Circular Economy frameworks have become central to debates and interventions that aim to
reduce global resource use and environmental despoilment. As pathways to both systemic …

Regions are the most important administrative units of the EU's development policies and so
far, have been extensively used for framing and implementing strategic priorities. However …

This introductory paper to the special issue “Circular economy and sustainability: The role of
technology, producers, consumers and policy” serves three main goals. The first one is to …

Abstract Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly proposed in international
environmental governance settings to address the interlinked crises of climate change …

Cities play a central role in the circular economy (CE) as they are important centres of
production and consumption, responsible for 80% of global GDP. European cities are …

Abstract In April 2022, the European Commission (EC) published a set of policy proposals to
foster the European Union's (EU) transition to the circular economy (CE). Despite significant …

The transition towards a circular economy (CE) is increasingly seen as a solution to address
sustainable development. The environmental impacts, resource restrictions, and economic …

The circular supply chain (CSC) incorporates a circular economy (CE) concept in the supply
chain of an organization and offers novel opportunities for enhancing the sustainability of …

In the circular economy discourse it is stressed that products ought to be repairable and that
repair work is assumed to be growing. However, repair can be organised and performed in …

While the conceptual underpinnings of the circular economy (CE) date back to the 1970s,
the concept has recently become a major discourse in contemporary sustainability debates …