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India’s aviation sector is heading towards a major green transition From ticket prices to airport infrastructure, Sustainable Aviation Fuel could reshape the future of flying in India https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/india-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-policy-airlines-air-travel-airports-carbon-emissions-v45usga2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aviation #SAF #India #Airlines #SustainableTravel

India’s aviation sector is heading towards a major green transition From ticket prices to airport infrastructure, Sustainable Aviation Fuel could reshape the future of flying in India https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/india-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-policy-airlines-air-travel-airports-carbon-emissions-v45usga2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aviation #SAF #India #Airlines #SustainableTravel

India’s aviation sector is heading towards a major green transition From ticket prices to airport infrastructure, Sustainable Aviation Fuel could reshape the future of flying in India https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/india-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-policy-airlines-air-travel-airports-carbon-emissions-v45usga2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aviation #SAF #India #Airlines #SustainableTravel

India’s aviation sector is heading towards a major green transition From ticket prices to airport infrastructure, Sustainable Aviation Fuel could reshape the future of flying in India https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/india-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-policy-airlines-air-travel-airports-carbon-emissions-v45usga2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aviation #SAF #India #Airlines #SustainableTravel

Vivência agroecológica mostra realidade dos territórios da reforma agrária

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/05/15/vivencia-agroecologica-mostra-realidade-dos-territorios-da-reforma-agraria/

Vivência agroecológica mostra realidade dos territórios da reforma agrária

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/05/15/vivencia-agroecologica-mostra-realidade-dos-territorios-da-reforma-agraria/

‘O futebol de rua praticamente não existe’, diz Rincon Sapiência, que lança o curta ‘Homem Gol’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/podcast/bem-viver/2026/05/15/o-futebol-de-rua-praticamente-nao-existe-diz-rincon-sapiencia-que-lanca-o-curta-homem-gol/

‘O futebol de rua praticamente não existe’, diz Rincon Sapiência, que lança o curta ‘Homem Gol’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/podcast/bem-viver/2026/05/15/o-futebol-de-rua-praticamente-nao-existe-diz-rincon-sapiencia-que-lanca-o-curta-homem-gol/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/234725/ Kenya Airways, Rubis Plan $82 Million SAF Refinery To Cut African Aviation Emissions #Africa #AviationEmissions #Climate #ESG #Kenya #KenyaAirways #Rubis #SAF #SustainableAviationFuelRefinery

https://www.europesays.com/videos/25786/ In Sudan, both sides ‘have taken the country to the dogs’: Kenya’s Ruto • FRANCE 24 English #Africa #Egypt #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #kenya #rsf #Ruto #SAF #sudan #William #WilliamRuto

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

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Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

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Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect

https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

BP Cancels Rotterdam Biofuels Plant, Joining Shell in Heavy Capital Retreat

BP has cancelled plans for a major biofuels facility at its Rotterdam refinery, scoring another setback for Europe’s…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #Rotterdam #Aviationfuel #Biofuels #BP #SAF #Shell #theNetherlands
https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/11136/

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/16441/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht | Nachrichten aus aller Welt #Aboutengé #Adré #Brasilien #Bürgerkrieg #Chad #Darfur #Familie #Flüchtling #Hilfsorganisation #Kampf #KefaMayange #Konflikte #Krieg #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Strohmatte #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Zentralafrika

Santos inicia debate sobre SAF e novo estatuto gera tensão: Conselho Deliberativo inicia nesta semana discussões sobre mudanças profundas no estatuto do clube, incluindo possível abertura para SAF. https://br.bolavip.com/santos/santos-inicia-debate-sobre-saf-e-novo-estatuto-gera-tensao #Santos #SAF

ONU alerta por mortales ataques con drones en Sudán

Türk emite una alerta máxima ante la escalada del conflicto en Sudán y el aumento del uso de drones.

Por Martín García | Reportero                                      

El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, condenó este lunes enérgicamente el creciente uso de vehículos aéreos no tripulados armados en Sudán y el impacto mortal que está teniendo en la población civil, advirtiendo de una intensificación y una mayor propagación de la violencia en las próximas semanas, lo que podría provocar más desplazamientos e interrupciones en los flujos de ayuda esenciales.

Tras señalar las conclusiones del equipo de la Oficina en Sudán, según las cuales los ataques con drones causaron al menos 880 muertes de civiles —más del 80 por ciento de todas las muertes de civiles relacionadas con el conflicto— entre enero y abril de este año, el Alto Comisionado afirmó: «Los drones armados se han convertido , con mucha diferencia, en la principal causa de muertes de civiles».

