This year’s Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) will be held for the first-time outside Europe in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. GBS2024 provides a platform to discuss global bioeconomy issues in an inclusive manner. It will profile and recognise the importance of bioeconomy in advancing sustainable development. The Summit brings together bioeconomy experts and high-ranking representatives from politics, science, civil society, and the business sector from all hemispheres. The 4th GBS will focus on sustainable bioeconomy as the key to decarbonisation and sustainable transition to less fossil fuel dependent, rural and urban green economies; while building resilient and sustainable food systems, reversing biodiversity loss, meeting health challenges, and using innovation as a driver for new economic opportunities, especially jobs for the youth.
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Global Bioeconomy Summit 2024
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