The annual Circular Economy Insights Series helps shape strategies and informs the development of support for communities of practice across Ireland. It highlights research gaps and will guide work in this area.
The 2025 report is designed to support an evidenced-based approach to public engagement and communications for a circular economy. It integrates best practices, targeted market research, socio-demographic analyses and community initiatives to provide key insights and statistical evidence on the specific trends currently driving circular economy behaviour in Ireland.
It aims to strengthen capacity for high-quality communications and public engagement to ensure that Ireland is informed and enabled to participate in, and benefit from, the circular transition.
On 25 June, the Leadership Group on Citizen Engagement & Circular Behaviour hosted the EU Circular Talk "Mainstreaming Circularity: Empowering Citizens for the Transition”. This webinar examined practical pathways to build understanding, shift mindsets and accelerate citizen behaviour change towards the circular transition.
This session will explore the impacts of the EU's “clean, competitive and circular” policies on communities, including indigenous peoples and young people, and consider how to foster intergenerational equity and participation, starting from the raw materials agenda.
This webinar will address the development of social innovation action plans and their deployment and application. Come and gain insights from experts, projects and cities leading systemic change through social innovation!
To achieve a truly circular economy, citizen engagement must move from the margins to the mainstream. This EU Circular Talk explored how we can embed circular thinking into everyday life through communication, education and practical tools that empower people to act.
Speakers and participants examined practical pathways to build understanding, shift mindsets and accelerate the circular transition—one citizen at a time.
This webinar brings together experts and representatives of EU institutions and local initiatives to discuss the latest policy developments and practical solutions. It will spotlight how territorial cooperation helps drive innovation and sustainability across Europe.
Come and see how cooperation across borders can deliver tangible impact - and how these efforts can shape the future of EU environmental and economic policies!
In the European Union context, a just transition refers to the shift toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy in a way that is fair, inclusive and leaves no one behind.
To support this effort, the European Environment Agency is hosting a webinar that brings together insights from recent research and country-level practices to better understand the socio-economic impacts of the circular economy transition.
PSLifestyle is a free app that empowers individuals to better understand their environmental impact and supports them in adopting more sustainable and circular lifestyles. By providing personalized insights into users’ carbon footprints, it encourages changes in everyday consumption patterns that align with the principles of the circular economy.
The Motagua Circular Forum aims to be a catalyst for change in the Motagua River Basin, where circular economy, European investment and collaborative governance build bridges towards a sustainable future.
The forum will bring together local and Team Europe partners, including EU representatives, Member State organisations, financing institutions and the European private sector. It will create a platform for dialogue with the objective of generating partnerships and investment in circular economy infrastructure and value chains in the river basin.
Companies from the water and waste management sectors are invited to be part of this initiative and express their interest in participating in the forum to pitch their solutions in Guatemala.
In 2016, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) came up with the idea of a stakeholder platform for the circular economy. It's still living up to circular principles with a Reuse corner for parents.