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study to address the core question: The key result of the study: Yes – (HT) – growth rates range from 24% to biomass, more lignocellulosic feed- increase in supply is expected in Asia  Divert a relatively small propor-

Can agricultural and woody biomass meeting 20% of total global carbon 53%, for BAU the projected increase stocks such as straw, wood and bio- (69%), including China and Russia, tion from the fuelwood sector.
together provide enough biomass to demand of the chemicals and derived is 31% or up to 5.07-billion tonnes. waste can be used. However, access but a signifi cant increase of 32% is
sustainably meet 20% of the future materials sector in 2050 from biomass to these particular feedstocks faces also seen for Europe. The differences Taking a holistic view
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carbon demand of the chemical and is achievable and sustainable. Under The projected future demand for strong competition from Sustainable between the scenarios are compara- The additional demand of the
derived materials industries in 2050, the moderate HT scenario, which starch, sugar and vegetable oil – still Aviation Fuels (SAF) with strong tively minor compared to the agricul- chemical industry for biomass to
up from 5.5% (EU27) and 10% (global) is the most likely development, the the dominant feedstocks for the chemi- political support through quotas. tural sector. cover 20% of its production by 2050
in 2023? The study was carried out 20% share can be delivered without cal industry in 2050 – can be met in is comparatively small, even for
by nova-Institute (DE) in collabora- compromising food and feed supplies the high-tech scenarios: The addi- The amount of straw available for The additional demand from the Europe. The demand for European
tion with EuroCARE Agricultural and biofuel demand. Providing much tional yield required is around 10% use could be greatly increased if in chemical and materials industries is primary agricultural biomass would
Policy Research (Germany) and the more than 20% of carbon demand (compared to BAU), so the moderate addition to wheat, barley, rye and oat comparatively small compared to the require about 8% of the total supply (30
Thünen Institute of Forestry (TI-WF, from biomass would be unreasonable HT+10 scenario is fully suffi cient to straw, also corn and rice straw were fast-growing traditional applications of out of 390-million t dm) and approxi-
Germany). under existing biofuel policies and meet the demand. Stronger high-tech tapped into. If these volumes became wood, mainly construction and furniture. mately 3% of European forestry sup-
only a moderately high-tech agri- scenarios in agriculture, e.g., through available, it could turn straw into an This means that, in principle, it is very ply (industrial roundwood, fuelwood
To investigate this question in an cultural system; stronger high-tech AI, precision farming, drones or important feedstock. feasible to meet the chemicals and mate- and industrial roundwood by-pro-
objective, scientifi c manner, the study scenarios could provide up to 40%. GMO, can even provide enough bio- rials demand in the long-term. There are ducts, 12.6 out of 398-million t dm).
established a baseline of current bio- mass to signifi cantly exceed the 20% Forestry several options for achieving this:
mass use and developed different Agriculture target, up to 40%. Global supply and demand of in-  Use a relatively small propor- [The full report is available at: https://re-
future scenarios to model a range of Across all scenarios, it is expected dustrial roundwood (coniferous and tion of total industrial roundwood newable-carbon.eu/publications/product/
possible developments. These scena- that agricultural biomass production Technological innovation there- non-coniferous) will globally increase supply (evaluate cost-effectiveness); is-there-enough-biomass-to-defossilise-the-
rios consist of one Business-as-usual will grow steadily until 2050. The fore appears to play the most impor- by an estimated 38% between 2020  Use of by-products from indus- chemicals-and-derived-materials-sector-by-

(BAU), two Green Low Resource main driver of this is the additional tant role in achieving the 20% target. and 2050, from 0.9 to 1.3-billion tons trial roundwood processing (pro- 2050-a-joint-bic-and-rci-scientific-back-
able individuals driving innovation vered by experts from a wide range running the session ‘Unlocking the dry matter (t dm) per year. The largest blem of high competition); or ground-report/.]
At the same time, the more effi cient
Depletion (LRD) and three Green High demand for food and feed, due to popu-
and success in the Asia Pacific beauty of cosmetic organisations, who will benefits of multifunctional 1,3-pro-
Technology (HT) scenarios. Together lation growth from 7.7-bn to 9.6-bn production and use of biomass in HT
sector, including R&D professionals, take attendees through a variety of panediol to maximize performance’.
with EuroCare and Ti-WF, the deve- humans by 2050. Depending on the scenarios allows more land to be set
Homing in on a key focus area for
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scientists, innovators, and role
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