Pencil down 3-5 June for EU Green Week 2025 - Circular solutions for a competitive EU in Brussels.
On 3-4 June, the conference will feature high-level debates on policy aspects of circular economy. On 5 June, in-depth discussions among stakeholders will focus on unleashing the circular economy’s potential for a competitive and resource-efficient Europe.
The Circular Republic Festival 2025 (#CRF25) will focus on Build Your Competitive Advantage.
It will explore how circular practices can reshape industries and create resilience in the face of resource scarcity and climate challenges. There will be keynote addresses, hands-on workshops and tailored recommendations to help integrate circular principles into business strategies.
UNEP’s One Planet Network, the UNDP and the UN Climate Change secretariat have developed a practical toolbox that will help countries identify, prioritise, implement and track circular economy measures with a view to implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and making them more ambitious.
The NDC Guidance is a practical guide on identifying and prioritising circular measures regarding Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
It helps integrate existing approaches, such as the UN Toolbox on Building Circularity into NDCs. 27 activity sheets describe circular activities from a climate reporting perspective, helping with defining, tracking and reporting circular climate impacts.
The Sustainable Fashion Academy launched the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) in collaboration with various apparel and textile companies. STICA aims to ensure that the Nordic region and Europe reduce their climate impacts in line with the 1.5°C global warming pathway, while transforming their businesses and the industry.
Signatories to STICA undertake to set targets on scopes 1 to 3 and report back. The focus of this report is emissions reduction, and circular business models are presented as part of the solution. The information provided by the signatory companies as part of their reporting covers circular business models, breaking down how these contribute to scope 3 reduction and their place in the companies' climate action transition plans.
Refashion's Recycle Summit brings together key stakeholders from the textile and footwear sector. It showcases significant achievements in circularity, including groundbreaking technical studies, the development of unique material libraries and measurable environmental impacts. It aims to drive collaboration and innovation, strengthening the adoption of recycled materials and positioning the industry for a sustainable and competitive future.
This event aims to familiarise people with the Guidance on increasing NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions) ambitions through circular action and the related Activity Sheets, drawn up by the German International Cooperation Society's global Go Circular programme. It will highlight their role in enhancing climate ambitions through circular economy measures.
On 1 November, the ECESP's Leadership Group on Biodiversity & Climate, in cooperation with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), organised a COP16 side event exploring Towards a circular economy in harmony with nature.
This was the last side event hosted at the EU Pavilion, but it still attracted a high level of interest and participation. The recording of the session is available – have a listen!
This online seminar explores how to empower residents of European cities to adopt more circular living practices. It will delve into initiatives successfully implemented in Austria and Poland.
The Circular City Centre (C3) is a competence and resource centre led by the European Investment Bank and co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative. To support EU cities in their transition to a circular economy, C3 offers two advisory programmes, the Circular City Advisory programme and the Circular Project Advisory programme.