Esta creciente dependencia de los drones permite que las hostilidades continúen sin cesar durante la próxima temporada de lluvias, que en el pasado ha supuesto una tregua en las operaciones terrestres. Una intensificación de las hostilidades en las próximas semanas, a medida que las partes intenten obtener o consolidar el control del territorio en medio de la cambiante dinámica del conflicto, conlleva el riesgo de que las hostilidades se extiendan aún más a los estados centrales y orientales, con consecuencias letales para la población civil en vastas zonas.

“Esto no debe permitirse. La comunidad internacional está advertida de que, a menos que se actúe sin demora, este conflicto está a punto de entrar en una nueva fase, aún más letal.”

Türk pidió la adopción de medidas contundentes para impedir la transferencia de armas, incluidos drones armados cada vez más sofisticados, a las partes en conflicto. «Los ataques con drones contra civiles y bienes civiles no harán sino empeorar si se les da impunidad absoluta, y esta violencia se está normalizando cada vez más como táctica habitual de ambas partes», afirmó.

La mayoría de las muertes de civiles atribuidas a ataques con drones en el primer trimestre del año se registraron en la región de Kordofán. El caso más reciente ocurrió el 8 de mayo, cuando ataques con drones en Al Quz, en Kordofán del Sur, y cerca de El Obeid, en Kordofán del Norte, causaron la muerte de 26 civiles e hirieron a otros.

Las partes en conflicto han utilizado drones, atacando repetidamente objetivos e infraestructuras civiles, lo que agrava el sufrimiento de la población civil, que ya padece dificultades debido a la disminución del acceso a alimentos suficientes, agua potable y atención médica. Los mercados han sido blanco de ataques reiterados, con al menos 28 de ellos que han provocado víctimas civiles, al igual que los centros de salud, que fueron atacados al menos 12 veces durante un período de cuatro meses. En algunos casos, esto provocó el cierre de las instalaciones y obligó a los civiles a recorrer largas distancias para recibir tratamiento, o incluso a quedarse sin atención médica. Los depósitos de combustible y las rutas de suministro también han sido atacados repetidamente en las últimas semanas.

El uso de drones por parte de las Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (RSF) y las Fuerzas Armadas Sudanesas (SAF) se está extendiendo cada vez más allá de Kordofán y Darfur , llegando al Nilo Azul, el Nilo Blanco y Jartum . Un ataque con drones contra el Aeropuerto Internacional de Jartum el 4 de mayo provocó la interrupción de todos los vuelos, y entre el 28 de abril y el 5 de mayo se produjeron varios ataques selectivos con drones en otras zonas de Jartum y la ciudad vecina de Omdurmán.

“La intensidad de estos ataques ha destrozado la relativa calma que había prevalecido en los últimos meses, a medida que un número creciente de civiles ha regresado a la capital, y ha desatado temores de un retorno de las hostilidades a Jartum”, dijo Türk.

Según el Alto Comisionado, una probable intensificación de las hostilidades en Kordofán también pondrá a la población civil en mayor riesgo de sufrir ataques de represalia y nuevos desplazamientos a gran escala, especialmente en las ciudades de El Obeid y Dilling, controladas por las Fuerzas Armadas Sengoku (SAF), en Kordofán del Sur, ambas bajo condiciones de asedio.

El Alto Comisionado advirtió que el aumento de la violencia también interrumpiría la prestación de asistencia humanitaria esencial. «Gran parte del país, incluido Kordofán, se enfrenta ahora a un mayor riesgo de hambruna e inseguridad alimentaria aguda , una situación agravada por los retrasos o la escasez previstos de fertilizantes como consecuencia de la crisis del Golfo», declaró Türk. «Los constantes ataques contra centros de salud en varios estados también han dejado a muchos hospitales y clínicas con un funcionamiento deficiente o inoperativos, lo que incrementa aún más los riesgos para la población civil desplazada de las zonas afectadas por el conflicto».

«Hago un nuevo llamamiento a todas las partes para que garanticen la protección de la población civil, incluido su desplazamiento seguro desde las zonas de hostilidades activas», declaró el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos. «Las partes en conflicto deben facilitar el desplazamiento seguro, voluntario e informado de la población civil a través de las rutas de desplazamiento. La población civil debe estar protegida contra las represalias, incluidas las ejecuciones sumarias, la violencia sexual, la detención arbitraria y los secuestros » , añadió. –sn–

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https://www.europesays.com/africa/225036/ Green Sky Capital Backs Egypt Biofuels Facility With 200,000-Ton SAF Plan #biofuels #Egypt #ESG #GreenSkyCapital #Qatar #QatariAlManaHolding #SAF #SaudiVisionInvest

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/14893/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht #Aboutengé #Adré #Baby #Brasilien #Bürgerkrieg #Chad #Darfur #Flüchtlinge #Kampf #KefaMayange #Kind #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Schule #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Yeman #Zentralafrika

