HOT FROM THE PRESS — on 19 May 2026, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published three new assessments on circularity in the EU, sending a clear message: significantly greater investment is needed to unlock the full potential of the circular economy.
The reports underline that scaling up circular economy measures could deliver major environmental and economic benefits for the EU, including reduced climate and environmental impacts, greater resource security and new business opportunities. At the same time, they stress that investment in circularity must accelerate if the EU is to achieve its climate and environmental objectives.
Three EU Horizon Europe projects — CIRCOMOD, CircEUlar and CO2NSTRUCT — are hosting their joint final conference on circular economy pathways to net-zero. It will bring together researchers, policymakers and sustainability experts to explore how circular economy strategies can drive the EU's transition to net-zero.
The opening plenary session is freely accessible via livestream.
BIOPYRANIA is an EU-funded project working on transforming second-generation biomass and woody residues into high-performance bio-based polymers for strategic industrial applications.
It is supporting Europe’s transition towards a circular, climate-neutral economy.
During this project, ten European cities laid the foundations for a sustainable, just and productive transition towards a functioning circular economy, designing Integrated Action Plans for the circular economy.
This flipbook is the project's final output, containing results, recommendations and numerous good practices.
This is a flagship annual event and community platform dedicated to accelerating the green transition, climate neutrality and environmental resilience across the Mediterranean region.
It will host two of the ISE Mission's main annual gatherings: the MED Innovation Summit and the ISE Community of Practice.
The European textile and fashion sector is entering one of its most significant transformation periods in decades. Policy pressure, resource constraints, labour shortages and rising environmental expectations are converging to challenge long-standing business models, yet responses across the sector remain largely fragmented.
This report synthesises collective intelligence from the Future-Ready Textiles workshop series led by Climate-KIC in 2025, bringing together manufacturers, brands, researchers, NGOs and policymakers across Europe and beyond.
Three headline insights emerge: the challenges are systemic, not only technical; signals of change are accelerating; and transition-ready capabilities are the missing link.
EU Green Week has been Europe’s leading environmental conference and an annual opportunity to raise awareness, promote and discuss the latest and future developments in European environmental policy. It's a high-level event which attracts policymakers, businesses, leading environmentalists and other interested parties from across Europe and the world.
This year, the focus is Investing in a nature-positive economy.
This is the third in a series of webinars in which SYMBIOREM project partners will present the solutions and strategies developed to remediate and restore contaminated soil and water, as well as to enhance bioremediation efficiency, use secondary inputs and valorise residues and contaminants.
It will provide an overview of how SYMBIOREM evaluates environmental risks, economic benefits and social impacts across different remediation solutions.
The CCRI hands-on online workshops will focus on a key implementation challenge identified in the CCRI communities of practice. They will translate those insights into practical tools, methods and examples that participants can apply in their own context.
This session will look at Consumption‑based emissions (CBE) which show the climate impact of what cities consume, not just what they produce. It will introduce what a Consumption‑Based Emissions (CBE) inventory is, what it can (and cannot) tell you, and how cities are beginning to use CBE insights to inform circular economy action.
Why does the EU–Australia relationship matter more than ever?
Because this is no longer just about trade. It is about resilience, access to resources and the ability of like-minded partners to navigate a volatile world together.
This EU Circular Talk explored how the evolving EU-Australia partnership — shaped by trade negotiations, climate commitments and shifting geopolitics — is becoming a testing ground for the circular economy as a strategic framework.
