Circular Economy Missing Link in Fight Against Climate Change
Antwerp, 18 March 2019 For four days, Antwerp was the epicentre of the circular economy. More than 750 company leaders, scientists and policy makers from all over the world came […]
UN Environment Launches Hotspot Analysis and Lifecycle Tools
Paris/Nairobi, 14 March 2019 UN Environment’s Life Cycle Initiative has launched two new tools to advance Sustainable Consumption and Production, based on life cycle thinking. The Hotspot Analysis Tool for […]
Lifestyles Need to Change Radically, WRF Conference Concludes
Antwerp, 27 Febuary 2019 Circular Economy is an enabler for climate policy. Over half of greenhouse gas emissions can be directly linked to our materials footprint. We have to link […]
Her Majesty the Queen to Visit WRF19
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Antwerp, 20 February 2019 Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium will join the opening session of the World Resources Forum, to be held in Antwerp, February 25-26, 2019. […]
Antwerp Fertile Ground for Circular Economy, WRF19 Program Update
Antwerp, 28 January 2019 The next World Resources Forum will take place in Antwerp, Belgium from 24 to 27 February. Co-organised by the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) and the World Resources Forum Association (WRF) […]
Anchoring Sustainable and Efficient Resource Management, Call for Papers WRF Geneva 2019 out
St. Gallen, 30 January 2019 The WRF Secretariat published the Call for Papers for World Resources Forum Geneva 2019 today. “Anchoring Sustainable and Efficient Resource Management” is this year’s motto of […]
“People Should Fight for Recycled Products”, Berlin Workshop Concludes
Berlin, 22 January 2019 Showing the connections between technical concepts such as circular economy and real-life emotions of young people, such as love for nature, is crucial, just as the use […]
New Project on Certification for Raw Materials Kicked off
Brussels, 5 December 2018 The new project “Voluntary certification scheme for waste treatment” (CEWASTE) has been launched in Brussels this month. Over the coming two years this European Horizon 2020 project […]
Clear Potential for Cooperation on Raw Materials Governance
Brussels, 29 October 2018 There is a clear potential and interest for further exploring areas of cooperation in raw materials governance. This was concluded at the H2020 FORAM project meeting in […]
Higher Resource Efficiency in Switzerland Means More Competitiveness
Dübendorf, 25 October 2018 The Swiss population has a large ecological footprint: they emit too much carbon dioxide (CO2), pollute too much water and consume too much raw materials, according to […]
