It took a long time, but France in the past year published a national bioeconomy strategy and its national government has approved it. It\u2019s here in full form.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re publishing a digested version today not only as summary of activities in France (and its extensive bioeconomy resources, industrial base and technical innovation level), but as a model of what a cogent national strategy can look like.
\nThe 4 Guiding Goals<\/p>\n
Good jobs and good products while preserving resources for the long term \u2014 France sums up it\u2019s four goals this way:<\/p>\n
1. To guarantee food security and acceptable living standards for present and future generations by preserving natural resources and ecosystem functions in habitats
\n2. Efficient, resilient and circular, productive for the long term
\n3. Focused on its citizens and with local roots, A bioeconomy that contributes to the development of economic value and jobs
\n4. Providing innovative, effective and affordable solutions able to meet the diversity of human needs<\/p>\n
The Challenge of rising population and emissions<\/p>\n
The Plan focuses on \u201cnew modes of production and consumption that are, at one and the same time, more efficient, resilient and compatible with the planet\u2019s limits and mechanisms\u201d \u2014 citing the The Paris Agreement on to limit climate change to \u201cwell below 2\u00b0c\u201d, and noting the \u201ccrucial issue of global food security and the particular vulnerability of food production systems,\u201d given an \u201coutlook is for a human population of over nine billion by 2050\u201d and a shift to more protein in the diet.<\/p>\n
The Good News<\/p>\n
The Plan states the bioeconomy\u2019s role as central to the changes that must come: \u201cThe use of bioresources\u2026 offers opportunities for our economy. It can contribute to greater food sovereignty and the restoration of our trade balance, as well as creating value-added, thereby reinforcing the dynamism of rural areas and developing employment.\u201d<\/p>\n
30% of France\u2019s overall emission target<\/p>\n
France\u2019s goal is to reduce its emissions of 500m co2 equivalent tonnes (as of 2103) to around 325m co2 equivalent tonnes by 2030. The Plan anticipates that as much as 30% of this reduction could come from the bioeconomy, in four ways.<\/p>\n
1. replacement of products of fossil origin by products derived from bioresources: 40mt of co2 per year by 2030 and storage of 5mt of co2 per year;
\n2. the potential emissions reduction in the farming industry considered achievable by 2030 (notably by encouraging changes in
\n3. Farming methods and energy self-sufficiency based on methanisation, for example) would be in the region of 10-15mt;
\n4. a 20 % reduction in food waste by 2030 would avoid emissions of 10mt co2eq\/year.
\nThe 22 steps towards realizing the bioeconomy potential<\/p>\n
In all, France identified 22 steps under 6 categories of action relating to co-operation, production, environment, innovation, and dialogue.<\/p>\n
Making bioeconomy products a market reality<\/p>\n
1. Raising the profile of innovative bioeconomy products
\n2. Clarifying and highlighting the positive externalities of biobased products
\n3. Making use of public procurement for biobased products<\/p>\n
Supporting the transition to a high-performance, innovative and sustainable biobased industry<\/p>\n
4. Fostering industrial ecology through synergy in uses of bioresources and the factors of production
\n5. Developing novel, flexible production systems suited to the resources used
\n6. Rolling out industrial activities
\n7. Fostering dialogue between farming, forestry and fisheries upstream and processing industry operators<\/p>\n
Producing bioresources sustainably to meet the needs of all bioeconomy value chains<\/p>\n
8. Improving and sharing our knowledge of the resources and their uses
\n9. Producing and using more bioresources
\n10. Using bioresources and seeking the best possible organization<\/p>\n
Guaranteeing a sustainable bioeconomy<\/p>\n
11. A competitive bioeconomy works in synergy with natural mechanisms
\n12. The development of the bioeconomy has a major regional component
\n13. A productive and competitive bioeconomy is founded on sustainable production
\n14. The bioeconomy must make use of environmental impact assessments<\/p>\n
Building a dialogue with society for a shared bioeconomy
\n15. Informing and engaging the actors
\n16. Organizing debate to ensure informed decisions<\/p>\n
Innovation for a high+performance bioeconomy<\/p>\n
17, Understanding and assisting changes in global food systems
\n18. Continuing research efforts to develop outlets for chemicals, materials and energy
\n19. Supporting research for more sustainable production systems and biomass adaptation
