Khalil Hegarty is a trade and sustainability consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked with the palm oil sector in Indonesia, Malaysia and Nigeria, and consulted with industry groups in Australia on trade policy and with Australian, German and ASEAN governments on trade projects. He has worked with the forest sectors across the US, Italy, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Korea. He is currently Associate Director at ITS Global, a consultancy based in Melbourne.
RI Visit Shows EU ContradictionsAs reported last week, Indonesian ministers and ministerial staff travelled to Geneva last week to open consultations with the European Union at the WTO over the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).The leaders of the delegation… Read more Read More
Indonesia prepares for battle in Switzerland
This week Indonesia and the EU are meeting in Geneva for a WTO consultation over the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The meeting is the culmination of a months-long public battle of words over… Read more Read More
I-EFTA May Be
Torpedoed by Swiss Activists
The free trade agreement between Indonesia and the
European Free Trade Area (comprising Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and
Iceland) appears to be in jeopardy after Swiss activists launched a campaign to
have palm oil… Read more Read More
The RED Review has already begun
The implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) hasn’t commenced in earnest, but the European Commission has already begun its review of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) and relevant data.
The RED itself states… Read more Read More
RSPO Preview: Will Smallholders Get a Standard?
The next few weeks are going to be busy for palm stakeholders in the region. A high-profile event for the industry based in Europe will be the 17th Annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm… Read more Read More
ICAO: Is aviation a new palm-renewables battleground?
As reported in our last issue, a number of NGOs had made aviation fuel a policy issue – taking aim at palm oil. There were, of course, a number of problems with the… Read more Read More
COMMENT: A Decade after G20 Pittsburgh and CGF Zero Deforestation
Just over 10 years ago, the world had its eyes on Pittsburgh for the G20 meeting. The world was expecting major announcements on climate change in the lead-up to the… Read more Read More
COMMENT: EU aid lobby seems happy to ban palm oil. How about fighting fires instead?
This year’s haze event has been highlighted by a number of aid agencies, campaigners and politicians around the world, particularly in the West. But this… Read more Read More
NYDF: Another year, another commitment
The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) has released its first five-year assessment report, and it’s pretty sobering reading for those who were present when the 2014 declaration was signed.
For those who weren’t around… Read more Read More
Trade War Update
The EU has hit back at Indonesia’s proposal to slap duties in European dairy products in response to the EU’s countervailing duties on biodiesel, with its most aggressive statement to date.
According to news reports, the EU’s… Read more Read More