Circular economy can shape a sustainable future

Hear from speaker Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of UNEP’s International Resource Panel, on how we can shift the way resources are used.

Event Description

Access to natural resources - land, water, oil, gas, minerals, and precious metals - is closely linked to the wellbeing of nations. Unsustainable resource use is a key driver to climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

Hear from speaker Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of UNEP’s International Resource Panel, on how we can shift the way resources are used.

This in-person and online talk will explore the transition from a linear, extractive model to circular, resource-efficient societies and demonstrate how economic development and human well-being can be decoupled from increasing resource consumption and environmental degradation.

Building a circular economy is part of a broader economic, social, and cultural transformation needed to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The concept of the circular economy has already gained traction in the European Union, first introduced a decade ago and later expanded through the European Green Deal.

Developing science-based targets for resource use will guide our collective efforts and transform wasteful practices toward a sustainable and circular future