Associations Between Biofuel Production and Sustainable Development Goals 2, 6, 7, 13, and 15

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