Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 – Conference Report
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3Executive SummaryAbout the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020For the first time, the third Global Bioeconomy Summit organized by the International Advisory Council onGlobal Bioeconomy (IACGB) was held in an interactiveand virtual format from the 16th to 20th of November2020. The Summit digitally brought together around3000 representatives from politics, science, civilsociety and the business sector and from more than50 countries to discuss the latest developments andchallenges in the global bioeconomy. The international character of this year’s Summit was strengthenedby the guidance of five official partners, representingthe European Union, Japan, the ASEAN region, Eastern Africa, and Latin America & the Caribbean.The Summit week kicked off with a three-day(16th–18th) interactive workshop marathon, consistingof 12 workshops and over 50 breakout sessions. Fromthe more than 50 workshop proposals received in anopen call, bioeconomy stakeholders from around theworld organized workshops covering a highly diverserange of topics from bioinnovation and economy tobiodiversity protection and climate action.The plenary agenda (19 th and 20 th) focused oninnovation in a sustainable bioeconomy and thebioeconomy’s role in addressing global crises, andspurring bioinnovations, markets and consumerapproaches. More than 100 high-level speakers contributed to the event, including ministersand government representatives from partnercountries, the European Union, Japan, the ASEANregion, Eastern Africa, and Latin America & theCaribbean, international policy experts from theUnited Nations and European Commission, andleading international personalities and changemakers from science, industry, and NGOs.This year a number of special elements guided thevirtual program, including a digital bioeconomyexhibition and media corner, virtual roundtables fornetworking, entertaining and informative video clipsfrom projects, start-ups, and corporations from thebioeconomic sector, and an evening reception withpresentations emerging food start-ups. With thegoal of bringing together an eclectic and geographically diverse group of young people to act as ambassadors for the bioeconomy, this year, the IACGBselected eight Youth Champions. In addition, keysummit outputs, the Global Bioeconomy Policy Report (IV) and Global Expert Survey on sustainabilitygovernance for the bioeconomy were launched.Contributions to the Summit came from everycorner of the world and with one common message: the bioeconomy has achieved significantprogress in recent years in moving us towards anew economy. Nearly 60 countries around theworld are pursuing bioeconomy-related policies,adapted to local conditions, and using sustainablehigh-tech solutions across sectors. Throughout thesummit, the importance of global cooperation forsustainability and the innovations needed to drivethis forward were strongly emphasized.In its Communiqué, the IACGB, issued an urgentappeal to accelerate the global economic systeminto a sustainable biobased system. The Councilhighlighted exploiting the potential of life sciences,digitization and their interlinkages and argued thatthe promotion of jobs in the bioeconomy is an opportunity that needs new educational programs.Further priorities were the mobilization of financialresources for the development of the bioeconomy,more involvement of industry and business, resilientvalue chains, and to involve consumers much moreclosely through information and incentives. TheCouncil made clear that the Bioeconomy Summitshould continue to be held every two years. The firstsummits were organized by Germany in 2015 and2018. With the dynamics of the bioeconomy havingnow increased worldwide, it provides an opportunityto take the summit to other regions of the world.
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5Political Addresses19 November 2020Anja Karliczek, MdBFederal German Minister forEducation and ResearchIn her political welcome address Anja Karliczek,Federal German Minister for Education and Research, highlighted the broad range of opportuni-Don PramudwinaiDeputy Prime Minister & Ministerof Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of ThailandIn his address Don Pramudwinai, Deputy PrimeMinister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand stated that the current crises forceus to rethink our development plans and policieswhile we need to change our lifestyles. He urgedthe development of transformative green policiesand highlighted the bioeconomy’s role in drivingsuch a transformative process with global advance-ties of the bioeconomy, ranging from sustainablyproducing more food for a growing global population, to tapping into sustainable resources andcreating entirely new products. She emphasizedthe recent commitment for targeted innovationfunding the German Federal Government madein early 2020 when adopting a new bioeconomypolicy strategy. In order to expand our biologicalknowledge and use it to develop new proceduresand systems and to strengthen a sustainablebioeconomy on a global scale the strategy strives,amongst others, to expand international crossborder collaboration. Minister Karliczek stated thatthe transition to a bioeconomy will only be successful if people are ready to get on board. This is whyresearch on the transition’s social impact would bekey as well as developing holistic solutions togetherwith business, science and civil society to copewith present challengesments in science, technology and innovation. However, Deputy Prime Minister Pramudwinai emphasized that no country can drive this transformationprocess alone. This is why Thailand has contributedto the GBS since its beginning while initiating collaborating projects with various partners, e.g. theEU and the OECD on bioeconomy policies as wellas research and knowledge transfer. Furthermore,Thailand, in conjunction with ASEAN countries, hasdeveloped a science, technology and innovationroadmap in order to promote regional sustainablegrowth. Deputy Prime Minister Pramudwinai explained that ASEAN will create an innovation ecosystem that accelerates a sustainable bioeconomyby initiating incentives and further governmentsupport as well as increasing investment in human development. As part of these efforts, Thailand has developed the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG)economy model as a new national developmentpriority in 2018. The BCG economy focuses on 4main areas, including food and agriculture, healthand wellness, energy and materials, tourism andcreative economy while each agenda is driven bypublic-private partnerships.
