Subscribe to our newsletter By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that CIRCULAR-ECONOMY NEWS will receive your email address. Apr 13, 2020 #22 - Chile updates its national climate plan. EU countries call for green recovery. Demand for recycled fibers. Revue Are you ZIRCULAR? Get to know the main trends associated with sustainability and circular economy. P April 13 · Issue #22 · View online Are you ZIRCULAR? Get to know the main trends associated with sustainability and circular economy. Powered by ZERØ. If you find ZIRCULAR useful, please forward it to your friends and colleagues 🙏. Subscription can be made here. MANAGEMENT & POLICY 💼 Studies suggest CO2 in Europe has dropped 58 percent since lockdowns began several weeks ago. 10 EU countries call for green recovery. Chile has committed to peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, in an updated national plan presented virtually to the UN climate chief last Thursday. The postponement of the Cop26 climate summit due to the Covid-19 pandemic means the United States presidential election takes on newfound significance in the international fight against climate change. Surges in consumer toilet paper and e-commerce purchases are causing a boom in demand for certain types of recycled fiber. FUNDINGS, AWARDS 💰 & NETWORKS Open call: ACCIONA joins Energia Positiva+ initiative to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in Spain. BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020. Deadline: Friday 1 May, 5pm. Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge. Deadline: 4 May. WRAP launches £1.5m grant fund to support textiles projects. INNOVATION 🤖 & NEW BUSINESS Tools that measure circularity: ZERØ, a digital platform made in Spain that transforms operational data into key business indicators for circular-economy strategies. Dyper and TerraCycle make composting diapers accessible. Jute as an alternative to plastic. RESOURCES 👁️ Have a look to: Policy and Action on Plastic in the Arctic Ocean. Climate Action Tracker data portal. It provides a dashboard to track the rates of decarbonisation per country in various sectors. EVENTS 📆 Spainsif and UNED reopen their online course on responsible investment, available now until August. Virtual meetings on waste management and circular economy, aimed at companies, universities and technology centres interested in sharing project ideas and finding potential partners and customers. 4-5 May. Webinar on EU taxonomie for sustainable activities. 7 May. Digital Roadmap to COP26, organized by Climate Forum. April-June-2020. Webinar Circular Economy on the city level. 1 April, 13:00-14:30. Online: Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference. 27-29 April. Circular Materials Conference, postponed to 22- 23 September, Gothenborg. Circular economy applied to lighting. October 23. BforPlanet, postponed to 22-23 September, Barcelona. Call for speakers is open. Plastic Recycling Show Europe.27-28 October, Amsterdam. Smart City Expo, 17-19 November, Barcelona. TIME TO THINK 🤔 Turning black swans green. That´s all for this week. Thanks for reading ZIRCULAR by ZERØ . We will be back next week. If you find ZIRCULAR useful, please forward it to your friends and colleagues🙏. Subscription can be made here. Did you enjoy this issue? In order to unsubscribe, click here. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here. Powered by Revue Teimas Desenvolvemento SL, 15706 Santiago, Spain Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that CIRCULAR-ECONOMY NEWS will receive your email address.
