TY - JOUR

T1 - Enzymes for consumer products to achieve climate neutrality

AU - Molina-Espeja, Patricia

AU - Sanz-Aparicio, Julia

AU - Golyshin, Peter

AU - Robles-Martin, Ana

AU - Guallar, Victor

AU - Beltrametti, Fabrizio

AU - Muller, Markus

AU - Yakimov, Mikhail

AU - Modregger, Jan

AU - van Logchem, Moniec

AU - Corvini, Philippe

AU - Shahgaldian, Patrick

AU - Degering, Christian

AU - Wieland, Susanne

AU - Timm, Anne

AU - de Carvalho, Carla C.C.R.

AU - Re, Ilaria

AU - Daniotti, Sara

AU - Thies, Stephan

AU - Jaeger, Karl-Erich

AU - Chow, Jennifer

AU - Streit, Wolfgang R.

AU - Lottenbach, Roland

AU - Rosch, Rainer

AU - Ansari, Nazanin

AU - Ferrer, Manuel

PY - 2023/4/29

Y1 - 2023/4/29

N2 - Lay Summary: Accumulated greenhouse gas emissions are expected to increase from 36.2 to 60 gigatons over the next three decades. The global surface temperature has increased by +1.09°C since 2001, and might increase by +2.2°C in 2100, +3.6°C in 2200 and +4.6°C in 2500. These emissions and temperature rise cannot be reduced in their entirety, but they can be lowered by using enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions that make life possible since 3.8 billion years ago. Scientists have been able to ‘domesticate’ them in such a way that enzymes, and their engineered variants, are now key players of the circular economy. With a world production of 117 kilo-tons and a trade of 14.5 billion-dollars, they have the potential to annually decrease CO2 emissions by 1–2.5 billion-tons, the carbon demand to synthesize chemicals by 200 million-tons, the amount of chemicals by 90 million-tons, and the economic losses derived from global warming by 0.5%, while promoting biodiversity and our planet’s health. Our success to increase these benefits will depend on better integration of enzymatic solutions in different sectors.

AB - Lay Summary: Accumulated greenhouse gas emissions are expected to increase from 36.2 to 60 gigatons over the next three decades. The global surface temperature has increased by +1.09°C since 2001, and might increase by +2.2°C in 2100, +3.6°C in 2200 and +4.6°C in 2500. These emissions and temperature rise cannot be reduced in their entirety, but they can be lowered by using enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions that make life possible since 3.8 billion years ago. Scientists have been able to ‘domesticate’ them in such a way that enzymes, and their engineered variants, are now key players of the circular economy. With a world production of 117 kilo-tons and a trade of 14.5 billion-dollars, they have the potential to annually decrease CO2 emissions by 1–2.5 billion-tons, the carbon demand to synthesize chemicals by 200 million-tons, the amount of chemicals by 90 million-tons, and the economic losses derived from global warming by 0.5%, while promoting biodiversity and our planet’s health. Our success to increase these benefits will depend on better integration of enzymatic solutions in different sectors.

KW - bioeconomy

KW - climate change

KW - consumer products

KW - cosmetics

KW - detergent

KW - enzymes

KW - greenhouse gas emissions

KW - textiles

U2 - 10.1093/oxfclm/kgad003

DO - 10.1093/oxfclm/kgad003

M3 - Review article

VL - 3

JO - Oxford Open Climate Change

JF - Oxford Open Climate Change

IS - 1

M1 - kgad003

ER -