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Brazil Lines Up Pledge on Quadrupling Clean Fuel at COP30

Workers at the Vista Alegre sugar and ethanol bioenergy plant in Itapetininga, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Nov. 10, 2023. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg

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By John Ainger, Fabiano Maisonnave, and Ewa Krukowska

October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM UTC

Updated on

October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM UTC

Brazil is working with Japan and Italy to win support for a global pledge to quadruple sustainable fuel production by 2035, an effort to boost the technology to help decarbonize transport and energy systems.

The country unveiled the initiative Tuesday ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém next month.