on fossil fuels? That is a question that needs to be raised now considering the long-running debate on the best measures, including energy taxation, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, write Kai Schlegelmilch and Zoltán Szabó.
The dismal prospect of advanced biofuels in the EU
Advanced biofuels are proposed as the next fuels to replace oil, but the EU regulatory environment is fuzzy and uncertain to lure investors and some questionable solutions may benefit the most – in addition to oil, writes Zoltán Szabó.
Loaded terms in the bioeconomy
The use of emotionally misleading terms needs to be avoided if we are to have efficient policies, writes Zoltán Szabó.
The real impact of palm oil and failed policies
The true negative impact of palm oil, the interests that the trade serves and the failure of policy to deal with deforestation and other consequences, write Jakub Kvapil, Stanislav Lhota and Zoltán Szabó
EU’s fanciful transport decarbonisation strategy
Europe seeks to stop the increase in transport GHG emissions with the wrong policies, writes Zoltán Szabó.