Saving resources and the climate? A systematic review of the circular economy and its mitigation potential

J Cantzler, F Creutzig… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
To achieve the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, transformative actions are needed.
The circular economy (CE) is one concept that gained popularity in recent years, with its …

Contribution of circular economy strategies to climate change mitigation: Generic assessment methodology with focus on developing countries

T Serrano, S Aparcana, F Bakhtiari… - Journal of Industrial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As part of the Paris Agreement, countries are asked to put forward their nationally
determined contributions (NDCs), which present their proposed pathways to tackle climate …

[PDF][PDF] How the circular economy tackles climate change

E Macarthur, H Heading - Ellen MacArthur Found, 2019 - hoop-hub.eu
This is a republication of a paper first published in 2019 with the same name, which can be
found here. It is reprinted now to make the case at COP26 that the circular economy is a …

Unpacking the circular economy: A problematizing review

T Dzhengiz, EM Miller, JP Ovaska… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transitioning to a circular economy (CE) model has been proposed to solve many grand
environmental challenges. While research on CE has been extensively reviewed, less is …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptualizing the circular economy (revisited): an analysis of 221 definitions

J Kirchherr, NHN Yang, F Schulze-Spüntrup… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decade, use of the circular economy (CE) concept by scholars and practitioners
has grown steadily. In a 2017 article, Kirchherr et al. found that the CE concept is interpreted …

Circular economy: the concept and its limitations

J Korhonen, A Honkasalo, J Seppälä - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) is currently a popular concept promoted by the EU, by several
national governments and by many businesses around the world. However, the scientific …

Addressing the social aspects of a circular economy: A systematic literature review

A Padilla-Rivera, S Russo-Garrido, N Merveille - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Circular Economy (CE) is a growing topic among scholars, industries, and governments, and
is aimed at decoupling economic growth and development from the consumption of finite …

The history and current applications of the circular economy concept

K Winans, A Kendall, H Deng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The challenges of balancing industrial development, environmental and human health, and
economic growth in China and elsewhere in the world are drivers for recent resource use …

The transformation to a circular economy: framing an evolutionary view

A Chizaryfard, P Trucco, C Nuur - Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2021 - Springer
The notion of the circular economy (CE) has recently been put forth as a strategy to mitigate
climate change. It has gained attention in policy circles and in the engineering and natural …

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

S Leipold, A Petit‐Boix, A Luo… - Journal of Industrial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current enthusiasm for the circular economy (CE) offers a unique opportunity to advance
the impact of research on sustainability transitions. Diverse interpretations of CE by scholars …