Pioneering SAF Platform Lets COP30 Travelers Offset Flight Emissions

The Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) has unveiled a first-of-its-kind initiative to help attendees of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, decarbonize their travel. The new COP30 SAF platform allows participants to calculate and mitigate emissions from flights to the UN climate summit in November 2025 by supporting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that meets SABA’s rigorous sustainability criteria.

Unlike previous efforts, the platform is open to all COP30 delegates, including non-members, reflecting a strategic push to expand visibility and investment in SAF.

“Having been to 18 COPs, I know flight emissions are a dilemma,” said Kim Carnahan, CEO of the Center for Green Market Activation and Head of the SABA Secretariat. “This platform provides a credible way for travelers to address their emissions while accelerating deployment of sustainable aviation fuel.”

The SAF will be supplied by SkyNRG, selected through a competitive process earlier this year. “We are proud to support SABA’s COP30 campaign,” said SkyNRG’s Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder, Theye Veen. “With over a decade of experience in building SAF supply chains and standards, we’re committed to scaling access to high-integrity fuels.”

Attendees can calculate emissions using either Google’s Travel Impact Model for commercial flights or Eurocontrol’s tool for private jets. They then purchase pre-vetted SAF certificates, later receiving a retirement statement from the SAFc Registry, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Experts emphasize that SAF, made from renewable or waste-derived feedstocks, is the aviation sector’s most promising near-term climate solution. By enabling collective investment, the COP30 platform demonstrates how market-based tools can accelerate innovation and finance for clean fuel technologies.

For more information, delegates can visit gmacenter.org/cop30safc.

Source: flysaba.org