Developing circular pathways for a EU low-carbon transition

Wiedenhofer Dominik

Institute of Social Ecology (SEC)

01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026

Research project (§ 26 & § 27)

Program Horizon Europe - Global Challenges - Research & Innovation Action (RIA)

Funder European Commission (EC)

Competencies

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe und neue Technologien
Ressourcen und gesellschaftliche Dynamik
Landschaft, Wasser, Lebensraum und Infrastrukturen

Abstract

CircEUlar will assess potentials of the circular economy (CE) to contribute to GHG reductions, and in particular to a low-carbon transition of the EU. The project will equally address supply-side and demand-side options to move towards circularity. One main thrust of the project will be to improve existing modelling tools in order to evaluate future scenarios of moving towards circularity in the EU, thereby also assessing the embeddedness of the EU within the global economy. The project will address three Focus Areas (FAs), mobility, buildings, and digitalization. A transdisciplinary stakeholder process and dissemination activities are other prominent elements of the project. The project is led by IIASA, other prominent partners include the University of East Anglia, the Technical University of Berlin and the Ludwigs-Maxmilian University Munich. The Institute of Social Ecology (BOKU) will mainly contribute dynamic modelling of material stocks and flows to provide innovative measures of system-wide circularity.

climate change mitigation
circular economy
social metabolism

Publications

Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy

Autoren: Sina Leipold; Anna Petit-Boix; Anran Luo; Hanna Helander; Machteld Simoens; Weslynne S. Ashton; Callie W. Babbitt; Alba Bala; Catharina R. Bening; Morten Birkved; Fenna Blomsma; Casper Boks; Alessio Boldrin; Pauline Deutz; Teresa Domenech; Navarro Ferronato; Alejandro Gallego-Schmid; Damien Giurco; Kersty Hobson; Roope Husgafvel; Cynthia Isenhour; Mait Kriipsalu; Donato Masi; Joan Manuel F. Mendoza; Leonidas Milios; Monia Niero; Deepak Pant; Keshav Parajuly; Stefan Pauliuk; Marina P. P. Pieroni; Jessika Luth Richter; Michael Saidani; Marzena Smol; Laura Talens Peiró; Stijn van Ewijk; Walter J. V. Vermeulen; Dominik Wiedenhofer; Bing Xue Jahr: 2023

Journal articles
A call for high-quality data to foster a decisive transformation towards a circular economy

Autoren: Morseletto, P; Haas, W Jahr: 2023

Journal articles
How circular is an extractive economy? South Africa's export orientation results in low circularity and insufficient societal stocks for service-provisioning

Autoren: Willi Haas; Doris Virág; Dominik Wiedenhofer; Harro von Blottnitz Jahr: 2023

Journal articles
Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs

Autoren: Mastrucci, A; Niamir, L; Boza-Kiss, B; Bento, N; Wiedenhofer, D; Streeck, J; Pachauri, S; Wilson, C; Chatterjee, S; Creutzig, F; Dukkipati, S; Feng, W; Grubler, A; Jupesta, J; Kumar, P; Marangoni, G; Saheb, Y; Shimoda, Y; Shoai-Tehrani, B; Yamaguchi, Y; van Ruijven, B Jahr: 2023

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