Circular Economy, Climate and the Environment
CEPS Staff involved
Next is the list of our inhouse experts working on this topic.
Monica Alessi is a Programme Manager at CEPS since September 2006, in the Energy, Resources and…
Julie Bryhn is a Researcher in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit. Previously, Julie…
Christian Egenhofer is a Senior Research Fellow within the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit…
Milan Elkerbout is a Research Fellow in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit. His…
Irina Kustova is Researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, where…
Vasileios Rizos is a Research Fellow and Head of Sustainable Resources and Circular Economy at…
Cristian Stroia is a Researcher in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit. His current…
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The 6th edition of CEPS Ideas Lab gathered a total number of 1185 participants, including 218 discussion leaders and speakers. The "ideas"…
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Finding the right balance between sinks, product substitution, renewable energy and biodiversity
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How is the EU’s Public Procurement Framework contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Circular Economy Strategy?
Identifying the impact of the circular economy on the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry
Opportunities and challenges for businesses, workers and consumers – mobile phones as an example
How EU trade policy can enhance climate action
Options to boost low-carbon investment and address carbon leakage
An enabling framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe
An overview of key issues
Competitiveness of the renewable energy sector
Part 2 - Competitiveness of corporate sourcing of renewable energy
Sinking to Zero
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The Role of Business in the Circular Economy
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Related Projects
Here are the latest projects related to this topic.
C4U is a holistic interdisciplinary project addressing all the essential elements required for the optimal integration of CO2 capture in…
The EU-funded EUSOCIALCIT project will review policies to boost European social citizenship. It will develop a resource-based, multi-level concept of…
The future of renewable energy and smart mobility depends upon permanent magnets (PMs), and those magnets depend upon Rare Earth…
This contract concerns the implementation of stakeholder engagement activities related to the EU eco-innovation policy and initiatives, especially in the…
The EU-GCC Clean Energy Network, funded by the European Union, initiated its activities in 2010, as a response to the…
The ultimate objectives of TRIGGER are to provide EU institutions with knowledge and tools to enhance their actorness, effectiveness and…
The project aims to (i) provide a consistent, comprehensive and transparent understanding of the global RE supply chain; (ii) identify…
Green Steel for Europe supports the EU towards achieving the 2030 climate and energy targets and the 2050 long-term strategy…
CEPS analysed the closed and open questions for two open public consultations related to two legislative initiatives as part of…
CIRC4Life aims to develop and implement a circular economy approach for sustainable products and services through their value and supply…
Seismic changes in global geopolitics, the rapid rise of global production networks, increasing disputes surrounding trade integration initiatives and challenges…
The overarching aim of Mistra Carbon Exit is to develop societal pathways for the transformative change of the supply chains…
The project addresses the question of how a fresh policy approach linking circular economy and climate change could look in…
CEPS is supporting through a partnership the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in implementing the project ‘Mainstreaming coherent and effective…
CICERONE, a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project, brings together programme owners, research organizations and other stakeholders to create a platform for…
The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) places an obligation on Member States to promote the availability to final customers of high-quality…
The output of this project is a policy brief, published by CEPS in the CEPS Policy Insights series on 19…
The Directorate general for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) has commissioned Centre for European Policy…
The study examines the current methodologies used for tracking climate-related and biodiversity-related expenditure in the EU budget. It identifies strengths…
The key objective of this study, conducted by CEPS for the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) (Morocco) is to…
DG FISMA has commissioned a consortium led by the CEPS to conduct a Feasibility study on the creation of a…
The project aims at raising awareness about the European Cohesion Policy in South Europe through the realization of a global…
The objective of the project is to make an independent assessment of the role of forests, based on CEPS own…
The primary objective of the project was to write a report, analysing the potential contribution of the Internet of Things…
i+ii.) Objectives and tasks: The study looked at the many ways in which digital solutions can be implemented on the…
CEPS carried out this study for the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption of the European Economic and…
This report was conducted by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) within the “Strategic Partnerships for the Implementation of…
CEPS was commissioned to carry out a “Comparative study on energy policies in the EU macro-regions”, within the framework of…
