The Nordic Bioeconomy Initiative Nordbio

Author : Gíslason, Stefán ,Bragadóttir, Hrafnhildur
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789289349703

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The Nordic Bioeconomy Initiative, NordBio by Gíslason, Stefán ,Bragadóttir, Hrafnhildur Pdf

The Nordic Bioeconomy Initiative, NordBio, was a cooperation program launched under Iceland’s presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2014, with the aim to accelerate the development of a sustainable bioeconomy in the Nordic countries, and to enhance Nordic influence on European and global bioeconomy policies. The NordBio program was based on cross-sectoral cooperation with the involvement of five Nordic Councils of Ministers and three governmental ministries in Iceland. One important result of this cooperation was the establishment of a Nordic Bioeconomy Panel, tasked with developing a common Nordic bioeconomy strategy, expected to be finalised before the end of 2017. This report is the final report of the NordBio program. It contains a summary of the main outcomes of the program, including its projects, the Nordic Bioeconomy Panel, and the closing conference of the program.

Author : Hrafnhildur Bragadóttir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Denmark
ISBN : 9289349719

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The Nordic Bioeconomy Initiative, NordBio by Hrafnhildur Bragadóttir Pdf

Abstract: The Nordic Bioeconomy Initiative, NordBio, was a cooperation program launched under Iceland's presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2014, with the aim to accelerate the development of a sustainable bioeconomy in the Nordic countries, and to enhance Nordic influence on European and global bioeconomy policies. The NordBio program was based on cross-sectoral cooperation with the involvement of five Nordic Councils of Ministers and three governmental ministries in Iceland. One important result of this cooperation was the establishment of a Nordic Bioeconomy Panel, tasked with developing a common Nordic bioeconomy strategy, expected to be finalised before the end of 2017. This report is the final report of the NordBio program. It contains a summary of the main outcomes of the program, including its projects, the Nordic Bioeconomy Panel, and the closing conference of the program

Author : Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789289347754

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Nordic Bioeconomy – 25 cases for sustainable change by Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat Pdf

The bioeconomy consists of the management of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, livestock feed, bio-based products and bioenergy via innovative and efficient technologies. It involves tackling major challenges, both now and in the future. These include the sustainable production of sufficient nutritious and safe food for our growing population, developing new and more environmentally friendly sources of energy, and combating global warming, which can have serious consequences both on land and in the oceans. In 2015, the Nordic Bioeconomy Panel was established with the mandate to develop a proposal on a joint Nordic bioeconomy strategy designed to stimulate innovation and support a sustainable transition in the Nordic bioeconomy. As a stepping-stone towards the strategy, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Bioeconomy Panel have collaborated with the Danish think-tank Sustainia (Monday Morning) on collecting and categorizing 25 Nordic cases on the ‘new’ Nordic bioeconomy. This catalogue presents a selection of the many excellent cases that deserve attention but the selected cases seek to illustrate the diverse bioeconomy activities in the Nordic countries. We hope that they will inspire you and enhance your understanding of the bioeconomy, its importance and its potential.

Author : Alexander Wentzel,Bryndís Björnsdóttir,Janus Vang,Lene Lange,Miia Mäkelä,Kristiina Hildén,Asbjørn Brandt,Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson,Jane Lindedam,Amalie Jessen,Eva Nordberg Karlsson,Birgitte Jacobsen,Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789289344258

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Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy by Alexander Wentzel,Bryndís Björnsdóttir,Janus Vang,Lene Lange,Miia Mäkelä,Kristiina Hildén,Asbjørn Brandt,Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson,Jane Lindedam,Amalie Jessen,Eva Nordberg Karlsson,Birgitte Jacobsen,Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir Pdf

In 2014 NCM initiated a new project:?Test centers for green energy solutions? Biorefineries and Business needs? to strengthen Nordic bioeconomy by identifying potentials, obstacles, needs and opportunities. The Nordic bioeconomy has a unique profile: Upgrade of many types of residues also to higher value products; good collaboration between private and public sector; R & D efforts in all Nordic countries. However, shortcomings were also identified: few activities across Nordic countries beyond designated Nordic programs; too few upscaling facilities; need for improved framework conditions (within regulatory and market stimulus) for biobased products. This report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers' green growth initiative:?The Nordic Region? leading in green growth? - read more in the web magazine?Green Growth the Nordic Way? at www.nordicway.org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth.

Author : Karen Refsgaard,Jukka Teräs,Michael Kull,Geir Oddsson,Torfi Jóhannesson,Iryna Kristensen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789289354431

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The Rapidly Developing Nordic Bioeconomy by Karen Refsgaard,Jukka Teräs,Michael Kull,Geir Oddsson,Torfi Jóhannesson,Iryna Kristensen Pdf

The Rapidly Developing Nordic Bioeconomy is a reprint of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ State of the Nordic Region 2018. The new bioeconomy, and the general shift from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy, is an area with vast potential for the entire Nordic Region, although it is more relevant to some geographical areas than to others. The publication maps the scale and distribution of bio-based industries, such as forestry, fisheries, aquaculture and biogas production and contains informative and concise description of the Nordic Bioeconomy.

