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The fifth World BioEconomy Forum takes place online and in Ruka, Finland. It looks at the role of the bioeconomy related to climate change mitigation and how bioeconomy and bioproducts should be an instrumental part of climate change mitigation policies.
SEI Asia Research Fellow Stefan Bößner will deliver a keynote on “Governing the Bioeconomy: Some international perspectives” on 7 September 2022 at 9:30am EEST and SEI Africa Centre Director Philip Osano is a panelist on 8 September 2022.
Graphic: World BioEconomy Forum.
The 2022 season will consist of online roundtable talks and the annual conference in September 2022. The programme is based on a four-pillar structure to ensure broad engagement of the circular bioeconomy stakeholders.
Times expressed in EET – local time in Finland
09:30
Introduction of the theme by the session head
Overview on recent biostrategies worldwide
Keynote: Governing the Bioeconomy: Some international perspectives
15:45
Panel 7 – The bioeconomy role in the climate change mitigation
Moderated by Dr. Mark Rudnicki, Professor of Practice, Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Panelists
Agenda. Graphic: World BioEconomy Forum.
Initiative / This initiative aims to guide decision-makers towards more cohesive and constructive governance of bioeconomy pathways, with a focus on the Global South.
SEI working paper / A snapshot of Thailand's efforts to develop a modern bioeconomy.
SEI brief / What are the challenges in making transitions to a bio-economy? This brief discusses strategies for making the transition, with a particular focus on the EU.
Journal article / This article explores the increasingly international nature of the bioeconomy and which institutions and processes will shape its governance in the future.
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