Advanced Biofuels Canada applauds government commitment to Belém 4X Pledge on Sustainable Fuels

Advanced Biofuels Canada welcomed Nov. 10 the government of Canada’s announcement that it will join the Belém 4X Pledge on Sustainable Fuels, a landmark international commitment to quadruple the global use of sustainable fuels by 2035. 

The pledge, advanced by leading nations under the COP30 Global Sustainable Fuels Declaration, establishes a coordinated framework to accelerate investment, harmonize carbon-accounting standards and promote open, transparent trade in sustainable fuels across transport and industrial sectors.  

In addition to welcoming Canada’s decision, Advanced Biofuels Canada is endorsing the Belém 4X pledge and committing to collaborate on implementation.  

“Canada’s participation in the Belém 4X pledge sends a powerful signal that sustainable liquid fuels are not only a domestic climate solution, but also a cornerstone of global energy security and trade,” said Doug Hooper, director of global affairs at Advanced Biofuels Canada. “This commitment aligns Canada with international leaders that are transitioning energy systems towards net-zero emissions by 2050. The pledge is not just an aspirational target, it’s an action commitment to accelerate low-carbon innovation, scale renewable fuel production and use, strengthen rural economies through new investment and jobs and advance compatible carbon-accounting standards that reward emissions reductions. The Belém 4X pledge underscores the growing recognition that clean fuels, such as biofuels, are essential to achieving net-zero goals, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors like aviation, marine and rail.” 

Hooper added that scaling sustainable fuels globally will unlock opportunities for Canadian biofuel producers and feedstock suppliers, and the 30,000 jobs they support across the country.  

“It’s about building the partnerships and establishing market signals that let our industries compete on a level playing field, twinning climate progress with economic growth,” Hooper said.  

Advanced Biofuels Canada said at home, Canada is turning policies into performance, with fuel blends reaching 10 percent ethanol and 7 percent renewable diesel in 2024 (Navius Research, Biofuels in Canada 2025 report).  

Canada’s fuel regulations are driving innovations to significantly reduce fuel carbon intensities, and fuel producers are expanding made-in-Canada biofuel capacity.  

At full capacity, Canada’s clean-fuel sector represents over CAD$19 billion (USD$13.6 billion) in economic output in 2025, and Advanced Biofuels Canada said the country is well-positioned to deliver on the Belém 4X pledge by expanding output to over CAD$40 billion (USD$28.5 billion) by 2030. 

“With policy momentum at home and abroad, Canada is poised to convert this commitment into new domestic projects, capital investment and durable jobs that advance the Belém 4X goals and build Canadian resilient capacity across the sustainable fuel supply chains,” the association stated.

Advanced Biofuels Canada is the national industry voice for producers, distributors and technology providers of nonfossil, low-carbon and sustainable fuel replacements to gasoline, diesel, jet and marine fuels.  

Its members operate over 45 billion liters (11.9 billion gallons) of low-carbon fuel production capacity globally and are significant suppliers to renewable and low-carbon fuel in Canada and worldwide.