The COP26 Climate Change Conference was recently concluded. Many countries and regions in the world aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 or even earlier. The COP emphasized the sense of urgency and the need for short term action to turn the tide on climate change.
Actions in the next decade will have a strong impact on future pathways to limit climate warming, with the post-COVID recovery being an inherent part of this. Strengthened climate action will imply an increasing role for sustainable biomass: as renewable energy source for different sectors; providing renewable carbon in the biobased economy; and providing options for negative emissions.
The implications of what the path towards carbon neutrality means for further deployment in bioenergy and the biobased economy will be discussed in this opening panel of the conference.
