In recent years, bioeconomy strategies have been implemented and adapted internationally. In the bioeconomy, materials are to a certain extent circular by nature. However, biomaterials may also be used in a rather linear way. Lately, a transition towards a circular economy, a more restorative...

During a time in which the subject of climate change is deemed high on the list of priorities of many governments, it is important to assess to what extent policies in this field are achieving meaningful results. The link between energy usage and global warming is clear and today in the European...

Der Anbau verschiedener Agrarrohstoffe, wie beispielsweise Palmöl und Soja, steht häufig in Verbindung mit der Abholzung von artenreichen tropischen Regenwäldern mit hoher Kohlenstoffspeicherkapazität. Diese sogenannten „Waldrisiko-Rohstoffe“ werden über internationale Lieferketten...

The federal "sustainability standard" requires ethanol to emit at least 20 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than gasoline. Recent rulings by California and the Environmental Protection Agency, however, have cast doubt on the methodology of the sustainability calculus and whether those standards...