The bioeconomy will contribute to addressing the challenges of climate change

The physical basis of climate change was the focus of the recent contribution from Working Group 1 to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I IPCC, 2021 ). Alarming information was presented concerning the current state of the climate, the human influences affecting climate and the potential deleterious impacts on life in the biosphere. The report notes that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere exceed levels at any point over the past 2 million years, global surface temperatures have increased by over 1.1 °C (compared to the period 1850-1900), and global sea levels have risen by more than 200 mm (since 1901). Extremes of heat and heavy precipitation events are more frequent. Extreme weather events and the risk of compound extreme events have also increased. The scale of the changes in the climate system that have already occurred are unprecedented in recent human history (I IPCC, 2021 ).