The governments of Brazil, Italy, Japan, and India are spearheading a new pledge calling for the rapid global expansion of biofuels as a commitment to decarbonizing transportation energy.
An analysis by a clean transport advocacy organization published last month found that, because of the indirect impacts to farming and land use, biofuels are responsible globally for 16 percent more CO2 emissions than the planet-polluting fossil fuels they replace
The fuel vs food issue is a well known problem in first generation biofuel, has been for years. It’s sad to read they’re still being developed and encouraged.
There are standards, either in draft or already in place, to encourage biofuel made from second generation feedstock: sources that are not suitable for human consumption, such as agricultural and municipal wastes, waste oils, and algae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-generation_biofuels
Has COP30 ignored all of that?!