IEA Report: Delivering Sustainable Fuels

Sustainable fuels mean liquid biofuels, biogases, low-emissions hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels – offer multiple benefits for the energy sector.

With well-designed policies, sustainable fuels can achieve major lifecycle emissions reductions compared with conventional fuels.

✅ IEA Policy Recommendations:

📌 Establish roadmaps, targets and support policies that are tailored to regional contexts and aligned with broader energy goals, while keeping a technology-open approach.

📌 Increase demand predictability to increase market confidence and attract investment.

📌 Cooperate in developing transparent and robust carbon accounting methodologies to enhance comparability and future interoperability, and enable performance-based policies and incentives.

📌 Support innovation to narrow cost gaps to accelerate economies of scale and cost reductions for emerging technologies.

📌 Develop integrated supply chains and address infrastructure needs to unlock long-term economic development opportunities.

📌 Make financing more accessible, especially in emerging and developing economies to de-risk investment and unlock the vast potential for sustainable fuels in these regions.

➡️ Source: International Energy Agency. Report. Delivering Sustainable Fuels. Pathways to 2035