Author : Lange, Lene,Hreggviðsson, Guðmundur Óli,Björnsdóttir, Bryndís,Brandt, Asbjørn,Hildén, Kristiina,Jacobsen, Birgitte,Jessen, Amalie,Karlsson, Eva Nordberg,Lindedam, Jane,Mäkelä, Miia,Smáradóttir, Sigrún Elsa,Vang, Janus,Wentzel, Alexander
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789289344265

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Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy by Lange, Lene,Hreggviðsson, Guðmundur Óli,Björnsdóttir, Bryndís,Brandt, Asbjørn,Hildén, Kristiina,Jacobsen, Birgitte,Jessen, Amalie,Karlsson, Eva Nordberg,Lindedam, Jane,Mäkelä, Miia,Smáradóttir, Sigrún Elsa,Vang, Janus,Wentzel, Alexander Pdf

In 2014 NCM initiated a new project: “Test centers for green energy solutions – Biorefineries and Business needs” to strengthen Nordic bioeconomy by identifying potentials, obstacles, needs and opportunities. The Nordic bioeconomy has a unique profile: Upgrade of many types of residues also to higher value products; good collaboration between private and public sector; R&D efforts in all Nordic countries. However, shortcomings were also identified: few activities across Nordic countries beyond designated Nordic programs; too few upscaling facilities; need for improved framework conditions (within regulatory and market stimulus) for biobased products. This report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers' green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth” - read more in the web magazine “Green Growth the Nordic Way” at www.nordicway.org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth

Author : Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir,Lilja Magnúsdóttir,Birgir Örn Smárason,Gunnar Þórðarson,Birgit Johannessen,Elísabet Kemp Stefánsdóttir,Birgitte Jacobsen,Unn Laksá,Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir,Svein Ø. Solberg,Rólvur Djurhuus,Sofie Erbs-Maibing,Bryndís Björnsdóttir,Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir,Kjartan Hoydal,Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson,Guðmundur Bjarki Ingvarsson,Amalie Jessen,Hörður G. Kristinsson,Daði Már Kristófersson,Nette Levermann,Nuka Møller Lund,Josephine Nymand,Ólafur Reykdal,Janus Vang,Helge Paulsen,Sveinn Margeirsson
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789289339186

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Future Opportunities for Bioeconomy by Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir,Lilja Magnúsdóttir,Birgir Örn Smárason,Gunnar Þórðarson,Birgit Johannessen,Elísabet Kemp Stefánsdóttir,Birgitte Jacobsen,Unn Laksá,Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir,Svein Ø. Solberg,Rólvur Djurhuus,Sofie Erbs-Maibing,Bryndís Björnsdóttir,Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir,Kjartan Hoydal,Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson,Guðmundur Bjarki Ingvarsson,Amalie Jessen,Hörður G. Kristinsson,Daði Már Kristófersson,Nette Levermann,Nuka Møller Lund,Josephine Nymand,Ólafur Reykdal,Janus Vang,Helge Paulsen,Sveinn Margeirsson Pdf

This final report provides an overview of bioresources in the West Nordic region focusing on Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, their utilisation and future opportunities based on green growth. The report provides good basis for strategic identification of beneficial projects in the region. Based on the results, a specific action plan has been formed consisting of four main actions; 1. Create a West Nordic Bioeconomy panel, 2. Establish an interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence (CoE) for the West Nordic region, 3. Arctic bioeconomy II – Project focusing on opportunities in biotechnology and 4. Program focusing on “The Blue Bioeconomy”.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789289356633

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Nordic Bioeconomy Programme by Anonim Pdf

The Nordic Bioeconomy Programme presented in this document combines environmental, social and economic ambitions for a more sustainable Region. The bioeconomy is of fundamental importance to the national economies of the Nordic countries, and especially important for rural development in large parts of the Region. The programme aims to create new industries and value chains and to facilitate and guide the transition of bio-based industries into technology advanced industries, and to optimise the production and value creation of biomass. The programme sets out a vision for the Nordic bioeconomy based on four pillars: - competitive bio-based industries - sustainable resource management - resilient and diverse ecosystems - inclusive economic development To reach this vision, the programme defines 15 action points under three thematic areas: Innovate – Accelerate – Network. The focus is on development of new policies on regional, national and Nordic level, for increased funding, better education, labelling and certificates, bioeconomy clusters and several other areas. The programme also contains an appendix with sustainability principles that can be seen as a step towards developing common ground and good practices for a sustainable bioeconomy in the Nordic Region.

