WEBINAR: Advancing circular, regenerative and bioeconomy approaches in agricultural value chains

This session brings together experts from UN agencies and academia to explore how circular, regenerative and bioeconomy approaches can be applied to advance sustainable practices in the agrifood sector.

The sustainable development of the agro-industry “represents a key component of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the sustainable development of many countries and an opportunity to improve food security, biodiversity, livelihoods, human health, job creation and shared prosperity in support of the 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals”. The Resolution 1 of the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly on “Circularity of a resilient, low-carbon sugar cane agro-industry” (UNEP/EA.6/Res.1), recognizes that “the agro-industry of sugar cane, among other crops and forests, when sustainably produced and managed, while avoiding potential harmful effects on the environment, can be a source of food, raw materials, biomaterials and bioenergy, thereby providing opportunities for climate mitigation action, biodiversity protection and reduction of pollution”.

Objectives:

1. Provide an understanding of how circular, regenerative and bioeconomy approaches can advance a transition to a pollution-free agrifood industry.

2. Explain how these approaches contribute to sustainable consumption and production patterns and the achievement of SDGs.

3. Highlight policies on promoting circularity, regenerative agriculture and bioeconomy globally or in certain countries.

4. Emphasize the importance of an inclusive and just transition that supports social equity and leaves no one behind in the shift to circularity.