EU ambition to build the world’s leading bioeconomy—uncertain times demand innovative and sustainable solutions

Publication date: Available online 1 July 2017
Source:New Biotechnology
Author(s): John Bell, Lino Paula, Thomas Dodd, Szilvia Németh, Christina Nanou, Voula Mega, Paula Campos
This article outlines the current context and the development of the European Bioeconomy Strategy. It analyses the current situation, challenges and needs for EU action and concludes with the next steps that the European Commission will undertake to review and update the Bioeconomy Strategy. Bioeconomy offers great opportunities to realising a competitive, circular and sustainable economy with a sound industrial base that is less dependent on fossil carbon. A sustainable bioeconomy also contributes to climate change mitigation, with oceans, forests and soils being major carbon sinks and fostering negative CO2 emissions. The EU has invested significantly in research and innovation in this field and the European Commission is committed to lead on European bioeconomy strategy.



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