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Syntholene wants to use Icelandic geothermal heat + @dynelectro solid oxide electrolyzer to make green hydrogen for cheap sustainable aviation fuel #SAF.
Húsavík brine is 120C/248F, @syntholene might make 110C/230F steam, & is a far cry from the #SOEC 750C operating temperature!
#H2 #hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Vasco divulga balanço financeiro da SAF com aumento da receita: Documento aponta impacto positivo da Recuperação Judicial e indica lucro do clube pela primeira vez desde a implementação da SAF https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/vasco/noticia/2026/05/01/vasco-divulga-balanco-financeiro-da-saf-com-aumento-da-receita-e-divida-superior-a-r-1-bilhao.ghtml #Vasco #SAF

https://www.europesays.com/pl/401842/ Zrównoważone paliwa lotnicze obowiązkowe. Polska dostosowuje prawo do regulacji UE #paliwo #PL #Poland #Polish #Polska #Polski #SAF #samolot

Is #SAF or “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel really a #climate saviour? Or just a greedy #greenwashing lie about #palmoil #deforestation? 🤮🌴🔥 Cut through the BS with this article by Open Democracy #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2819531/ Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition #ArgusBiofuels #ArgusBiofuelsConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference #ArgusBiofuelsEuropeConference&Exhibition #ArgusConference #ArgusLondonConference #BiodieselConference #Biofuels #BiofuelsConference #BiofuelsExperts #BiofuelsSpeakers #EthanolConference #Europe #LondonBiofuelsConference #LondonConference #MarineFuels #SAF #ヨーロッパ #欧州

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https://www.europesays.com/dk/66627/ DSV, United Airlines partners to boost SAF use #CO2Emission #DSV #ISCC #microsoft #MicrosoftCloudLogistics #Phillips66 #SAF #Sustainability #UnitedAirlines

https://www.europesays.com/videos/14236/ What is sustainable aviation fuel? | EcoCeres | The Big Question HIGHLIGHT #airline #aviation #Euronews #fuel #FuelSecurity #FuelShock #SAF #SustainableAviationFuel #TheBigQuestion

https://www.europesays.com/dk/66225/ DSV, Microsoft, United Airlines And Phillips 66 Secure 11 Million Gallons Of SAF, Cutting 100,000 Tonnes Of Emissions #CorporateDecarbonisation #DSV #emissions #ESG #microsoft #Phillips66 #SAF #UnitedAirlines

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/6836/ Sudans vergessenes Leid: Leben im Stillstand nach der Flucht | Nachrichten Aktuell #Aboutengé #Adré #Bürgerkrieg #Brasilien #Chad #Darfur #Familie #Kampf #KefaMayange #Krise #Massaker #MohamedHamdanDaglo #Ramadan #SAF #Strohmatte #Sudan #Tschad #UN #Zentralafrika

Is making biofuels from canola and corn the solution to Australia’s future jet fuel shortages?

Fuel costs are beginning to bite the Australian aviation ind…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/617113/

Is making biofuels from canola and corn the solution to Australia’s future jet fuel shortages?

Fuel costs are beginning to bite the Australian aviation ind…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #australianaviation #biofuel #biofuelaustralia #biofuelproduction #biofuelsaustralia #canola #doesaustraliamakebiofuel? #doesAustraliamakejetfuel? #Doesaustraliamakesaf #flights #jetfuel #jetfuelprice #refineriesaustralia #SAF #safproductionaustralia #sustainableaviationfuel
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/617113/

https://www.europesays.com/at/106259/ Sudan: Drei Jahre Krieg ohne absehbares Ende #Bürgerkrieg #flucht #HumanitäreKrise #Khartum #Nachrichten #News #PaulSwarbrick #RSF #SAF #Schlagzeilen #Sudan #Welt #World #WorldNews

'US support ended with the axing of USAID under President Donald Trump, and community funding is drying up.'
#Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE #SaudiArabia #USA #Trump https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-half-sudans-community-kitchens-have-closed-last-six-months

'US support ended with the axing of USAID under President Donald Trump, and community funding is drying up.'
#Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE #SaudiArabia #USA #Trump https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-half-sudans-community-kitchens-have-closed-last-six-months

'US support ended with the axing of USAID under President Donald Trump, and community funding is drying up.'
#Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE #SaudiArabia #USA #Trump https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-half-sudans-community-kitchens-have-closed-last-six-months

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Seven years after president Bashir ouster: Sudan still trapped between war and broken promises. #Sudan #civilwar #SudaneseArmedForces #SAF #RapidSupportForces #RSF #UAE
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-of-war-what-is-the-situation-like-in-sudan

Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?

Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is hailed as a solution to climate change, yet its rapid expansion comes at a cost. The push for bioethanol and biodiesel production is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. As Brazil positions itself as a leader in bioenergy, concerns grow over the environmental and social impacts of this industry, spotlighting the need for genuine solutions. 🌿 #Biofuel #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4Wildlife

The #biofuel boom in #Brazil made from #palmoil and #soy is touted as a #climate saviour. Yet in reality, biofuel #deforestation is causing #food insecurity, #indigenous land-grabbing and #ecocide #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025.

Brazil’s biofuel ‘revolution’

During a ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base in October, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared:

Brazil will lead the world’s energy revolution

This statement came as he signed the Fuel of the Future Law, a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the country’s bioenergy sector. Lula added:

Brazil will get a head start because you, the entrepreneurs, who have the capacity to produce, to research. Enacting this law demonstrates that none of us have the right to continue disbelieving that this country can be a large economy,” added Lula.

Lula announced a rise in ethanol blending with gasoline from 22% to 27%, with a target of 35% by 2030. Biodiesel blending, currently at 14%, will increase by one percentage point annually, aiming to reach 20% by March 2030.

Biofuel mandates have generated a relentless demand for crops, including sugarcane, corn, soybean, and palm oil.

Ethanol and biodiesel production in Brazil reached nearly 43bn litres in 2023, according to the 2024 Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, published by Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP).

Biofuels for energy independence

In Brazil, biofuels make up 25% of transportation fuels – a remarkably high share compared to other nations – and this proportion is still increasing. Bioethanol leads the biofuel sector, representing an average of 49% in terms of energy of the total gasoline and ethanol consumption.

Jorge Ernesto Rodriguez Morales, lecturer and researcher in environmental policy and climate change governance at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, spoke to the Canary. He mentioned:

Historically, Brazilian energy policy has achieved significant success, largely due to the development of the oil industry alongside biofuels and other energy sources. This diversification has enabled Brazil to rely less on energy imports from the global market, fostering a degree of energy independence and security critical for economic stability.

He added that:

By reducing dependence on external energy sources, Brazil’s economy is less vulnerable to external shocks, such as fluctuations in oil and gas prices. Sugarcane ethanol, in particular, has been pivotal in these developments, positioning bioenergy – a renewable energy form derived from recently living organic materials known as biomass – at the forefront of national strategies to combat climate change.

Green sheen

Although bioenergy has been promoted as a climate strategy, there is ongoing debate within the scientific community regarding the actual sustainability of biofuel production.

Some scientists argue that the production of biofuels is an energy-negative process that may lead to various socio-environmental consequences. These include rising food prices that threaten food security and the conversion of forestlands for biofuel cultivation. Some state that presenting bioenergy as a climate strategy has served as a justification for the industry’s expansion in Brazil and globally.

Morales explained that:

Despite its success, the biofuels industry in Brazil developed within broader developmental and territorial security goals, often placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities in an institutional environment that generally overlooked socio-environmental concerns. This unsustainable co-evolution of development pathways and bioenergy – marked by deforestation, land colonization, and agricultural expansion – has limited the adaptation space in agriculture. As a result, current climate policy is largely oriented toward path-dependent and potentially maladaptive strategies, such as relying on sugarcane ethanol for transportation.

A report by the Royal Society raises concerns about expanding biofuel production, highlighted issues such as the impact on food prices, the potential rise in greenhouse gas emissions due to direct and indirect land use changes (LUC) associated with biofuel feedstock production, and the risks of land, forest, water resource, and ecosystem degradation.

The Royal Society report recommends comprehensive auditing of biofuel supply chains as essential, along with enhancing transparency, data availability, and sharing. These elements are crucial for ensuring that the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuels is reliable and beneficial for policymaking.

Demand driving deforestation

The use of feedstocks like sugarcane, palm oil, corn, and soybean – predominant in Brazil – has sparked significant controversy, primarily due to competition with food production and concerns about converting agricultural land into fuel production. Rising demand for agricultural products poses a risk of increased deforestation and the use of land with high biodiversity value to satisfy this demand, along with related freshwater consumption.

The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) identifies soybean as one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. Trade interests appear to be the main barrier to removing soy biofuels from the Renewable Energy Directive, as Europe imports nearly 90% of its soy for biodiesel production from Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

Dr David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, asserted that there is insufficient land, water, and energy available for biofuel production. He also highlighted environmental issues associated with converting crops into biofuels, such as water pollution from fertilisers and pesticides, air pollution, soil erosion, and contributions to global warming.

