The industrialisation of the Bioeconomy poses risks to the climate, the environment, and people
Civil society groups reject the impact of an exponential growth of the Bioeconomy In recent years, governments have given support to substitute fossil fuels with biomass for energy, in the name of climate change. Increasingly, they are also considering support for other products made out of bio-materials, which is fashionably named the ‘bioeconomy.’ The Biofuture Platform, an initiative proposed by the Brazilian government and launched with support from 20 countries in 2016, is one example. However, a closer look at …
