Circular economy

A circular economy is regenerative by design and as waste free as possible. At the heart of the circular economy is the idea of moving away from linear value chains to an approach that allows to cycle products and materials many times and make better use of existing assets.

Analysis of resource extraction, import and export in agriculture, mining, transport, construction to identify opportunities fo resource efficiency in a metabolic or material flow analysis Blog 2/4: Five ways the circular economy can raise the ambition of climate policies and strategies 21 percent of the resources we consume* are the fossil fuels that... read more
Blog 1/4: Five Questions to understand why the circular economy contributes to climate change mitigation The circular economy offers innovative greenhouse gas mitigation solutions which are mostly... read more
Policy session in Bonn: The circular economy pathway for pursuing 1.5°C Circular economy strategies offer promise to address the current greenhouse gas emissions... read more
The Guardian: 5 Ways the circular economy can help to mitigate climate change The 2015 Paris Agreement united 195 countries behind a commitment to limit... read more
Circular economy: A key lever in bridging the emissions gap to a 1.5 °C pathway Circle Economy, Ecofys and Shifting Paradigms have called for a rapid transition... read more
Urban mining of concrete End-of-life recovery altering the future of cement with Smartcrusher Concrete from demolished... read more
Industrial ecology in the cement sector of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is one of the worlds’ main supplier of raw materials. Its... read more
Assisting Morocco with integrating circular economy strategies in their climate policies The Government of Morocco is using circular economy strategies to reduce its... read more
Co-designing climate policies in the Ugandan agricultural sector The combination of good soils and a favourable climate define the high... read more
Due diligence on a portfolio of 11 waste water projects in Southeast Asia The Swedish Energy Agency has eleven Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects under contract... read more
Lectures at Erasmus University Rotterdam – Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (UMTCC) Twice a year Shifting Paradigms gives a lecture on cities and climate finance at Erasmus... read more
Exporting Dutch experience with water management Trainings to VEWIN and Dutch water supply companies to promote their integrated... read more
Climate policies for the Peruvian waste sector and Vietnamese cement industry The cement sector is responsible for about 5% of global CO2 emissions... read more
SimGas: modular biogas systems for East Africa SimGas designs, produces and installs biogas systems for households in Africa and... read more
Bio-energy from Montenegrin forests Drafting a roadmap and providing trainings on bio-energy opportunities within the national... read more
Household biogas appliances for Orissa, India The Orissa Household Biogas Programme supports the adoption biogas digesters by rural households in... read more
Decision Support Tool to quantify the biogas potential of different feedstocks Biodigesters can produce valuable methane from a range of feedstocks. End-I AG... read more
Biogas in Nepal: Pioneering UN-registered carbon offset projects at household level Creating a price incentive for developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was... read more