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FuturEnzyme: Technologies of the Future for Low-Cost Enzymes for Environment-Friendly Products

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Published March 15, 2023 | Version v1
Journal article Open

Enzymes for consumer products to achieve climate neutrality

Creators

  • 1. ICP, CSIC , Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
  • 2. IQFR, CSIC , Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
  • 3. Centre for Environmental Biotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University , LL57 2UW Bangor, United Kingdom
  • 4. Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) , Jordi Girona 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
  • 5. Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) , Jordi Girona 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) , Barcelona, Spain
  • 6. BioC-Chem Solutions SRL , Piazza della Trivulziana 4/a, Milano 20126, Italy
  • 7. Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie e.V. , Völklinger Straße 4, Düsseldorf 40219, Germany
  • 8. Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council , Spianata San Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
  • 9. Eucodis Bioscience GMBH, Viehmarktgasse 2 A 2 OG Campus Vienna Biocentre II , 1030 Wien, Austria
  • 10. Evonik Operations GMBH , Rellinghauser Strasse 1-11, 45128 Essen, Germany
  • 11. Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland , Gründenstrasse 40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
  • 12. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA , Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 13. Inofea AG , Hofackerstrasse 40B, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
  • 14. iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
  • 15. Consorzio Italbiotec , Piazza della Trivulziana 4/a, 20126 Milano, Italy
  • 16. Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm Johnen Straße, 52426 Jülich, Germany
  • 17. Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm Johnen Straße, 52426 Jülich, Germany Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Wilhelm Johnen Straße, 52426 Jülich, Germany
  • 18. Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg , 22609 Hamburg, Germany
  • 19. Schoeller Textil AG , Bahnhofstrasse 17, Sevelen 9475, Switzerland

Description

Today, the cheosphere’s and biosphere’s compositions of the planet are changing faster than experienced during the past thousand years. CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are rising dramatically, including those from processing, manufacturing and consuming everyday products; this rate of greenhouse gas emission (36.2 Giga-tons accumulated in 2022) is raising global temperatures and destabilizing the climate, which is one of the most influential forces on our planet. As our world warms up, our climate will enter a period of constant turbulence, affecting more than 85% of our ecosystems, including the delicate web of life on these systems and impacting socioeconomic networks. How do we deal with the green transition to minimize climate change and its impacts while we are facing these new realities? One of the solutions is to use renewable natural resources. Indeed, nature itself, through the working parts of its living systems, the enzymes, can significantly contribute to achieve climate neutrality and good ecological/biodiversity status. Annually they can help decreasing CO2 emissions by 1 to 2.5 Billion-tons, carbon demand by about 200 Million-tons, and chemical demand by about 90 Million-tons. With current climate change goals, we review the consequences of climate change at multiple scales and how enzymes can counteract or mitigate them. We then focus on how they mobilize sustainable and greener innovations in consumer products that have a high contribution to global carbon emissions. Finally, key innovations and challenges to be solved at the enzyme and product levels are discussed.

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Funding

FuturEnzyme – Technologies of the Future for Low-Cost Enzymes for Environment-Friendly Products 101000327
European Commission