Frontiers in the Expansion of Bioproducts

Bioproducts and biobased technologies are increasingly taking on outstanding position in the global market. Although there is debate on the longevity of the oil reserves, the global warming and its devastating consequences cannot be denied and probably will put an end to the fossil fuels era and start a new one with dependence on renewable energy. In December 2015, in an unprecedented agreement, 195 nations (including all of the top 10 emitting countries) committed to The Paris Agreement to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change” [1], which presumably would promote a significant increase in investments in green technologies.