Biofuels are a key component of the EU strategy to improve the efficiency in transport. However, several difficulties have been identified regarding the long-term sustainability of the European Commission's Policy around biofuels. This paper presents a summary of the discussions held in the BP Forum on Energy and Sustainability, in which more than 30 international experts put forward their proposals for improving current policies for biofuels in Europe. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.