Meeting Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Bioeconomy / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development..

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Contributor:

• SourceOECD (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Energy.
• Agriculture and Food.
• Ecology.
• Finance and Investment.
• Science and Technology.
• Industry and Services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This publication investigates key aspects surrounding the sustainability of bioeconomy development: the use of biomass as feedstock for future production; the design and building of biorefineries for the manufacture of a range of fuels, chemicals and materials, and also for electricity generation; and the use of biotechnologies such as synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and gene editing. Today more than 50 countries have a dedicated bioeconomy strategy or related policies. While the bioeconomy is consistent with sustainability policy (examples are the circular economy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, green growth, re-industrialisation, rural regeneration, climate change mitigation), synergies must be ensured to avoid over-exploitation of natural resources and conflicting global needs.

Contents:

• The bioeconomy concept
• Executive summary
• Reconciling food and industrial needs for biomass
• Foreword
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Education and training for industrial biotechnology
• Financing biorefineries
• Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for a bioeconomy
• Developments in bio-based production
• Enabling bio-based materials policy
• Measuring biomass potential and sustainability
• Biowaste biorefining
• What is a biorefinery
• Biotechnology and biomass sustainability.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264292345

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.