The overarching goal of SET-Nav was to support strategic decision making in Europe’s energy sector, enhancing innovation towards a clean,…
This project consisted in a report and related meeting supported by EUMICON, the European Mineral Resources Confederation. The report provided…
The project aimed to formulate and discuss ideas to further develop EU energy policy frameworks and funds that can enable…
The linear economy, wherein natural resources are obtained, turned into products and discarded as waste after limited time, was for…
The Study starts from the 2015 ESPAS Global Trends Report, which identified five global economic and social trends to 2030,…
The IPEPS project aims at complementing degree-level programmes led by Universities by enriching the background knowledge that students acquire in…
Based on primary data collected from 189 plants over a 10-year period (2008-2017) via an email survey and follow-up interviews,…
The CARISMA project was a Coordination and Support Action funded by Horizon 2020 with two overall objectives. First, through effective…
This project involved an analysis of the carbon leakage risk indicators that will apply from 2021 onwards for EU ETS…
2030 governance project (2015-17) CEPS' ECH (Energy Climate House) is partners in a project for the German energy ministry (BMWi)…
This study carries out an ex-ante impact assessment of substantial amendments put forward by the IMCO and JURI Committees of…
Digitalisation is transforming business landscapes and the world of work, and redefining the boundaries of production, consumption and distribution. This…
A Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) aims to identify, assess and, where possible, quantify the cumulative cost generated by selected areas…
The POCACITO project -foresight study for sustainable pathways towards liveable, affordable and prospering cities in a world context – was…
As technology and new business models evolve at a breath-taking pace in various sectors of the economy, governments are becoming…
The aim of this action was to facilitate and guide the RES policy dialogue for the period towards 2030. This…
The GreenEcoNet project developed the first European-based platform to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in greening their business and…
This CEPS project focused on analysing the impacts of climate change mitigation measures and policies on the three pillars of…
This report considers potential policy options to promote ‘systemic innovation’ that foster decarbonisation, with a specific focus on the EU.…
POLIMP explored knowledge gaps about implications of possible directions of international climate policies for different policy and decision-making levels. It…
The ancient Silk Road consisted of a network of paths, mountain passes and ‘branches’ used by daring traders to connect…
CES-MED is a programme financed by the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI), which is the main financial mechanism through which assistance…
• Project conducted a systematic and consistent overview on the existing efforts to measure sustainable development and the transformation to…
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an effort by the United States and the European Union to reposition…
Climate policy needs to aim at ambitious long-term climate stabilization. This will require managing the transition from carbon intensive to…
As the contractor for this study CEPS analysed, together with ZEW, the relationships between public expenditures/revenues and the costs of…
The European Climate Platform (ECP) is a joint initiative by Mistra’s Climate Policy Research Programme CLIPORE and CEPS established in…
The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) of the European Parliament requested a briefing on the subject of…
Related Task Forces
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CEPS has launched an ambitious and multi-disciplinary Task Force on EU Industrial Policy after the pandemic. The overall aim of…
The team of CEPS Energy Climate House is holding a Task Force on "The Role of Business in the Circular…
To achieve the objectives of the 2000 Water Framework Directive, it is generally recognized by the EU and member state…
According to the EU ETS Directive (Art. 1), the objective of the ETS is to “promote GHG reductions in a…
CEPS launches a new Task Force which deals with “EU Transport Policy – Innovation, Integration and 21st Century Infrastructure”. The…
There has been an increasing interest by different stakeholders for cities to play a bigger role in climate change policy.…
Adaptation and mitigation for climate change are a global responsibility and the EU has to develop a common strategy to…
The revised EU Emissions Trading Scheme foresees auctioning of allowances as the default option. However, Article 10a of the Directive…
The CDM has been a great success to build up the institutional framework for a carbon market in developing countries,…
Main Findings of the Task Force Chair: Ulrika Raab, Senior Advisor, Swedish Energy Agency and Member of the CDM Executive…
Leading Institute: CEPS, participating organisation, Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development…
CEPS Task Force Report: Global Sectoral Industry Approaches to Climate Change: The Way Forward Authors: Christian Egenhofer & Noriko Fujiwara…
CEPS Task Force Report: Making the most of the G8+5 Climate Change Process: Accelerating Structural Change and Technology Diffusion on…
CEPS Task Force Report: Shaping the Global Arena: Preparing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the post-2012 Period Authors: Christian…
CEPS Task Force Report: Reviewing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Priorities for Short-Term Implementation of the Second Round of Allocation…
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