6Political Addresses20 November 2020Julia KlöcknerGerman Federal Minister forFood and Agriculturecreate entirely new bio-based innovation acrossall sectors from e-mobility, construction, to plantbreeding. She further highlighted the bioeconomy’scapacity to resolve target conflicts by taking intoaccount climate and environmental protection andfood security. For these reasons, Germany developed a new bioeconomy strategy in 2020 with theaim of integrating bioeconomy principles into allspheres of society and economy with the supportof an investment of EUR one billion in research,development and innovation. Lastly, she touchedon the global dimensions of the bioeconomy, theclose strategic cooperation of the German Ministerand the UN FAO over the years, and the need forevents like GBS2020 to bring together differentregional bioeconomy approaches.Minister Julia Klöckner begin by depicting thegreat innovative potential of the bioeconomy withscience and technological progress helping toQu DongyuDirector General, United Nations Food andAgriculture Organization (UN FAO)Director General Qu Dongyu spoke of the critical role of the bioeconomy in bringing about aradical transition. He highlighted three types ofinnovation necessary for this transition, including technological e.g. the power of biotechnologyand bioindustry, organizational e.g. new policesto promote innovation and institutional behaviorchange, and social e.g. balancing the interests ofthe planet, smallholder famers, and consumers.Five essential elements necessary to advance thebioeconomy were brought to the forefront: 1) theimportance of international cooperation betweengovernments, and public and private researchers,2) comprehensive data monitoring to measurebioeconomy development and contributions tothe SDGs, 3) linking bioeconomy initiatives to themultilateral policy process such as the Paris Agreement and Biodiversity targets, 4) identifying howpublic policies can contribute or create barriersto bioeconomy development, 5) and the need forresearch, development and innovation programsto encourage global cooperation and innovation inthe bioeconomy.
7Plenary Session I:Setting the Scene – New Dynamics inBioeconomy DevelopmentIntroductionCo-Chairs:› Christine Lang, Co-Chair, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB)› Joachim von Braun, Co-Chair, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB)The first day of the GBS2020 plenary program wasopened by Christine Lang and Joachim von Braun, theCo-Chairs of the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy by looking back on how the bioeconomyhas developed since the GBS2015 and GBS2018. Theyconcluded that today the bioeconomy is not only focusing on biomass anymore and is no longer only about thesubstitution of fossil fuels, but rather on producing highvalue products and developing high value processes.Today the bioeconomy is a global theme which needs tosupport health and wellbeing through innovation. Langrevealed that the GBS2018 showed more complexity inthe global bioeconomy arena and that mindsets havechanged since. Von Braun highlighted today’s senseof opportunity for further bioeconomy development asconsumers are asking for more sustainability and alsoincreasingly for biobased products. At the same time,this sense of opportunity would be paired with a senseof urgency to move quickly to a sustainable bioeconomyin order to cope with climate change and avoiding costsof inaction.Finally, the Co-Chairs emphasized the focal pointsof GBS2020, which are: capitalizing on the power ofscience and technology, especially in breakthroughsin biosciences; mobilizing finance and investment forbioeconomy development; strengthening the involvement of industry and business; promoting resilientbiobased value chains that combine the global withthe local; educate and train for new jobs; fosterstart-up innovation capacities; and strengtheningdemand-side polices.The DebateCo-Chairs:› Christine Lang, CSO, BELANO Medical AG Manager, MBCC Group I IACGB› Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn I IACGBPanelists:› Ruben G. Echeverría, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) I IACGB› J ulius Ecuru, Head, BioInnovate Africa Program, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)I IACGB› Yin Li, Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) I IACGB› Elspeth MacRae, Chief Innovation and Science Officer, SCION I IACGB›M ary Maxon, Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory I IACGB›M orakot Tanticharoen, Senior Advisor to the President of the National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand (NSTDA) I IACGBIn Plenary Session 1 the panelists identified thekey issues and opportunities of bioeconomy addressed throughout the GBS2020, including thethree overarching themes: bioeconomy and health,science and technological breakthroughs, and climate action and biodiversity protection.
