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Bioenergy is essential in combating climate change, and there are viable pathways to achieve carbon neutrality in the sector by 2050.

Brazil and India have recently partnered for developing a sustainable, clean energy pathway, within the private sector, for decarbonising the mobility and the power generation sectors.

Sugarcane is a great source of renewable energy in the form of bioethanol, biogas, biomass and as a raw material for bioplastics and biomaterials

Sugar has long made the headlines around the world. Feared by some, craved by most and misunderstood by many, sugar comes in a number of forms, the best known of […]

Successful programs like California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and RenovaBio remind us that not all climate answers emanate from Capitol Hill. Absent consensus on climate policy at the federal level, […]

Biofuels are a central component to Brazil’s decarbonisation pathway. With the rollout Renovabio Programme, the Climate Bonds Initiative expects to see more green issuances coming from biofuel companies.

The global aviation industry has set a goal of carbon-neutral growth and aims to reduce net aviation carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. 2021 marks the first year of the […]

In the United States, cars and trucks account for the lion’s share of transportation greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), but aviation clocks in with a dangerously high 10 percent. With air […]

The third iteration of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) published today seeks to lend its support to the European Commission’s Fit for 55 package and strengthen goals to decarbonise energy […]

With CBIOs, Brazilian agribusiness has also shown that it is possible to reconcile environment and production in an agenda that is significant for investors and managers

The Brazilian Biogas Association (ABiogás) forecasts the production of 30 million m³ per day by 2030 and still, this estimate seems rather conservative. The expansion of the local biogas market […]

It can be said that the year 2015, when the Paris Agreement was signed, was when the world woke up to the need to do more to combat climate change, […]

“You’re on mute!” No doubt this has been one of the most repeated sentences, spoken and heard, over the past year. During countless seminars and virtual meetings, the familiar alert […]

The RenovaBio Program was established as the National Biofuel Policy in 2017. Its main objective is to ensure an adequate expansion of renewable fuels in the Brazilian energy matrix, based […]

I’m often asked to peer into a crystal ball and predict the future for biobased plastics. Having worked in the industry for over 10 years and seen it grow significantly […]