Pimentel conducted calculations that accounted for all the inputs needed to produce ethanol, including machinery, seeds, labour, water, electricity, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, fuel, drying, and transportation. He found that producing one litre of fuel-grade ethanol (5,130 kcal) requires an energy input of 6,600 kcal, indicating that biofuel production is an energy-negative process.

‘Serious socio-economic impacts’

A report published in the Biofuel journal states that measuring greenhouse gas emissions linked to ethanol fuel should account for emissions at every stage, including production, processing, distribution, and vehicle use. This comprehensive assessment is known as the core well-to-wheels LCA emissions, along with any additional emissions resulting from LUC.

Morales discussed some of the impacts of implementing a climate policy that relies on biomass fuels. He told the Canary:

Current climate policy positions biomass-based fuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in the transport sector, with sugarcane ethanol as a flagship solution for greenhouse gas reduction in international climate negotiations. However, scaling up bioenergy production can have serious socio-environmental impacts.

He added that:

Like food production, ethanol requires land, water, and nutrients, meaning that a large-scale expansion could intensify the negative side effects of agricultural growth. These include significant socio-environmental challenges related to sustainable development goals, such as deforestation (SDG 15), CO2 emissions from land-use change (SDG 13), nitrogen losses (SDGs 13, 14, 15), unsustainable water withdrawals (SDG 14), and food security risks (SDG 2), among others.

Brazil biofuel policies

During Brazil’s colonial period (1500-1822), sugarcane plantations established the basis for political power through land monopoly and slavery. Policies were implemented to promote the economic interests of the agribusiness sector.

In response to the energy and sugar crisis of the 70s, Brazil launched a national ethanol program called “Pró-Álcool” in 1975. This initiative included tax breaks, subsidies, and lower financing costs to benefit the sugarcane industry, including producers, planters, distillers, and the automotive sector.

The “Pró-Álcool” policy led to significant repercussions, such as the exploitation of workers (bóias-frias) and environmental degradation, which the Brazilian government neglected out of concern that environmental regulations might hinder economic growth and development.

From 1992 to 2004, while Brazil’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 80%, the government defended its support for ethanol on environmental grounds, positioning bioenergy as a “sustainable energy source.” This approach framed bioenergy as part of a climate strategy, leading to its promotion at international levels to combat climate change.

Overlooking indirect land use changes

However, the socio-environmental impacts of bioenergy production were largely overlooked, including direct and indirect LUC, water and biodiversity loss, deforestation, fertiliser pollution, and soil erosion.

In 2017, the “Renovabio” initiative was launched as a new government program aimed at promoting the growth of the bioenergy sector, with an emphasis on various types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, biomethane, bioethanol, and biokerosene.

A report published in the Biofuels journal indicates that Brazil’s RenovaBio programme does not account for direct or indirect LUC in its emissions calculator, potentially leading to an overestimation of decarbonisation levels and encouraging biofuel production with greater environmental impacts. To ensure the program is environmentally effective and delivers appropriate signals to decision-makers, it is crucial to incorporate LUC parameters into the calculator.

Morales mentioned that:

Brazil’s ethanol diplomacy aims to portray the nation as climate-conscious, using biofuel as leverage in climate negotiations. Many countries have followed Brazil’s ‘successful’ example by integrating bioenergy into their climate policies, even though its social and environmental costs are widely acknowledged.

Biofuel Expansion

Raízen, formed from the merger of Cosan and Shell, along with BP Bunge, Atvos, São Martinho, Tereos, Lincoln Junqueira, Cofco, Coruipe, Adecoagro, Katzen, Millenium, Brasil BioFuels (BBF), and Agropalma, represent some of the leading bioenergy companies in Brazil.

In October, Katzen International, a prominent bioethanol company, announced the successful completion and launch of the INPASA Agroindustrial S/A bioethanol plant expansion project in Sinop, Mato Grosso. This expansion boosted the plant’s production capacity to 2.1bn litres per year, establishing it as the largest grain-based dry mill bioethanol facility in the world.

Corn ethanol production in Brazil is projected to reach 7.7 billion litres in 2024/25, representing a 20% increase compared to previous years.

The biofuel industry is making significant investments in the state of Pará. Governor Helder Barbalho has announced plans for a biofuel refinery to be established in the municipality of Redenção, located in the southeastern part of the state. A collaboration between the Mafra Group and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which together comprise Grão Pará Bioenergia, will contribute over $350 million to this project.

Barbalho said that:

These are the agendas that will be challenging for us: the forest agenda, the energy production agenda. These are different agendas in which each one of them can present their solutions.

Alongside the refinery, a fattening service for cattle will be provided to partner ranchers, allowing them to use the refinery’s facilities for confining their animals. The primary feedstock for cattle confinement will be Dried Distillers Grain (DDG), a by-product of corn ethanol production.

