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Workshop summary report "Moving Beyond Drop-In Replacements: Performance-Advantaged Biobased Chemicals"

 

China and the EU account for about 50% of global trade

China and the EU account for about 50% of global trade. Europe is China’s largest trading partner and China is Europe's primary source of imports.

 

New assessment of R&I on Food Systems by European Member States, and SCAR report

 

EC's agenda for a climate-smart and sustainable food system for a healthy Europe

 

Unlocking the blue growth potential in the EU’s outermost regions

 

Publication on “Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy: Technological and Economic Perspectives”

 

BIO catalogue of Renewable Chemicals Platforms for building the biobased economy

 

Interreg project kick off for new bio-based value chains from waste water

 

EU Regulation on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)

 

Released the World Atlas of Desertification

 

Main results of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council

 

EU funded project for pioneer nano-based food packaging

 

Inaugurated the Bio-on plant to produce 100% biodegradable PHAs bioplastics for cosmetics

 

Scientific publication on how biodiversity improves the ecological design of sustainable algal biofuel systems

 

Harnessing new data sources responsibly for effective migration policy

Launch of the Big Data for Migration alliance (BD4M), a global initiative to unlock the potential of big data sources and provide valuable insights related to migration.

 

BioSAMs for the EU Member States: Constructing Social Accounting Matrices with a detailed disaggregation of the bio-economy

 

H2020 funded project on bio-based & biodegradable packaging for convenience foods

 

Sustainable fisheries: public consultation on the 2019 fishing opportunities

 

Europe leads the global clean energy transition: agreement on further renewable energy development in the EU

 

2nd anniversary of the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography

This month we celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) In its first two years of existence scientists and policy makers have been working hard together to forge the KCMD. The Centre has already achieved achieved a lot, successfully providing analysis and evidence for EU policymaking on one of the most important issues of our time.