8During the debate, Mary Maxon explained howour perspective on the bioeconomy concept hasbroadened, e.g. through advances in synthetic biology, genome editing, artificial intelligence, machinelearning etc. which transformed the potential of biotechnology to drive the economy and all economicsectors. Bold bioeconomy policies would be necessary that support and advance these developmentsand contribute to the industrial transition.Yin Li highlighted that the bioeconomy shouldposition itself to provide better solutions and innovations as well as products and services for thehealth of the people and the health of the planet.While we would be faster than ever before to reactto global crises with the help of innovations, heasked how we could accelerate new processes andtechnologies in the future.Julius Ecuru emphasized that policy initiatives thatencourage innovation ecosystems in the biobasedsectors and that promote mutual and beneficialpartnerships between science and industry acrosscountries and regions will make “build back better” successful in emerging economy countriesand will also be beneficial for job growth in thebioeconomy.Ruben Echeverría explained the bioeconomy’s important role for a sustainable global food system. Inthis context, he highlighted the need to design andimplement better international food policies, sharing knowledge and building capacity to promotean inclusive bioeconomy across countries and tocreate business opportunities across value chainsand sectors.Morakot Tanticharoen focused on the importanceof the science-policy interface (SPI) and the challenges of finding new SPI approaches to fosterthe bioeconomy, including addressing the broaderpolicy context, maintaining continuity, expertiseand quality, integrating SPI activities, and identifying respective SPI strategies.Elspeth MacRae stated that COVID-19 gives usthe opportunity to accelerate bioeconomy development, which is why long-term science investmentswould be needed that consider the whole valuechain. Open source data and sharing the results ofscientific work would be key for global bioeconomycooperation.Joachim von Braun urged that the Global Bioeconomy Summit must remain a vital platform andglobal public good.Christine Lang concluded that the transition toa sustainable bioeconomy will be the joint, longterm task of governments, industry, academia,and citizens.
9Plenary Session II:The Bioeconomy’s Role in Solving Global Crisesand Contributing to a Resilient,Sustainable Economy and Future for AllThe Keynotes:›P aola Vega-Castillo, Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunication, Costa Rica›E mily Leproust, CEO, Co-founder and Director of Twist Bioscience›F rank Rijsberman, Director General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)›D abo Guan, Professor for Climate Change Economics, Tsinghua UniversityPlenary Session 2 looked at solutions for a complexset of crises (climate, biodiversity, economic andhealth) through the lens of the bioeconomy, howthey can be addressed as interdependent events,and how bioeconomic solutions contribute to longterm strategies for more resilient economic andenvironmental systems. The session shed light onoptions and experiences of evidence-based policyactions and business approaches that seek to copewith global crises and to achieve the SDGs and theParis Agreement.In her introductory keynote Paola Vega-Castillohighlighted that her country aims at promotingthe bioeconomy as one pillar of its productivetransformation in order to promote innovationand added value as well as the diversification andsophistication of the country’s economy. In thisregard, Costa Rica launched a national bioeconomystrategy in August 2020. Minister Vega-Castilloemphasized that the greatest challenge will be tomanage the globalization of the bioeconomy whichis why international political agreements would benecessary to collectively transform our societiesinto sustainable and resilient bioeconomies, e.g.through collaborative research, regulatory systemsand market incentives.Emily Leproust explained the potential of genesynthesis to enable the exponential growth ofsynthetic biology applications in multiple fieldsincluding medicine, DNA data storage, agriculturalbiology and industrial chemicals. In order to accelerate these technological advances in the futureshe urged for augmented course offerings for professional careers, increased coordination amonggovernment agencies, fostering internationalcoordination for biosecurity standards, categorizing biomanufacturing as critical infrastructure,prioritizing investment in synthetic biology R&D,and evaluating security implications.Frank Rijsberman highlighted the role of naturebased solutions for climate adaption. He wasoptimistic that the COVID-19 recovery could becombined with green deal policies and NetZerocommitments by 2050. Especially for emergingand developing economies novel green deals wouldprovide opportunities to focus on natural capitalinvestments for job creation in rural areas. Hefurther emphasized the bioeconomy’s role in contributing to green recovery from COVID-19, greenjobs, and GHG emissions reductions (accelerateclimate action).Dabo Guan stated in his keynote that the COVID-19pandemic caused a record decline in global CO 2emissions while the pandemic’s costs for theeconomy comprise 40 percent of global GDP loss.Guan elaborated that relaxing lockdown restrictions gradually over a long period of time results insubstantially lower supply-chain effects than liftingrestrictions quickly if it means avoiding anotherround of strict lockdowns in the coming year. Inthe case the pandemic recurs, stricter and shorterlockdowns (which may depend on global coordination) greatly would reduce losses (11 percent globally). According to Guan, strong climate policies andsustained investment can provide valuable jobs,revitalize economies and get the world on track tomeeting the 1.5 C Paris Agreement goal.
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11The DebateModerator:›M agdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, NaturePanelists:›D irk Carrez, Executive Director, Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)›B rendan Edgerton, Director, Circular Economy at World Business Council for SustainableDevelopment (WBCSD)› T orfi Jóhannesson, Senior Adviser at the Nordic Council of Ministers› L eena Srivastava, Deputy Director General for Science of the International Institute forApplied Systems Analysis (IIASA)›H elena Vieira, Director General Maritime Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Sea, Portugal›R achel Wynberg, Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape TownIn the second part of plenary session 2 the panelistsdiscussed, amongst others, how we best interpretwhat globally oriented SDGs mean when implementedin the biobased industry context. Torfi Jóhannessonstated that while the SGDs are still a valid frameworkfor a more sustainable future, we constantly need torevisit and adapt them from the global to the regionaland local level.Dirk Carrez highlighted the need to measure thebiobased industries’ progress to the SGDs in a quantitative way and to develop a toolbox with instrumentsto assess whether and how projects and investmentsare contributing to certain SGDs.Leena Srivastava discussed how can we strengthen thescience system for bioeconomy in the post COVID-19area and highlighte
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