Circular Regions

Circular Regions is a collaboration platform that grew out of the Circular Oslo action network. Its objective is to create a network of system entrepreneurs to bridge top-down and bottom-up circular economy approaches of different sectors. It is: PLACE-BASED, connecting urban & rural communities across regions; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER, interdisciplinary and cross-sector; MISSION-ORIENTED, empowering individuals and organizations; and DATA-DRIVEN, providing dynamic data and scalable systems.

ICLEI Circulars - Facilitating circular economy practices for sustainable cities

The ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) Circulars platform facilitates circular economy interventions at the local level. It features ICLEI Circular Hubs in Africa, China, and Europe; examples of leading cities; and the Circular Cities Action Framework and its five key strategies for circular development.

Leveraging Circular Economy Innovation - Selected Case Studies from EIT Climate-KIC's City Loops Circular Innovation Programme.

By Carolin Hendrys, Susanne Volz, Martin Stavenhagen et al., December 2020. Summary of EIT Climate-KIC's City Loops Programme.

City Loops was designed as a circular economy innovation and training programme to grow and strengthen communities of circularity practitioners in five cities (and surrounding regions), based on 'Circularity Thinking Innovation’ training process. These case studies give an overview of the different application of circular innovation tools, and the value they created in different cities.

Circular economy in the chemical industry.

Combine or combust? - Circular economy, digitalization and collaboration models for Chemistry 4.0.

By Martin Stavenhagen, Journal of Business Chemistry, June 2020. Explores new circular, digital and collaboration approaches and business models within the chemistry sector.