The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Affiliation (ALTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will work collectively to advertise sustainable aviation fuels via actions corresponding to strengthening the sector’s worth chain and the hyperlinks between the agriculture sector and business aviation within the area.
This joint work will even purpose to advertise the event of nationwide rules and public insurance policies, in addition to to ascertain channels for dialogue to construct regional consensus on the difficulty.
These targets are set out in a joint declaration signed by IICA and ALTA on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), a serious dedication made by the business aeronautical sector to realize web zero CO2 emissions by 2050. This kind of expertise is anticipated to signify 65% of greenhouse gasoline emission reductions, on condition that organic and agricultural uncooked supplies are essentially the most broadly utilized inputs to provide SAF.
Because of the significance of getting sustainable, plentiful and reasonably priced uncooked supplies accessible for the manufacturing of sustainable aviation biofuels, the aviation sector will construct more and more robust ties with agriculture, particularly within the area of Latin America and the Caribbean, the place agriculture produces the three main kinds of uncooked supplies that can be utilized to provide SAF:
-Oils and fat
-Sugars and starches
-Lignocellulosic uncooked materials
“The hyperlink between these sectors to provide sustainable aviation biofuels is not going to solely decarbonize air transport, however will even allow the event of related worth chains, generate sustainable jobs, and add worth to agricultural manufacturing”, mentioned Agustín Torroba, worldwide specialist in biofuels and renewable energies at IICA.
“The agriculture sector of the Americas at the moment has enough vegetable oils, animal fat, sugars and starches, alcohols and lignocellulosic uncooked supplies, that are the primary kinds of uncooked supplies usable within the manufacturing of biojet. This places the hemisphere in a perfect place to facilitate vitality diversification by producing sustainable aviation fuels, thus supplying this new market”, Torroba mentioned.
Within the joint assertion, the Govt Director and CEO of ALTA, José Ricardo Botelho, and the Director Common of IICA, Manuel Otero, highlighted the significance of:
1. Encouraging the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to work within the main stage of the SAF worth chain.
2. Underscoring the significance of linking the agriculture sector with business aviation within the area for the event of the aforementioned biofuels.
3. Fostering the event of nationwide rules and public insurance policies, in addition to selling channels for dialogue to construct regional consensus on the difficulty.
This assertion was offered within the context of the efforts made by each establishments, which co-organized the ALTA Fuel and Environment Conference final March, the place specialists mentioned points associated to native authorized frameworks for the manufacturing, import and advertising and marketing of sustainable aviation fuels, sustainable airports and carbon offset mechanisms for airline passengers, and updates on aviation gas markets, infrastructure, fares and taxes.
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