The implementation of the circular economy in the European Union
Barrett, Dominic (2020)
Barrett, Dominic
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060417046
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060417046
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The circular economy (CE) is an area that has received increased amounts of attention over the last decade. Since being installed in China in 2002, and the European Union (EU) in 2015, CE has been hailed as a new paradigm to allow the decoupling of economic growth from negative environmental impacts. Targets set under the United Nations (UN) 2015 Paris Agreement (PA) and the 2019 European Green Deal call for climate neutrality by 2050, with the first halving of emissions to be achieved by 2030. Within the EU CE has been positioned as a cornerstone for achieving these targets whilst allowing for sustainable economic growth.
The contrasting political systems of China and the EU and the divergent motivations for installing CE show how complex the practice of implementing policy can be. It is therefore the aim of this research to offer a contemporary view of the situation in relation to the implementation of CE within the EU to help define the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the strategy.
The contrasting political systems of China and the EU and the divergent motivations for installing CE show how complex the practice of implementing policy can be. It is therefore the aim of this research to offer a contemporary view of the situation in relation to the implementation of CE within the EU to help define the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the strategy.