The world is no longer the same as it was a year ago. A series of unexpected calamities threaten to significantly derail the goals of decarbonizing the global economy and meeting the Paris 2050 commitments. However, this is not the time to sit idle, warns Kyriakos Maniatis, Coordinator of the EUBCE Industry Track.
“If we sit still and wait, the unwanted effects on the economy, energy, climate and society will only increase,” he says. “I see this as an opportunity to accelerate our efforts to market the introduction of renewable energy sources, in particular biomass and its many applications in the economy.”
Facilitate transition
Figures from the IMF show that rising inflation is mainly caused by energy prices, especially transport and food prices. These are pre-eminent sectors in which the biomass economy can play a stabilizing role, for example by facilitating the energy transition from fossil fuels to a green economy and at the same time guaranteeing an adequate food supply and employment.
The solutions offered by the biomass industry will receive ample attention during the Industry Track of EUBCE 2023, the 31st Biomass Conference & Expo to be held in Bologna, Italy in June 2023. The central focus there is on technological innovations for bringing state-of-the-art technologies to the market and tackling the increasing scarcity of financing.
EUBCE is organized by ETA-Florence Renewable Energies. The technical program is coordinated by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC). The Industry Track is coordinated by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
More information about EUBCE 2023: https://www.eubce.com/
Source: Agro&Chemistry
