Bioeconomy strategies allow catalyzing the transition to more efficient and responsible agrifood value chains, while reducing pressures on the global environment (like climate change, and biodiversity loss) concurrently. Global interest in bioeconomy is accelerating but cooperation remains fragmented, prompting calls for more coherence and cooperation. The G20 Initiative on Bioeconomy agreed on ten high-level principles to guide the development of sustainable, inclusive, and innovation-driven bioeconomy pathways. COP30 (Brazil) features bioeconomy, and UNEP’s Climate Technology Progress Report 2025 focuses on bioeconomy.

Cutting food loss and waste (FLW) and enhancing circularity are strategic entry points. Countries in Asia and the Pacific (China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Republic of Korea, India) have taken significant steps forward, complemented by ASEAN frameworks such as the Framework for Circular Economy and the ASEAN Action Plan on Sustainable Agriculture. Bioeconomy is also part of the Jaipur Declaration on 3R and Circular Economy (2025–2035). FAO has made bioeconomy a Programme Priority Area under its “Better Environment” pillar of the Strategic Framework 2022–2031.

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