Fueling conflicts

A report by NGO Imazon revealed that Pará accounted for 57% of the degraded forest areas in the Amazon. Forest degradation surged from 196 km² in September 2023 to 11,558 km² in the same month this year – nearly a 60-fold increase.

The state of Pará, which will host COP30, is marked by conflicts, including those related to the palm oil industry. Palm plantations in Pará cover an area that was once rainforest, approximately 226,834 hectares, nearly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg.

An investigation by the NGO Global Witness revealed that two major Brazilian palm oil companies, Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels (BBF), were implicated in conflicts with local communities in the state of Pará. BBF faced allegations of environmental crimes and violent efforts to suppress indigenous and traditional communities. Meanwhile, Agropalma was associated with community evictions and land grabbing.

A study by scientists Lucas Ferrante and Philip Fearnside revealed that biofuel companies, such as Millenium Bioenergia, are establishing a production chain for biofuels and food products derived from monocultures on Amazonian Indigenous lands and within other traditional communities.

Millenium announced plans to “partner” with Indigenous and traditional communities, proposing unpaid labour to produce corn, fish, chickens, pigs, and confined cattle. This approach not only infringes on human rights but also poses a risk of triggering new pandemics due to zoonotic leaps linked to environmental degradation.

Biofuels an exercise in greenwashing Brazil’s climate policy

Brazil must expand biofuel production to meet growing demand, which will increase logistical pressures nationwide. Critical to this expansion are infrastructure projects, such as the construction of highways like the Amazon’s BR-319, connecting Manaus to Porto Velho, and the Ferrogrão railway project, linking Sinop in Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, situated across the Tapajós River from Itaituba in Pará. These developments are likely to cause irreversible environmental degradation and adversely affect numerous indigenous and traditional communities in these areas.

Morales highlighted the Brazilian government’s position and priorities concerning the expansion of biofuel production:

In foreign environmental policy, the Brazilian government has historically been reluctant to prioritise environmental protection over economic growth, often attributing major environmental issues to developed countries. Although various administrations have made efforts to address environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change, these issues remain secondary concerns, frequently viewed as obstacles to short-term political and economic goals.

He added:

Positioning bioenergy as a climate strategy has effectively justified broader policies supporting the biofuel industry and contributed to the greenwashing of Brazil’s climate policy on the international stage. Several countries have mirrored Brazil’s approach, adopting bioenergy into their climate agendas in response.

Featured image via the Canary

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

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Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?

Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is hailed as a solution to climate change, yet its rapid expansion comes at a cost. The push for bioethanol and biodiesel production is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. As Brazil positions itself as a leader in bioenergy, concerns grow over the environmental and social impacts of this industry, spotlighting the need for genuine solutions. 🌿 #Biofuel #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4Wildlife

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Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025.

Brazil’s biofuel ‘revolution’

During a ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base in October, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared:

Brazil will lead the world’s energy revolution

This statement came as he signed the Fuel of the Future Law, a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the country’s bioenergy sector. Lula added:

Brazil will get a head start because you, the entrepreneurs, who have the capacity to produce, to research. Enacting this law demonstrates that none of us have the right to continue disbelieving that this country can be a large economy,” added Lula.

Lula announced a rise in ethanol blending with gasoline from 22% to 27%, with a target of 35% by 2030. Biodiesel blending, currently at 14%, will increase by one percentage point annually, aiming to reach 20% by March 2030.

Biofuel mandates have generated a relentless demand for crops, including sugarcane, corn, soybean, and palm oil.

Ethanol and biodiesel production in Brazil reached nearly 43bn litres in 2023, according to the 2024 Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, published by Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP).

Biofuels for energy independence

In Brazil, biofuels make up 25% of transportation fuels – a remarkably high share compared to other nations – and this proportion is still increasing. Bioethanol leads the biofuel sector, representing an average of 49% in terms of energy of the total gasoline and ethanol consumption.

Jorge Ernesto Rodriguez Morales, lecturer and researcher in environmental policy and climate change governance at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, spoke to the Canary. He mentioned:

Historically, Brazilian energy policy has achieved significant success, largely due to the development of the oil industry alongside biofuels and other energy sources. This diversification has enabled Brazil to rely less on energy imports from the global market, fostering a degree of energy independence and security critical for economic stability.

He added that:

By reducing dependence on external energy sources, Brazil’s economy is less vulnerable to external shocks, such as fluctuations in oil and gas prices. Sugarcane ethanol, in particular, has been pivotal in these developments, positioning bioenergy – a renewable energy form derived from recently living organic materials known as biomass – at the forefront of national strategies to combat climate change.

