Bioeconomy Policy News

October 2020
An introduction to UK policies andbioeconomy innovation
NNFCC

October 2020
Ten trends for the sustainable bioeconomy in Nordic Arctic and Baltic Sea Region
Nordic Council of Ministers

September 2020
Future transitions for the Bioeconomy towards Sustainable Development and a Climate-Neutral Economy – Knowledge Synthesis Final Report
EU JRC

September 2020
Investing in Nature as the true engine of our economy: A 10-point Action Plan for a Circular Bioeconomy of Wellbeing
European Forest Institute (EFI)

August 2020
Realizing the vision of a circular food system: a policy dialogue on a sustainable bioeconomy in the Öresund region
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

August 2020
Envisaging alternative bioeconomy pathways: a case study from Rwanda
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

August 2020
Thailand’s BCG economy thriving on ric h biodiversity and technological strengths
Bangkok Post

August 2020
PolicyBrief – Bioeconomy Strategy Costa Rica
Government of Costa Rica

July 2020
Implementation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Bioeconomy Strategy BIT II
Presidency of Council of Ministers, Italy

July 2020
Implemenation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Microbiome Initiative
Presidency of Council of Ministers, Italy

July 2020
New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Busines
World Economic Forum

July 2020
G20 Policy Brief: Bioeconomy: A Sustainable Development Strategy
Chavarría, H., Trigo, E., Villarreal, F., Elverdin, P. & P. Piñeiro

June 2020
Bioeconomy Implementation Group First Progress Report
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Ireland

June 2020
Bio-waste generation in the EU: Current capture levels & future potential
Biobased Industries Consortium (BBI)

June 2020
The Blue Economy Report 2020
European Commission

June 2020
10-Point Action Plan to catalyse a circular bioeconomy of wellbeing
Palahí et. al

May 2020
Bioeconomy Research and Development Act 2020
U.S. Senate

May 2020
California’s Biostrategy 2020: The Greenprint for Biomanufacturing and Sustainable Supply Chains in a Post-COVID World
Business Recovery Task Force California

May 2020
Reports mapping bio-based potential and opportunities for green growth in Central and Eastern Europe
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)

May 2020
Diálogo de política sobre bioeconomía para el desarrollo sostenible en Colombia (in Spanish)
Stockholm Environment Institute

May 2020
Nachhaltige Bioökonomie in Brandenburg: Biobasierte Wertschöpfung – regional und innovativ (German)
Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection Brandenburg, Germany

April 2020
South-South and Triangluar Cooperation on the Bioeconomy - an important element towards sustainable and circular bioeconomies.
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation & Center for Strategic Studies and Management

April 2020
A message from HRH The Prince of Wales on Earth Day 2020
HRH The Prince of Wales

April 2020
Bioeconomy in Thailand (Thai)
NSTDA

April 2020
How big is the bioeconomy?
EU JRC

March 2020
Policy dialogue on a bioeconomy for sustainable development in Colombia
Stockholm Environment Institute

March 2020
Circular Economy Action Plan
European Commission

March 2020
Distribution of the bio-based industry in the EU
JRC

February 2020
USDA Science Blueprint
USDA

January 2020
Policy dialogue on a bioeconomy for sustainable development in Thailand
Stockholm Environment Institute

January 2020
National Bioeconomy Strategy (German)
German Federal Government

January 2020
National Bioeconomy Strategy - Summary (English)
German Federal Government

January 2020
Safeguarding the Bioeconomy
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

December 2019
Microbiome: The missing link?
UN FAO

December 2019
Towards a sustainable bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean
UN ECLAC

November 2019
Indicators to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of bioeconomy. Overview and a proposed way forward.
UN FAO

November 2019
The bioeconomy potential of BE-Rural’s OIP regions
Cosette Khawaja, Felix Colmorgen, Dominik Rutz

October 2019
The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2019-2020
UN ECLAC, UN FAO, IICA

October 2019
GGGI Technical Report No. 5: Green Growth Index - Concept, Methods and Applications
Global Green Growth Institute

October 2019
Regional Bioeconomy Strategy Grand Est (in French)
Region Grand Est

October 2019
Summary of the 2019 White House Summit on America’s Bioeconomy
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, USA

September 2019
Innovation ecosystems in the bioeconomy
OECD

August 2019
Our Vision 2030
Nordic Council of Ministers

August 2019
Climate Change and Land
IPCC

June 2019
Bioeconomy Strategy Japan (in Japanese)
Government of Japan

June 2019
Engineering Biology: A Research Roadmap for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy
Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC), USA

June 2019
Hacia una bioeconomía sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe: Elementos para una visión regional
UN-ECLAC

