The Executive Secretary of OLACDE participated in the roundtable with Pan-American actors in the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) value chain to address the challenges, opportunities, and concrete proposals to stimulate this technology and its production in the region. The event took place in Bogotá, Colombia.
The SAF working group was composed of representatives from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Climate Champions Team (Race to Zero, Race to Resilience), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (CLAC), and the Pan-American Coalition for Liquid Biofuels (CPBIO).
Within the framework of the imperative to mitigate the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions derived from human activity, the aviation sector is a key focus, as it represents between 2% and 3% of global CO2 emissions and 12% of the emissions produced by the transportation sector.
Therefore, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are presented as a safe option, representing 65% of the options for decarbonizing the aviation sector.
This is because the aviation sector is unique compared to other modes of transportation, due to its reliance on liquid fuels and the impossibility of implementing new paradigms of air mobility alternative to internal combustion.
The Americas could play a fundamental role regarding SAF, as they present a high potential for expansion, from resource availability to a high degree of development in the intermediate value chain, through biofuels dedicated to the land transportation sector with certified sustainable practices. However, the market is still very nascent and currently lacks local production.
The main objective of this event was to bring together key actors in the SAF production, commercialization, and use value chain to establish challenges and suggest lines of action to overcome current barriers and jointly determine how to achieve their development in the region, with action commitments that could be presented at the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 30), which will take place in Brazil next year.
More information:
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