Descrizione del progetto
Sostenere i responsabili delle politiche nella transizione verso i biosistemi
La transizione dai tradizionali sistemi basati sui combustibili fossili ai sistemi circolari e biocompatibili è all’origine di una significativa sfida da superare, ma rappresenta anche una preziosa opportunità di compiere progressi verso il raggiungimento degli obiettivi a livello economico e ambientale. Alla luce di questa premessa, il progetto SUSTRACK, finanziato dall’UE, sosterrà i responsabili delle politiche nei loro sforzi volti a conseguire una transizione sostenibile. In particolare, il progetto fornirà un’assistenza completa e incisiva per un periodo di tre anni. SUSTRACK analizzerà i fattori economici, sociali e ambientali allo scopo di offrire una guida precisa ed efficace, il che contribuirà a garantire che la transizione verso i biosistemi sia rispettosa dell’ambiente e, al contempo, consenta di mantenere la solidità dell’economia.
Obiettivo
The transition from linear fossil-based systems to circular and bio-based systems represents an opportunity and a suitable pathway for achieving several SDGs. Indeed, circular bio-based systems depict a great opportunity to reconcile sustainable long-term growth with environmental protection through the prudent use of renewable resources for industrial purposes. This needed transition is a complex process, which does not simply require innovative technologies from the supply-side, but also societal transformations based on a multi-actor process. The circular bioeconomy meta-sector may be a good candidate to put forward a new economic model, which requires transformative policies, purposeful innovation, access to finance, risk-taking capacity as well as new and sustainable business models and markets. However, a critical assessment of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the current linear fossil-based economy, as well as of the improvement potential associated with circular bio-based systems, is needed to underpin the identification of policy priorities. Bearing this in mind, SUSTRACK is a three-year project aimed at supporting policymakers in their efforts to develop sustainable pathways to replace fossil and carbon-intensive systems with sustainable circular and bio-based systems (at the EU and regional scale), contributing to achieving the European Green Deal’s objectives. This will be done by: identifying environmental, economic and social limits of a linear carbon-intensive and fossil-based economy; improving existing assessment methodologies; assessing the environmental, social and economic impacts of the EU’s current linear fossil-based economy; comparing multiple transition scenarios focusing on the most carbon-intensive sectors; identifying priorities according to scenarios analysed in the project and develop guidelines and policy recommendations.
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