The international crisis related to COVID-19 has heavily impacted bioenergy in the short term through a double shock of price and demand, with the sector requiring attention to avoid lasting damage.
The crisis has also brought to light the need for strong economic recovery programmes across many sectors, and several countries are considering the opportunity to build back better, including sustainable development and environmental considerations as an integral part of recovery packages.
The twenty Biofuture Platform Member Countries share a vision for a low carbon sustainable bioeconomy, and at this time they recognise the urgent need to support the sector in the short term, but also to embed the low carbon bioeconomy in broad economic recovery programs for long-term growth and success. As a way to facilitate consideration of policies and programs, they have put forward five non-binding core Biofuture Principles for post-COVID bioeconomy recovery and acceleration. The October 15 webinar will go through the five Principles and look at current and possible applications at the national level.
The crisis has also brought to light the need for strong economic recovery programmes across many sectors, and several countries are considering the opportunity to build back better, including sustainable development and environmental considerations as an integral part of recovery packages.
The twenty Biofuture Platform Member Countries share a vision for a low carbon sustainable bioeconomy, and at this time they recognise the urgent need to support the sector in the short term, but also to embed the low carbon bioeconomy in broad economic recovery programs for long-term growth and success. As a way to facilitate consideration of policies and programs, they have put forward five non-binding core Biofuture Principles for post-COVID bioeconomy recovery and acceleration. The October 15 webinar will go through the five Principles and look at current and possible applications at the national level.
Speakers
Paolo Frankl
Head, Renewable Energy Division,
IEA
.
Devin O’Grady
Manager, Clean Fuels Branch, Natural Resources Canada
.
K K Jain
Executive Director, Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India
.
Ilkka Räsänen
Vice President, Public Affairs, Neste
Finland
.
Robert Mauri
Deputy director for sustainable air transport, Ministry of the Ecological Transition, France
.
Glaucia Mendes Souza
University of São Paulo and FAPESP Bioenergy Program: BIOEN 2020-2030
Brazil
.
Renato D. Godinho
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazil
.