June 2019
Bioeconomy Strategy of the Federal German State Baden-Württemberg
Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection, Baden-Württemberg &
Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, Baden-Württemberg

May 2019
La bioeconomía: Nuevo marco para el crecimiento sostenible en América Latina
Hodson de Jaramillo, G. Henry, E. Trigo

May 2019
COMMUNIQUÉ: Working together towards sustainable supply of biomass for the bioeconomy
IEA Bioenergy, GBEP, UN-FAO, Biofuture Platform, IRENA, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland

May 2019
Blue Bioeconomy Roadmap for Portugal
BLUEandGREEN

May 2019
Building a global alliance of biofoundries
Paul Freemont et al, Nature Communications

May 2019
Towards sustainable bioeconomy - Lessons learned from case studies
Marta Gomez San Juan, Anne Bogdanski and Olivier Dubois (FAO)

May 2019
Canada’s Bioeconomy Strategy
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

May 2019
BIT - Bioeconomy in Italy (update)
Government of Italy

April 2019
Agency in actor networks: Who is governing transitions towards a bioeconomy? The case of Colombia
V. López Hernández, H. Schanz

April 2019
Master Plan Bioeconomy in the Hauts-de-France Region (in French)
Région Hauts-de-France

April 2019
Bioeconomy from experts’ perspectives – Results of a global expert survey
Irwa Issa, Ulrich Hamm, Sebastian Delbrück

April 2019
Enabling the Advanced Bioeconomy through Public Policy Supporting Biofoundries and Engineering Biology
Richard Kitney, Michael Adeogun, Yoshiyuki Fujishima et al

April 2019
A call for action. Climate change as a source of financial risk.
Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

March 2019
Insights into the European market for bio-based chemicals
European Commission

March 2019
Arms Control and the Convergence of Biology and Emerging Technologies
Kolja Brockmann, Sibylle Bauer and Vincent Boulanin

March 2019
Bioeconomy in Thailand: a case study
Stockholm Environment Institute

March 2019
Bioeconomy – The global trend and its implications for sustainability and food security
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun

March 2019
Global Environmental Outlook 6
UNEP

March 2019
Austrian Bioeconomy Strategy
Austrian Government

February 2019
Bio-based products. From idea to market “15 EU success stories” - Study
European Commission

February 2019
Communique of GBS2018 (in Spanish)
International Advisory Council of GBS2018

February 2019
Thailand's Bioeconomy
Thailand Board of Investment

February 2019
The Bioeconomy Initiative: Implementing Framework
USA Bioeconomy Initiative

January 2019
Global Resources Outlook 2019
International Resource Panel

December 2018
The financing of the bioeconomy in selected countries in Europe, Asia and Africa (in Spanish)
Adrián G. Rodríguez, Rafael H. Aramendis, Andrés O. Mondaini

December 2018
Creating the Biofuture: A Report on the State of the Low Carbon Bioeconomy
Biofuture Platform

December 2018
Growing the Bioeconomy
Government of the United Kingdom

November 2018
Bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish)
Adrián G. Rodríguez

October 2018
A sustainable bioeconomy for Europe - Update Bioeconomy Strategy
European Commission

August 2018
The circular economy and the bioeconomy
European Environment Agency

July 2018
Declaration of the G20 Meeting of Agriculture Ministers
G20 Agriculture Ministers

July 2018
Bioeconomy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
BBI

May 2018
Searching for green alchemy - Creating a new EU investment platform to improve access to finance in the circular bioeconomy
European Central Bank and European Commission

April 2018
The position of the bioeconomy in the Netherlands
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

March 2018
Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy
USDA

March 2018
National Policy Statement on the Bioeconomy Ireland
Government of Ireland

February 2018
BIOEAST Vision Paper
BIOEAST

February 2018
Une Stratégie Bioéconomie pour la France: Plan d'action 2018-2020
Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

February 2018
Communication from the Commission updating the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy (Roadmap 2018)
European Commission

February 2018
The rapidly developing Nordic bioeconomy
Nordic Council of Ministers

January 2018
Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Life on Land
World Economic Forum

January 2018
Nordic Bioeconomy Program: 15 Action Points for Sustainable Change
Nordic Council of Ministers

January 2018
Joint Survey on bioeconomy policy developments in different countries
BBI JU, EC, IEA Bioenergy

January 2018
Medium-Term Plan 2018-2020
IICA

December 2017
Bioeconomía en América Latina y el Caribe
CEPAL

December 2017
Latvijas Bioekonomikas stratēģija 2030
Government Latvia

November 2017
Review of the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy
European Commission

November 2017
Review of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and its Action Plan
European Commission

