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class="page-module"> <div class="news-blocks-inner"> <div class="date"> 2024 November 24 </div> <h2> WBA leads bioenergy advocacy at COP29 </h2> <div class="fb-like" data-href="http://www.worldbioenergy.org/news/861/50/WBA-leads-bioenergy-advocacy-at-COP29/" data-layout="button" data-action="like" language="en" data-size="small" data-show-faces="false" data-share="true"></div> <div class="news-inner-content"> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong>UNFCCC COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan during 11 – 22 November 24 </strong></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">At the recently concuded COP29 climate change conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan, WBA has been leading advocacy efforts for bioenergy solutions through various events as well as stakeholder engagement. Here’s a recap:</span></p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"> </p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">Official Side Event: Renewable Energy Transformation </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">On 16 November, the WBA together with partners World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) held the official Blue Zone side event on Renewable Energy Transformation: From tripling to 100% RE. The agreement of the parties at COP28 to triple RE capacity by 2030 has put renewable energy technologies as a mainstream solution. However, tripling is only one step which has to be followed by a Net Zero scenario, leading to a completely defossilized energy system. The speakers from WBA, WWEA and CII shared perspectives on the development of RE technologies including solar, wind, biomass, batteries etc. from industry perspectives.</span></p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="uploads/images/Blue%20Zone%20Side%20Event%20on%20RE%20transformation%20WBA%20CII%20and%20WWEA.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><em>Blue Zone Side Event on RE transformation: WBA, CII and WWEA </em> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"> </p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong>Global Biofuels Alliance Roundtable: Setting up common definitions for sustainable bifuels to accelerate biofuels adoption</strong> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">Chaired by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), India, the Global Biofuels Alliance roundtable invited policmakers, industry leaders and end users to share perspectives on biofuels development. Participants supported the need for standard definitions which include all feedstock and technology pathways. WBA Director Bharadwaj Kummamuru shared perspectives from biofuels industry on the need for harmonization, supported the role of GBA and expressed willingness of WBA to engage with GBA in strengthening the role of biofuels. </span></p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="uploads/images/Global%20Biofuels%20Alliance%20Roundtable%20Discussion%20on%20Common%20definitions%20for%20biofuels.jpeg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><em>Global Biofuels Alliance Roundtable Discussion on Common definitions for biofuels</em> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"> </p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">South South Cooperation for Climate Change, China Pavilion </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">Hosted at the China Pavilion, the South South Cooperation for Climate Change was a full day event where speakers from industry, governments, multilateral agencies and civil society shared perspectives on cooperation among the Global South. WBA Director participated in a session on Clean Cooking and presented the concept of Green Cooking. The project has seen great progress in engaging industry stakeholders in the global south – mainly India, China and Sub Saharan Africa – in promoting clean fuels and cookstoves. </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"> </span></p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="uploads/images/Intervention%20at%20Clean%20Cooking%20Session%20at%20South%20South%20Cooperation%20on%20Climate%20Change.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><em>Intervention at Clean Cooking Session at South South Cooperation on Climate Change, China Pavilion</em> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"> </p> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Bilateral Meetings<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Apart from official events, there were various bilateral engagements with stakeholders including Montreal International, African Carbon Markets Initiatives, Centre for Creativity and Sustainability Study and Consultancy (Vietnam), Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (Brazil) etc.</span></p> <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px;"><img src="uploads/images/Meeting%20with%20CCS.jpg" alt="Meeting CCS" height="200" /> <img src="uploads/images/Meeting%20with%20HINS%20Consultancy.jpg" alt="Meeting HINS" height="200" /></div> <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Meeting with CCS (Vietnam) and <em>with HINS Consultancy (Germany/Argentina)</em></span></div> </div> <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px;"><img src="uploads/images/WBA%20Director%20at%20COP29.png" alt="Meeting CCS" height="300" /> <img src="uploads/images/WBA%20Director%20with%20Aikawa%20Takanobu.png" alt="Meeting HINS" height="300" /></div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><img class="WACImage SCXW78474134 BCX4" src="https://www.worldbioenergy.org/" alt="" /> </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><em>WBA Director at COP29, Baku (left) and </em></span><em><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">WBA Director with Aikawa Takanobu (right)</span></em></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><br /><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="uploads/images/Ecosafi)%20at%20a%20session%20on%20clean%20cooking%20organized%20by%20NEFCO%20in%20Baku.png" alt="" width="600" height="259" /></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1">WBA Member (Ecosafi) at a session on clean cooking organized by NEFCO in Baku </span></em></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-mark="1"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="uploads/images/WBA%20at%20the%20IEA%20session%20on%20Making%202024%20the%20Pivotal%20year%20for%20clean%20cooking.png" alt="" width="600" height="271" /></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW78474134 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW78474134 BCX4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>WBA at the IEA session on Making 2024 the Pivotal year for clean cooking, COP29, Baku</em></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="container"> <div class="pure-g footer-colls"> <div class="pure-u-1-1 pure-u-md-1-4"> <h2 class="custom-title-2"> Follow us </h2> <div> </div> <br> <ul class="f-icons-lisat horizontal"> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WorldBioenergyAssociation/"> <span> <i class="fa fa-facebook"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/world_bioenergy"> <span> <i class="fa fa-twitter"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-bioenergy-association/"> <span> <i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="pure-u-1-1 pure-u-md-1-4"> <h2 class="custom-title-2"> Contact us </h2> <ul class="f-icons-lisat"> <li> <a href="tel:+46 (0)8 4417084"> <span> <i class="fa fa-phone"></i> </span> <span> +46 (0)8 4417084 </span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="mailto:info@worldbioenergy.org"> <span> <i class="fa fa-envelope"></i> </span> <span> info@worldbioenergy.org </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="pure-u-1-1 pure-u-md-1-4"> <h2 class="custom-title-2"> subscribe to our mailing list </h2> <div class="news-letter-container"> <a href="http://eepurl.com/dt5j6L" target="_blank" class="ext_button green-style rounded f_11 full-w">Subscribe</a> </div> </div> <div class="pure-u-1-1 pure-u-md-1-4"> <h2 class="custom-title-2"> World Bioenergy Association </h2> <div> Kammakargatan 22, SE-111 40 Stockholm, Sweden <br /> Business Identity Code: 802444-7958 <br /> VAT nr: SE802444795801 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="footer_guarantor"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer-content"> <div> © World Bioenergy Association </div> <div> Solution: TEXUS </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/libs/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/libs/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.pack.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/libs/TurnWheel/jReject/js/jquery.reject.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/libs/Swiper/dist/js/swiper.jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/modernizr.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/buildmobile.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/johndyer-mediaelement/build/mediaelement-and-player.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src='https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=the_call_back&render=explicit'></script> <script src="/js/general.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>

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