entertained.
But at the same time, UK industry is responsible for a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change that threatens this way of life.
In a world that must move beyond fossil fuels we face critical questions:
how do we make the substances that we need to clean?
how do we make clothes?
how do we package our fruit and vegetables?
Dr Colin Miles, Head of Renewable Resources and Clean Growth, Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), says: If we want to build an economy that truly sustains our civilisation now, and in the future, we must find ways to maintain production whilst cutting emissions to net zero, and biotech is key to that.