The UN Climate Change Conference, under its theme “Together for Implementation”; was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6-18 November, under a global compelling demand of real changes to regain trust and to deliver the Glasgow commitments.
On May 10, 2022, the SwitchMed programme, the Interreg MED Blue Growth Community and the Interreg MED BLUEfasma modular project co-organised a hybrid capitalisation event entitled “Fostering Circular Blue Economy in the Mediterranean” in Barcelona and online. The event was the occasion to launch a report on the integration of Circular Economy in the Blue Economy sectors in the Mediterranean.
The Team of Specialists (ToS) on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Traceability of Sustainable Value Chains in the Circular Economy is an hybrid event held on the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on October 6th 2022. The event aims at contributing to better and more informed decisions for sustainable production and consumption, through ESG traceability approaches and systems for the exchange of data and information along global value chain, in priority industries for the circular transition.
Diverse Circular economy workshops for public and private sectors were held in Ankara within the scope of Technical Assistance for Assessment of Turkey’s Potential on Transition to Circular Economy (DEEP Project) carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change to encourage Turkey's transition to a circular economy and to strengthen Turkey's institutional and technical capacity in transition to a circular economy in line with the EU Circular Economy Model.
The article "Building resilience: the impact of the circular economy on global trade and supply chains" explore the state of art of Circular Economy on Global Trade and Global Supply Chains and the benefits it entails; particularly for Business Leaders and Policy-Makers.
Likewise, it provides key recommendations in how to improve Circular Economy Practices and on investing in transparency and traceability.
Find the Article here: https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/articles/building-resilience
MedWaves and CPMR are launching a new report to describe the state of play in the development of circular economy in selected sectors of the Blue Economy in the Mediterranean.
The set of "Regional Measures to Support the Development of Green and Circular Businesses and to Strengthen the Demand for more Sustainable Products" is now available as a publication. The measures, adopted adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (i.e. the 22 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea) through Decision IG 25/18 on December 2021, during COP22 in Antalya; will contribute to the transition towards a circular, green and blue economy in the region.
The guidelines target policymakers and provide them with a step-by-step approach for developing the most appropriate framework to prevent the negative impacts of single-use plastic products.
This document encompasses a set of policy recommendations with the aim to create an enabling environment and remove obstacles for the successful establishment and growth of green and circular economy businesses (also referred to as sustainable businesses) in the Mediterranean region.
These guidelines intend to present set of measures that can be considered in developing the most appropriate legal and regulatory framework to introduce the non-single use of plastic bags.