The 2019 SusChem Stakeholders Event "Sustainable Chemistry to solve global challenges: the new SusChem Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda".
Bioeconomy
A farm cultivating seaweed at sea in the Republic of Korea has become the first of its kind to be certified against the ASC-MSC Seaweed Standard.
WBCSD released the CEO Guide to the Circular Bioeconomy, a call for the shift towards a sustainable, low-carbon, circular bioeconomy.
Nordregio’s new publications "Transition to a bioeconomy in Northwest Russia: regional cases of the Republic of Karelia and Murmansk oblast" report and a Policy Brief called "Transition to a bioeconomy in Northwest Russia – current potential and challenges" describe the State-of-art transition process in Russia.
The study presents a strategy to produce a wood fiber based yarn to be used as a platform for human and veterinary pharmaceutical hormone capture.
Applications of sensors in biomedical and life sciences dominate the market, with a significantly smaller market share in the agroenvironmental and security sectors. Finely tuned algae-based devices can boost biosensor technology toward their use in practical agroenvironmental and security applications. Cross-disciplinary technologies such as nanotechnology, microfluidics, materials science, and rational design are actively contributing to the customization of algae-based biosensors with improved analytical performance.
Environment at a Glance is the OECD platform for environmental indicators. It gives access to the most recent data through interactive graphics and provides key messages on major environmental issues. The indicators shown provide a tool to track environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.
The fourth edition of the EU "Raw Materials Week" builds up on a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU. It will be a unique opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, knowledge base etc.
Through this report, the aim of the Life Cycle Initiative is to initiate a global process to reach consensus on recommended environmental indicators and characterisation factors (CFs) for life cycle impact assessment (LCIA).
Expert stakeholder workshop of the BioMonitor project focused on data collection methodologies.
The event brings together municipal and regional decision-makers and MEPs to discuss innovations in freshwater fisheries and aquaculture. The event aims to examine policy measures and research solutions in food security and production concerning freshwater fisheries and aquaculture. The main goal is to identify bottlenecks and propose solutions for inland fisheries and landlocked regions aiming to develop freshwater fisheries and aquaculture.
Global ceremony in Rome highlights need to step up actions to make ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms possible by 2030
Institutional public-private partnerships are needed to ensure the full deployment of the bioeconomy in Europe