The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. Created in 1992, it has co-financed thousands of projects. The LIFE programme 2021-2027 is managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency and has a budget of EUR 5.4 billion.

All of this and more will be presented at the EU LIFE24 Info Days event. The comprehensive programme will cover issues such as LIFE calls for proposals - application and evaluation, Climate Mitigation and Adaptation, Circular Economy and Quality of Life and Introduction to LIFE Clean Energy Transition. There will be presentations, Q&A sessions and parallel sessions. Come and find out all about it!

During this event in Rotterdam on 10 June, guest speakers Brian Fath, Michael Roos, Katy Gillespie and Şerban Scrieciu will introduce the audience to alternative economic theories, and how these can play a pivotal role in addressing the complex challenges of the Anthropocene era.

This free event is organised by the Erasmus University Rotterdam initiative Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Climate Economics for Nature and Society - ICENS lab.

The 8^th World Circular Economy Forum hits Brussels from 15 to 18 April 2024 to turn circular visions into actions. The world’s leading event for circular economy thinkers, doers and leaders will showcase the most impactful circular solutions from Europe and around the world. Online participation is open to everyone.

CircularInvest and DEFINITE-CCRI are launching the Circular Investment Readiness Network, a Europe-wide community of practice to help circular economy projects overcome development and funding challenges.

The initiative will officially kick off online on 21 November, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.

The circular economy offers solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss at source. It's time to mobilise financing to accelerate the circular economy.

While sustainable tools like green bonds and impact investing can support circularity, unlocking the circular economy's financing potential is a challenge. Cooperation between the circular community, policymakers and financial institutions is vital for progress in financing the circular transition, especially as this is still seen as potentially risky.

This was the subject of a COP28 side event on "Accelerating the financing of the circular economy in climate and biodiversity strategies".

The event aimed to:

- analyse the current challenges in scaling up circular financing,

- facilitate the dialogue between key financial actors from the public and private sectors, standardisation bodies, policymakers and circular civil society actors,

- provide key messages on the way forward.

Registrations are now open for the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) first General Conference “From vision to reality: Cities and regions drive forward Europe's circular transition”, to take place on 8 November in Brussels and online.

About 200 participants will have the chance to attend in person. Learn about opportunities for scaling up circular solutions, exchange ideas with stakeholders and pave the way for Europe's circular transition.

On 9 November, CCRI stakeholders will be invited to attend the second CCRI Coordination and Support Workshop where they will be able to take part in a matchmaking experiment. Register for the Conference today!

Public authorities - policymakers, procurement professionals, local and regional authorities, and other public sector actors - have an important role to play in the transition towards a more circular built environment and have a range of policy levers at their disposal to stimulate demand for circular skills. Using circular strategies in the built environment can help reduce the embodied emissions of building materials by 50%.

This interactive webinar will show how to train staff and how local authorities can work with stakeholders to train the whole value chain to promote circularity.

The webinar will present the guidance for policymakers as well as training materials developed by the BUS-GoCircular project. It will also explain how public authorities can use the Fundamentals Training Packs for SMEs in their requirements in tenders.