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Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Newsletter
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Issue 9, January 2023
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This is the bi-monthly newsletter of the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy with information on some of the recent publications and news relevant for policymaking in the field of the bioeconomy. For more information, you can browse and search our entire knowledge base by visiting the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy website.
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The coordination team
European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
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Bioeconomy knowledge highlights
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Prospective LCA methodology for novel and emerging technologies for bio-based products
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A prospective Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) looks at future environmental impacts of technologies and their products, and is a well-suited methodology to assess the environmental performance of novel and emerging technologies for bio-based products, to ensure that such technologies present a genuine decrease of environmental burdens. This JRC report, based on discussions with relevant experts in the context of a Community of Practice workshop of the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy, provides guidance on how to perform a prospective LCA for emerging bio-based products.
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Sustainable and circular bioeconomy in the climate agenda: opportunities to transform agrifood systems
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The bioeconomy offers opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agrifood system by replacing fossil-based resources and processes with biological ones, from microbiome innovations, biofertilisers and biopesticides, to alternative proteins, bio-based plastics and textiles, and biological waste management, to name just a few. This paper, published by FAO, describes the important role of the bioeconomy in the pathway towards the Paris Agreement targets. It starts from the definition of the bioeconomy and its relevance in the global climate agenda and includes examples of innovations within the bioeconomy that support climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.
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Blue bioeconomy report - 2022 edition
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The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) has just released the 2022 edition of its biannual blue bioeconomy report that provides an updated overview of the EU’s blue bioeconomy sector. The report explores the latest developments of micro- and macroalgae cultivation systems, with a particular focus on sargassum - a genus of brown macroalgae that plays a crucial role in marine ecosystems. It also looks at the crucial role that macroalgae ecosystems play in the marine carbon cycle and provides an analysis of how macroalgae can transform regional economies.
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The future of food and agriculture: drivers and triggers for transformation
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This FAO report describes potential alternative futures for agrifood systems and their interrelations with broader socioeconomic and environmental systems. It builds on a comprehensive strategic foresight exercise and highlights four key triggers for the transformation of agrifood systems: improved governance; increased consumer awareness; better income and wealth distribution; widespread technological, social and institutional innovations. All of them will have to be activated by means of suitable public strategies and policies, with the participation of all stakeholders.
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Read also...
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The achievements of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking since 2014
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A new book tells the story of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), from its launch in 2014, to the moment the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) took over its activities in 2022. More than 140 successful projects funded by this public-private partnership contributed to de-risking investments, structuring Europe-based value chains, and creating jobs in the bioeconomy sector.
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EU policy framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics
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In November 2022, the European Commission adopted a policy framework to improve the understanding around bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics. The Communication aims to clarify where these plastics can bring genuine environmental benefits. It includes measurable requirements these plastics must satisfy to have positive environmental impacts and affirms the importance of ensuring that consumers receive correct information about the challenges and benefits stemming from the use of bio-based products.
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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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On 19 December 2022 world leaders adopted the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on the occasion of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15). The agreement sets clear and measurable targets for ambitious actions by 2030 and 2050, also relevant to the bioeconomy: among them, to sustainably manage areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry, and substantially increase agroecology and other biodiversity-friendly practices, as well as to tackle climate change through nature-based solutions, and reduce global footprint of consumption by 2030.
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The new Common Agricultural Policy starts
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The approval of all 28 Strategic Plans (one for each EU country and two for Belgium) by the European Commission has marked the start of the new Common Agricultural Policy on 1 January 2023. The policy will focus on ten specific objectives, linked to common EU goals for social, environmental, and economic sustainability in agriculture and rural areas. Available funding will support European farmers in the transition towards a sustainable and resilient agricultural sector, and help preserve the vitality and diversity of rural areas.
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Monitoring soil threats in Europe
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European soils are under increasing pressure due to soil sealing, pollution, intensive agriculture and climate change. At the same time, there are management options to improve soil functions and health, including to sequester carbon, increase biodiversity and prevent erosion. This report by the European Environment Agency presents a comprehensive set of common indicators to assess soil health as well as risk-based thresholds to inform protection and restoration needs and soil-related policies in Europe.
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The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
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Carbon Dioxide Removal involves capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it on land, in oceans, geological formations or products, and is crucial if we are to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals. The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal, led by the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise, is a first global scientific assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal. The report takes stock of the most significant research and innovation in the field, to provide a clear and reliable knowledge base to researchers, policymakers and practitioners.
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Words from the bioeconomy world
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Sustainable forest management
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Stewardship and use of forest lands in a way and at a rate that maintains their productivity, biodiversity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfill, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions at local, national and global levels and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems.
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