Location :
OECD Headquarters, Paris
On 27 November 2019 (1:10pm — 2:10pm CET) the OECD and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will co-organize a side-event during the 2019 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum to present how the circular economy concept provides a holistic framework to progress towards sustainable consumption and production patterns, achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Paris agreement targets and to discuss the role that heavy and extractive industries will play in this framework.
The objectives of the session:
- Provide an understanding of the circular economy concept, its scope and how it contributes to promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns;
- Understand the potential benefits of circular business models: they can i) address natural resource constraints to growth, ii) reduce and manage waste, iii) provide shared opportunities and benefits to transform to more inclusive green economies and iv) improve environment and health;
- Discuss the implications that circular economy will have for enterprises from the heavy and extractive sectors; and
- Explore how the UNEP approach to and experience in circular economy can promote innovative approaches for the sustainable management of metal and mineral resources.
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