Green sheen

Although bioenergy has been promoted as a climate strategy, there is ongoing debate within the scientific community regarding the actual sustainability of biofuel production.

Some scientists argue that the production of biofuels is an energy-negative process that may lead to various socio-environmental consequences. These include rising food prices that threaten food security and the conversion of forestlands for biofuel cultivation. Some state that presenting bioenergy as a climate strategy has served as a justification for the industry’s expansion in Brazil and globally.

Morales explained that:

Despite its success, the biofuels industry in Brazil developed within broader developmental and territorial security goals, often placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities in an institutional environment that generally overlooked socio-environmental concerns. This unsustainable co-evolution of development pathways and bioenergy – marked by deforestation, land colonization, and agricultural expansion – has limited the adaptation space in agriculture. As a result, current climate policy is largely oriented toward path-dependent and potentially maladaptive strategies, such as relying on sugarcane ethanol for transportation.

A report by the Royal Society raises concerns about expanding biofuel production, highlighted issues such as the impact on food prices, the potential rise in greenhouse gas emissions due to direct and indirect land use changes (LUC) associated with biofuel feedstock production, and the risks of land, forest, water resource, and ecosystem degradation.

The Royal Society report recommends comprehensive auditing of biofuel supply chains as essential, along with enhancing transparency, data availability, and sharing. These elements are crucial for ensuring that the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuels is reliable and beneficial for policymaking.

Demand driving deforestation

The use of feedstocks like sugarcane, palm oil, corn, and soybean – predominant in Brazil – has sparked significant controversy, primarily due to competition with food production and concerns about converting agricultural land into fuel production. Rising demand for agricultural products poses a risk of increased deforestation and the use of land with high biodiversity value to satisfy this demand, along with related freshwater consumption.

The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) identifies soybean as one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. Trade interests appear to be the main barrier to removing soy biofuels from the Renewable Energy Directive, as Europe imports nearly 90% of its soy for biodiesel production from Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

Dr David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, asserted that there is insufficient land, water, and energy available for biofuel production. He also highlighted environmental issues associated with converting crops into biofuels, such as water pollution from fertilisers and pesticides, air pollution, soil erosion, and contributions to global warming.

Pimentel conducted calculations that accounted for all the inputs needed to produce ethanol, including machinery, seeds, labour, water, electricity, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, fuel, drying, and transportation. He found that producing one litre of fuel-grade ethanol (5,130 kcal) requires an energy input of 6,600 kcal, indicating that biofuel production is an energy-negative process.

‘Serious socio-economic impacts’

A report published in the Biofuel journal states that measuring greenhouse gas emissions linked to ethanol fuel should account for emissions at every stage, including production, processing, distribution, and vehicle use. This comprehensive assessment is known as the core well-to-wheels LCA emissions, along with any additional emissions resulting from LUC.

Morales discussed some of the impacts of implementing a climate policy that relies on biomass fuels. He told the Canary:

Current climate policy positions biomass-based fuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in the transport sector, with sugarcane ethanol as a flagship solution for greenhouse gas reduction in international climate negotiations. However, scaling up bioenergy production can have serious socio-environmental impacts.

He added that:

Like food production, ethanol requires land, water, and nutrients, meaning that a large-scale expansion could intensify the negative side effects of agricultural growth. These include significant socio-environmental challenges related to sustainable development goals, such as deforestation (SDG 15), CO2 emissions from land-use change (SDG 13), nitrogen losses (SDGs 13, 14, 15), unsustainable water withdrawals (SDG 14), and food security risks (SDG 2), among others.

Brazil biofuel policies

During Brazil’s colonial period (1500-1822), sugarcane plantations established the basis for political power through land monopoly and slavery. Policies were implemented to promote the economic interests of the agribusiness sector.

In response to the energy and sugar crisis of the 70s, Brazil launched a national ethanol program called “Pró-Álcool” in 1975. This initiative included tax breaks, subsidies, and lower financing costs to benefit the sugarcane industry, including producers, planters, distillers, and the automotive sector.

The “Pró-Álcool” policy led to significant repercussions, such as the exploitation of workers (bóias-frias) and environmental degradation, which the Brazilian government neglected out of concern that environmental regulations might hinder economic growth and development.

From 1992 to 2004, while Brazil’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 80%, the government defended its support for ethanol on environmental grounds, positioning bioenergy as a “sustainable energy source.” This approach framed bioenergy as part of a climate strategy, leading to its promotion at international levels to combat climate change.

Overlooking indirect land use changes

However, the socio-environmental impacts of bioenergy production were largely overlooked, including direct and indirect LUC, water and biodiversity loss, deforestation, fertiliser pollution, and soil erosion.

