Modelling the bioeconomy

Modelling is an important tool to support policy making. A review of the existing bioeconomy modelling capacity indicates that most models focus on agriculture, forestry and connected sectors of food, energy, and wood & paper products. Future development of the bioeconomy modelling capacities should focus on including bio-based products such as textiles and plastics, and especially chemicals and pharmaceuticals. To address such gaps in existing capacities, the BioMonitor Model Toolbox has been developed, which is composed of five improved bioeconomy models to support policymakers in executing consistent, coherent, and longer-term strategies with desirable consequences for multiple objectives. Further model development needs to consider key processes such as technological change (or innovation), circularity, consumer behaviour, climate change and biodiversity. Whereas concepts like circularity could be included into existing models with reasonable effort, other important concepts require the development of new models building on emerging modelling techniques.

VERKERK Pieter Johannes;  VARACCA Alessandro;  CARDELLINI Giuseppe;  GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ Ana Rosa;  HASSEGAWA Mariana;  VAN LEEUWEN Myrna;  LOVRIC Marko;  M'BAREK Robert;  MOISEYEV Alexander;  VAN MEIJL Hans;  PHILIPPIDIS George;  PYKA Andreas;  SCKOKAI Paolo;  STURM Viktoriya;  VRACHIOLI Maria;  VAN ZEIST Willem-Jan; 

2025-05-05

Edward Elgar Publishing

JRC141918

9781800373495 (online),    9781800373488 (print),   

https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781800373495/9781800373495.xml,    https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800373495/chapter13.xml,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141918,   

10.4337/9781800373495 (online),