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TRANSITION TO A BIOECONOMY
– says Scarlat – and faster and be sustainable development. While a bioeconomy have to make significant
more ambitious to reach climate number of new, emerging, innovative contributions it is the industry that
neutrality in 2050. Innovation is bioenergy technologies approach will have to carry the heaviest of
needed for delivering the Paris targets. maturity, further effort is needed to the responsibilities and weight in
enable promising technologies to delivering the Paris Agreement.
Ursula von der Leyen, the new reach commercial operation.
European Commission president, If we are really serious about
pledged for a “European Green EUBCE proposes for 2020 a mitigating the 2°C temperature
Deal” to make EU a climate- programme that addresses and increase in 2100 the amount of
neutral economy by 2050. To help responds to the present-days fossil carbon emissions has to be
finance this transition away from challenges and opportunities for reduced close to zero by 2050. This
fossil fuels economy, a strategy for the whole biomass sector. The new, is a tall order and places significant
green financing and a sustainable emerging, innovative technologies are responsibilities and at the same time
investment plan would ensure important to address as that could important obligations on the industry
€1 trillion of investments over the have a significant impact on the take- as the key sector of the bioenergy
next decade through a European off on the bioeconomy”. community able to deliver the clean
“Climate Bank”. energy transition.
In his role of EUBCE Industry
While all sectors and technologies Committee Coordinator, Kyriakos The EUBCE aims to highlight the role
have a role to play in this endeavour, Maniatis, EU DG Ener, highlights of the industry across all sessions
bioenergy, as part of a new, modern, the role of the EU Bioeconomy and topics of the bioeconomy. It is
emerging bioeconomy, could have Industry. “We have all come to the therefore imperative to work hand in
an essential contribution to reach understanding that critical and hand with the research community
climate neutrality by 2050. Besides strategic decisions are necessary enabling to bring into the market
contributing to greenhouse gas in undertaking appropriate – states the innovative technologies and
reduction, bioenergy brings additional Maniatis – but very difficult measures energy systems necessary for such
social, environmental and economic needed to meet the Paris Agreement a transition. At the same time such
benefits to agriculture, forestry and and effectively combat climate actions are vital in maintaining the
other industrial sectors, driving change. At the same time it is obvious leading position the EU industry
rural development, in the context of that although all sectors of the enjoys at present”. l
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