Society is getting ready to equip itself with new paradigms that take on the challenges of the 2st century, such as food security; the health aspects of consumption and production; the sustainable relationship with the environment; the reduction of COXNUMX emissions; the development of clean energies; and the proper use of water resources, among other challenges.

Earth Summit

In this framework, there are good signs, such as the Earth Summit held and led by the United States, in which the 40 most important nations established ambitious commitments regarding their emissions in the immediate future. The US has declared its willingness to completely decarbonize the US economy by 2050; Japan announced that it will cut its emissions by 46% by 2030; Brazil assured that it will reach climate neutrality in 2050; China reaffirms that from 2060 it will not release CO2 into the atmosphere; The European Union agreed to cut emissions by 55% by 2030, while the United Kingdom will reduce them by 68% by 2030 and 78% by 2035, among other commitments.

Bioeconomy

In this context, alternatives for new economic concepts of development emerge, both micro and macro, which society gradually begins to adopt. This is the case of Bioeconomy, a theoretical concept that seeks to adapt economic processes to the symbiosis of biological ecosystems.

It is a new development model based on renewable resources as raw material. This alternative is a revolution in the way that society will obtain vital sources of carbon and energy, significantly reducing dependence on oil. It differs from the Circular Economy, which is another alternative for economic development, but which includes oil derivatives.

Bioproducts

Industrial, agricultural and forestry activities produce flows of materials that are not used in the manufacture of their main products. These material flows contain valuable components such as sugars, proteins and fatty acids that represent raw material for the development of bioproducts through chemical, thermochemical and biological transformation processes, which are part of the bioeconomy field.

These advanced chemical processes and biotechnology will make this transformation possible, providing resources, tools and inputs, in a sustainable way for the production of bioproducts.

The idea is to generate innovation in the field of economic production with the sustainable use of agricultural, forestry, marine and waste biomass, to obtain biomaterials, biofuels, advanced biotechnological products and fine chemicals, with high added value.

New economic growth

This new economic and production concept refers to a development economy based on the proper use of renewable resources to produce food, energy, products and services. The strategic objective is to radically reduce our dependence on fossil resources, avoiding the loss of biodiversity and creating new economic growth aligned with the principles of sustainable development.

In the decade that is beginning, the world will need 50% more food, almost the same percentage increase will take place in the need for energy, and a very high percentage of growth will also be observed in terms of the demand for water. This growing demand will certainly cause a greater scarcity of natural resources and will increase their prices.

In this framework, the availability and good use of raw materials, and the efficiency in their use, will become an important factor of competitive advantage for countries, companies and industry in the near future, so a greater environmental awareness, establishing stricter regulatory frameworks, because these will be the pillars on which industrial production and the consumption of products and services are developed.