In 2017, the “Renovabio” initiative was launched as a new government program aimed at promoting the growth of the bioenergy sector, with an emphasis on various types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, biomethane, bioethanol, and biokerosene.

A report published in the Biofuels journal indicates that Brazil’s RenovaBio programme does not account for direct or indirect LUC in its emissions calculator, potentially leading to an overestimation of decarbonisation levels and encouraging biofuel production with greater environmental impacts. To ensure the program is environmentally effective and delivers appropriate signals to decision-makers, it is crucial to incorporate LUC parameters into the calculator.

Morales mentioned that:

Brazil’s ethanol diplomacy aims to portray the nation as climate-conscious, using biofuel as leverage in climate negotiations. Many countries have followed Brazil’s ‘successful’ example by integrating bioenergy into their climate policies, even though its social and environmental costs are widely acknowledged.

Biofuel Expansion

Raízen, formed from the merger of Cosan and Shell, along with BP Bunge, Atvos, São Martinho, Tereos, Lincoln Junqueira, Cofco, Coruipe, Adecoagro, Katzen, Millenium, Brasil BioFuels (BBF), and Agropalma, represent some of the leading bioenergy companies in Brazil.

In October, Katzen International, a prominent bioethanol company, announced the successful completion and launch of the INPASA Agroindustrial S/A bioethanol plant expansion project in Sinop, Mato Grosso. This expansion boosted the plant’s production capacity to 2.1bn litres per year, establishing it as the largest grain-based dry mill bioethanol facility in the world.

Corn ethanol production in Brazil is projected to reach 7.7 billion litres in 2024/25, representing a 20% increase compared to previous years.

The biofuel industry is making significant investments in the state of Pará. Governor Helder Barbalho has announced plans for a biofuel refinery to be established in the municipality of Redenção, located in the southeastern part of the state. A collaboration between the Mafra Group and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which together comprise Grão Pará Bioenergia, will contribute over $350 million to this project.

Barbalho said that:

These are the agendas that will be challenging for us: the forest agenda, the energy production agenda. These are different agendas in which each one of them can present their solutions.

Alongside the refinery, a fattening service for cattle will be provided to partner ranchers, allowing them to use the refinery’s facilities for confining their animals. The primary feedstock for cattle confinement will be Dried Distillers Grain (DDG), a by-product of corn ethanol production.

Fueling conflicts

A report by NGO Imazon revealed that Pará accounted for 57% of the degraded forest areas in the Amazon. Forest degradation surged from 196 km² in September 2023 to 11,558 km² in the same month this year – nearly a 60-fold increase.

The state of Pará, which will host COP30, is marked by conflicts, including those related to the palm oil industry. Palm plantations in Pará cover an area that was once rainforest, approximately 226,834 hectares, nearly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg.

An investigation by the NGO Global Witness revealed that two major Brazilian palm oil companies, Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels (BBF), were implicated in conflicts with local communities in the state of Pará. BBF faced allegations of environmental crimes and violent efforts to suppress indigenous and traditional communities. Meanwhile, Agropalma was associated with community evictions and land grabbing.

A study by scientists Lucas Ferrante and Philip Fearnside revealed that biofuel companies, such as Millenium Bioenergia, are establishing a production chain for biofuels and food products derived from monocultures on Amazonian Indigenous lands and within other traditional communities.

Millenium announced plans to “partner” with Indigenous and traditional communities, proposing unpaid labour to produce corn, fish, chickens, pigs, and confined cattle. This approach not only infringes on human rights but also poses a risk of triggering new pandemics due to zoonotic leaps linked to environmental degradation.

Biofuels an exercise in greenwashing Brazil’s climate policy

Brazil must expand biofuel production to meet growing demand, which will increase logistical pressures nationwide. Critical to this expansion are infrastructure projects, such as the construction of highways like the Amazon’s BR-319, connecting Manaus to Porto Velho, and the Ferrogrão railway project, linking Sinop in Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, situated across the Tapajós River from Itaituba in Pará. These developments are likely to cause irreversible environmental degradation and adversely affect numerous indigenous and traditional communities in these areas.

Morales highlighted the Brazilian government’s position and priorities concerning the expansion of biofuel production:

In foreign environmental policy, the Brazilian government has historically been reluctant to prioritise environmental protection over economic growth, often attributing major environmental issues to developed countries. Although various administrations have made efforts to address environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change, these issues remain secondary concerns, frequently viewed as obstacles to short-term political and economic goals.

He added:

Positioning bioenergy as a climate strategy has effectively justified broader policies supporting the biofuel industry and contributed to the greenwashing of Brazil’s climate policy on the international stage. Several countries have mirrored Brazil’s approach, adopting bioenergy into their climate agendas in response.

Featured image via the Canary

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

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