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IICA Director General joins international experts at the Global Future Council, aiming to foster the promotion of innovative ideas to guarantee food and water security
The Global Future Council is a network of experts from academia, government, international organizations, business, media and civil society. Membership is for a two-year period and is by invitation only, with members collaborating to identify and disseminate innovative ideas with the potential to create a global impact.
Ministers of agriculture to meet in Chile to promote the sector’s role in mitigating climate change, with the participation of IICA
The two-day meeting will serve to promote a high-level dialogue regarding global perspectives on decreasing methane emissions and low-emission food systems.
With the support of IICA, agriculture and bioenergy industry associations of the Americas create the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Coalition
IICA will serve as the Technical Secretariat of the coalition, which will be made up of the region’s main liquid biofuel chambers, federations, associations and councils.
Authorities, researchers and leaders of the aviation industry envision leading role of agriculture of the Americas in production of sustainable fuels for air transport
The region has sufficient inventory of biomass, vegetable oils, animal fats, sugars, starches, alcohols and lignocellulosic materials for the agriculture sector to be a major supplier of biofuels for the aviation industry, affirmed IICA’s Director General.
Aviation industry underscores the need for public policies to guarantee investments and enable agriculture in the Americas to achieve its potential for biofuel production
This was one of the ideas expressed by the CEO of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), José Ricardo Botelho, at the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Summit held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica.
Sustainable aviation fuels pave way for decarbonization of air transport
This is the conclusion of the document entitled “Decarbonizing the skies: Sustainable aviation biofuels” presented by IICA at the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Summit.