Council Encourages Bioethanol as Pathway to Meet Climate Commitments during COP29
**Linda Schmid highlights ethanol’s role in global climate strategies at COP29 in Baku.** The conference saw a $300 billion annual financing pledge for low- and middle-income nations to support energy transitions. Schmid emphasized expanding bioethanol blending rates and cross-border trade as key climate solutions. Heading into COP30 in Brazil, ethanol advocates aim to influence governments’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce carbon intensity.
January 6, 2025
BY Linda Schmid
While at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, I promoted ethanol as a way to help countries meet their climate commitments, including keeping the global temperature rise below 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
During the conference, developed countries committed to offering $300 billion annually to help low- and medium-income countries transition to more sustainable options, and completed the rulebook on carbon credit trading under Article 6 of the 2015 Paris Agreement. COP29 outcomes on finance offer opportunities for the expansion of bioethanol blending rates and cross-border trade while governments increasingly adopt climate mitigation policies.
COP29 financing commitments can help governments evaluate their current bioethanol blending policies, assess carbon intensity savings from biobased fuels and incorporate bioethanol in their energy transition plans. It’s a win-win for ethanol producers and developing countries with greater access to financing for renewable resources. The governments in these countries can explore why most high-income countries maintain a bioethanol blend rate of 10% as a floor, and countries in the global south pursue rates as high as 27%.
In preparation for COP30 in Belem, Brazil, in 2025, governments around the world are formulating Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to plan their energy transitions, and the Council is working to ensure U.S. ethanol is considered as a part of the solution. In 2025, bioethanol proponents can help governments shape their NDCs to obtain carbon intensity savings over fossil fuels.
Farmers and producers have responded to climate mitigation policies with smart climate practices, investment in carbon capture and storage, and increasing corn and bioethanol yields. Policymakers can increase private sector investment and accelerate the energy transition with stable and harmonized climate mitigation policies underpinned by international cooperation.
The council believes that through climate-smart action including the expanded export of U.S. ethanol globally, developed and developing countries can take another step closer in the quest for a cleaner environment and a healthier climate that improves the lives of those around the world.
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Source : Ethanol Producer Magzine
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