Author : Joseph H. Bragdon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000327854

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Economies that Mimic Life by Joseph H. Bragdon Pdf

The world economy today is at an historical inflection point. The neoclassical (industrial) model of economics is self-destructing while a new life-mimicking model, based on radically different assumptions, is emerging. Although rarely acknowledged in economic journals, Nordic countries, which pioneered the life-mimicking model, have become world leaders in prosperity and productivity while those operating on the older neoclassical/industrial model are trapped in downward spirals. By approaching economies as sub-systems of life rather than super-systems that transcend life, we gain transformative insights. Such thinking led to the first circular economy experiments in Kalundborg (Denmark) during the 1970s, then quickly spread to the rest of the Nordic world. By placing a higher value on living assets (people and Nature) than on non-living capital assets, this approach generates harmony rather than exploitation and conflict. Because Nordic people feel vested in the system and responsible for its success, they are extraordinarily innovative and productive. That is why Nordic companies are regularly rated among the world’s most sustainable and profitable in their fields – even though their region holds less than half of one percent of the world’s population. Written in an accessible way for non-economists, the book is ideal for readers interested in the benefits of biomimicry and methods of guiding democratic countries along a proven path of self-renewal. Economies That Mimic Life will also provide useful background for corporate leaders in scenario planning and strategic thinking. Knowing which way the political-economic wind is blowing will become increasingly important to corporate survival.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 928934427X

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Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789289353380

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Arctic Business Analysis: Bioeconomy by Anonim Pdf

In 2016, the Nordic Cooperation Ministers decided to put more emphasis on economic development in the Arctic within the Arctic Cooperation Program of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic Council of Ministers partnered up with the Arctic Economic Council in carrying out an Arctic Business Analysis. The aim was to qualify knowledge on the business environment in the Nordic Arctic and how to take the business environment to a next level. The analysis covers 1) Entrepreneurship and Innovations; 2) Public- Private Partnerships & Business Cooperation; 3) Bio-economy, and 4) Creative and Cultural Industries. The general findings of the analysis are: → a need for an increased collection and dissemination of Arctic specific data; → a need for strengthened cross-border business collaboration between regions and actors in the Arctic; and → a need for a positive branding of the Arctic as an attractive and sustainable market for investments and economic development.

Author : Asbjørn Brandt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9289344253

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Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy: NCM Reporting: Test Centers for Green Energy Solutions - Biorefineries and Business Needs by Asbjørn Brandt Pdf

Author : Grace Ji-Sun Kim,Hilda P. Koster
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506408934

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Planetary Solidarity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim,Hilda P. Koster Pdf

Planetary Solidarity brings together leading Latina, womanist, Asian American, Anglican American, South American, Asian, European, and African woman theologians on the issues of doctrine, women, and climate justice. Because women make up the majority of the world's poor and tend to be more dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods and survival, they are more vulnerable when it comes to climate-related changes and catastrophes. Representing a subfield of feminist theology that uses doctrine as interlocutor, this book ask how Christian doctrine might address the interconnected suffering of women and the earth in an age of climate change. While doctrine has often stifled change, it also forms the thread that weaves Christian communities together. Drawing on postcolonial ecofeminist/womanist analysis and representing different ecclesial and denominational traditions, contributors use doctrine to envision possibilities for a deep solidarity with the earth and one another while addressing the intersection of gender, race, class, and ethnicity. The book is organized around the following doctrines: creation, the triune God, anthropology, sin, incarnation, redemption, the Holy Spirit, ecclesiology, and eschatology.

Author : Halonen, Mikko ,Persson, Åsa ,Sepponen, Susanna ,Siebert, Clarisse Kehler ,Bröckl, Marika ,Vaahtera, Anu ,Quinn, Shane ,Trimmer, Caspar ,Isokangas, Antti
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789289349550

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Sustainable Development Action – the Nordic Way by Halonen, Mikko ,Persson, Åsa ,Sepponen, Susanna ,Siebert, Clarisse Kehler ,Bröckl, Marika ,Vaahtera, Anu ,Quinn, Shane ,Trimmer, Caspar ,Isokangas, Antti Pdf

The 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015, outlines an ambitious and universal plan of action for people, planet and prosperity as it seeks to strengthen universal peace and freedom. This report presents national and Nordic action on Agenda 2030 with the aim to inform and support the Nordic Council of Ministers in formulating a new Nordic Sustainable Development Programme. All Nordic countries are engaged and strongly committed to implementing Agenda 2030 and there is a broad societal interest in joint Nordic action. The existing Nordic Strategy for Sustainable Development and several other key initiatives within Nordic cooperation already contribute to the goals of Agenda 2030. A new Nordic Sustainable Development Programme can build upon a strong foundation and add further value to the national and international work done by the Nordic countries.

Author : Susana Borrás,Jakob Edler
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784710194

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The Governance of Socio-Technical Systems by Susana Borrás,Jakob Edler Pdf

Why are so few electric cars in our streets today? Why is it difficult to introduce electronic patient records in our hospitals? To answer these questions we need to understand how state and non-state actors interact with the purpose of transforming so