\n20. Making use of research for a regionally integrated bioeconomy and sharing value
\n21. Successfully combining and evaluating multiple innovations in meta-systems
\n22. Using research to support bioeconomy training<\/p>\n
Defining an action plan<\/p>\n
At the heart of the plan, four action stages.<\/p>\n
Stage 1. A broad survey of measures linked to each of the six core themes, making a distinction between what has been done and what might be done. This inventory will be based on previous discussions or on new contacts if necessary.<\/p>\n
Stage 2. Prioritization of the measures listed and preparation of datasheets for the new measures. the datasheets for measures must contain:<\/p>\n
\u2022 a description of the measure and the timetable for its implementation;
\n\u2022 the targets and the means for measuring how far they have been achieved;
\n\u2022 an evaluation of the impacts on existing systems and the solutions for limiting negative effects;
\n\u2022 the links with existing measures and supplementary measures that can be added;
\n\u2022 the individual in charge of the measure, along with the partners and the resources deployed;
\n\u2022 distribution to all economic sectors of information on targets and methods;
\n\u2022 organization of monitoring, ex-post evaluation and feedback.<\/p>\n
Stage 3. Tracking the action plan based on efforts to link up with schemes already in place and contributing to it (e.g. Strategic sector contracts) and specific tracking of new measures.<\/p>\n
Trans-Europe and international partnership<\/p>\n
The French bioeconomy plan takes into account the European Commission\u2019s 2012 strategy: \u201cinnovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe\u201d and four initiatives that have flowed from that.<\/p>\n
The plan notes that \u201cFrance\u2019s active participation in EU and international policymaking\u2026will make it possible to advocate French views in all these bodies and, reciprocally, to enrich national thinking based on the experience of partner countries.\u201d The plan\u2019s authors envisage four steps for European co-operation:<\/p>\n
1. formation of several working groups in the standing committee on agricultural research (scar) in dg research.
\n2. the setting up of the European bioeconomy observatory, backed by a panel of experts.
\n3. formation of an expert group on biobased products as part of the Lead Market Initiative in order to underpin their development.
\n4. the launch of a public-private partnership associating the European Commission with a consortium of manufacturers, involving \u20ac1 billion of public money and \u20ac2.7bn in private-sector funding.<\/p>\n
The goals are to:<\/p>\n
1. benchmark the various European strategies,
\n2. set up a network of french actors engaged in the bioeconomy at European level in close conjunction with the strategy committee,
\n3. play an active role in European proceedings and consultations.<\/p>\n
At the international level, the plan aims at co-ordinating with the International Energy Agency, the UN Environment Program and the FAO.<\/p>\n
The role of IAR<\/p>\n
No note about the French bioeconomy would be complete without noting the role of the IAR bioeconomy cluster and associated projects. For 10 years, IAR has been supporting more than 210 projects for a total investment of \u20ac1,5 billion. Five examples of IAR projects are:<\/p>\n
1. BBI \u2013 biobased industries joint undertaking (http:\/\/www.bbi-europe.eu<\/a>). AIR is a board member of the BBIju It took a long time, but France in the past year published a national bioeconomy strategy and its national government has approved it. It\u2019s here in full form. We\u2019re publishing a digested version today not only as summary of activities in France (and its extensive bioeconomy resources, industrial base and technical innovation level), but as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838],"supplier":[8031,8390,2317,233,2274],"class_list":["post-44061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","supplier-bbi-joint-undertaking","supplier-biofuels-digest","supplier-european-commission","supplier-food-and-agriculture-organization-of-the-united-nations-fao","supplier-iar-pole-de-competitivit-industrie-et-agro-ressources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44061"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=44061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. IMPROVE \u2013 plant based proteins (http:\/\/www.improve-innov.com\/en<\/a>)
\n3. PIVERT \u2013 oilseed biorefining (http:\/\/www.institut-pivert.com<\/a>)
\n4. FUTUROL \u2013 ligno-cellulosic ethanol (http:\/\/www.projetfuturol.com<\/a>)
\n5. BIO-LIC \u2013 overcoming hurdles for industrial biotechnology (http:\/\/www.industrialbiotech-europe.eu<\/a>\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"