The transition to a bio‐economy: emerging from the oil age

In the second of a two‐part feature, Manfred Kircher, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie e.VCLIB 2021 , provides a perspective on how the bio‐economy might unfold to replace fossil‐fuel‐based products on a global scale and considers how the increasing demand for biofeedstock could be met.