November 2017
Bioeconomy regions in Europe
Biobased Industries Consortium (BBI)

November 2017
Growing the Irish Forest Bioeconomy
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland)

November 2017
Scaling-up the low carbon bioeconomy: an urgent andvital challenge
Biofuture platform

November 2017
European Bioeconomy Stakeholders Manifesto
European Bioeconomy Stakeholders Panel et al

November 2017
Leading the way to a European circular bioeconomy strategy
European Forest Institute (EFI)

June 2017
Access-to-finance conditions for Investments in Bio-Based Industries and the Blue Economy
European Investment Bank EIB

June 2017
Position Paper. European workshop on bioeconomy.
INRA

June 2017
Primary sector science roadmap – Te ao tūro
Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

May 2017
SIRA Strategic Innovation & Research Agenda
Biobased Industries Consortium (EU)

May 2017
The Next Production Revolution: Implications for Governments and Business. Bioproduction and the Bioeconomy
OECD

May 2017
Wood-Based Bioeconomy Solving Global Challenges
European Forest Institute (EU)

April 2017
Renewal of forest based manufacturing towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy
Finnish Environment Institute

April 2017
JRC Science for Policy Report: Bioeconomy Report 2016
Joint Research Centre EU

April 2017
Creating Networks for the Transition to a Bio-based and Circular Economy
BioStep Project (EU)

March 2017
Stakeholder and Citizen Participation in Bioeconomy Strategies
BioStep Project (EU)

March 2017
OECD Green Growth Studies: Green Growth Indicators 2017
OECD

March 2017
Urban Biocycles
Ellen MacArthur Foundation & World Economic Forum

March 2017
Bioeconomía Argentina
Argentina Ministry of Agro-Industry

March 2017
Genome editing: scientific opportunities, public interests and policy options in the European Union.
European Academies Scientific Advisory Council. 2017

March 2017
Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

February 2017
Biological Extinction
Pontificial Academy of Social Sciences

February 2017
Bioeconomy development in EU regions
European Commission

January 2017
2017 Global Cleantech
i3

January 2017
Nordic Bioeconomy: 25 Cases for Sustainable Change
Nordic Council of Ministers

January 2017
La stratégie nationale bioéconomie
Ministre de l’agriculture, de l’agroalimentaire et de la forêt

January 2017
Thailand’s 10-Year Roadmap on Bioeconomy
Government and private sector under the Pracha Rat public-private collaborative scheme

December 2016
Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2016. Innovation in the bioeconomy
OECD

November 2016
Familiar resources – undreamt of possibilities
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

November 2016
BIT - Bioeconomy in Italy (consultant draft)
Paolo Bonaretti, Cinzia Tonci, Fabio Fava et al

October 2016
The role of regions in European Bioeconomy
Bratislava Bioeconomy Conference Conclusions

October 2016
Lodz Declaration of Bioregions

August 2016
Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies
Ivar Virgin, E. Jane Morris, J. von Braun et al

July 2016
Nature article: Five cornerstones of a global bioeconomy
GBS Conference Committee/Jim Philp/Beate El-Chichakli

July 2016
Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy
U.S. Department of Energy

June 2016
India: government proposes an integrated bio energy mission

May 2016
Communiqué G7 Toyama Environment Ministers’ Meeting
G7 Environment Minister

May 2016
Food Systems and Natural Resources
UNEP, International Resource Panel

May 2016
The Bioeconomy in the European Union in numbers
European Commission

April 2016
2016 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI

April 2016
Wood in the Bioeconomy - Opportunities and Limits
German Bioeconomy Council

April 2016
Working Group Public Procurement of Bio-based Products Recommendations 2016
Commission Expert Group for Bio-based Products

March 2016
The Spanish Bioeconomy Strategy 2030 Horizon
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment

March 2016
First meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Bioeconomy Council

February 2016
Bioeconomy strategies and policiesin the Baltic Sea Region countries
Nordic Council of Ministers

February 2016
Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy
U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior and others

February 2016
Key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
UN FAO

November 2015
Making Bioeconomy Work for Sustainable Development
Global Bioeconomy Summit, International Advisory Committee

November 2015
Global Visions for the Bioeconomy – an International Delphi-Study
German Bioeconomy Council

November 2015
Synopsis of National Strategies around the World
Christian Patermann, Office of the German Bioeconomy Council

August 2020
Thailand’s BCG economy thriving on ric h biodiversity and technological strengths
Bangkok Post

August 2020
National Bioeconomy Strategy Costa Rica (Summary)
Government of Costa Rica

July 2020
Implementation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Bioeconomy Strategy BIT II
Presidency of Council of Ministers, Italy

July 2020
Implemenation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Microbiome Initiative