About twenty countries, including Chile, Mexico, Panama and Guatemala, joined this Friday the initiative to quadruple the use of biofuels until 2035, within the framework of the COP30 leaders’ summit in Belém.
The initiative, co-sponsored by Brazil, Japan and Italy, aims to promote international cooperation to extend sustainable fuels, such as green hydrogen, biogas or ethanol, currently with a residual participation in energy markets.
The commitment, made in a statement released this Friday, is, “at a minimum,” to quadruple the use of these products until 2035 through “the implementation of existing or new policies.”
Dubbed “Belém 4X”, the declaration explains that these energy sources “need to be produced at scale and at competitive prices” so that they are a complement to electricity and can help “replace fossil fuels in transportation and industry.”
According to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, the International Energy Agency (IEA) was available to annually monitor the progress of the commitment made.
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At the moment, ‘Belém 4X’ has received support from 19 countries: Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Panama, North Korea, Sudan and Zambia.
However, it remains open to incorporate new members.
For the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the geographical variety of the signatory countries shows “the relevance of sustainable fuels for the energy transition and the fight against climate change.”
The transition from fossil sources to renewable ones was one of the central topics of the second and final day of the leaders’ summit of the climate conference (COP30), which is being held in the Brazilian city of Belém, the gateway to the Amazon.
Throughout the two days, around 60 heads of State and Government participated in an event marked by the absences of the leaders of the United States, Donald Trump; and from China, Xi Jinping.
With information from EFE.
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