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This proposal is a long-term key plan that maps out the road Japan should take to realise a decarbonised society towards GHG reduction strategy for 2050 as required under the Paris Agreement.

This report highlights processes that contribute to the circular economy shift by retaining the value of the products within the system through the extension of their useful life. It quantifies the current-state and potential impacts associated with the inclusion of different value-retention processes by applying them to a series of products within three industrial sectors. The report also highlights the different barriers faced in the implementation of the processes.

This study, How Clean is the U.S. Steel Industry? which was supported by the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation, conducted a benchmarking analysis for energy and CO2 emissions intensity of the steel industry among the largest steel-producing countries.

The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) carried out a study on the impact of the circular economy on the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry for the European Economic and Social Committee. The focus of this study is mobile phones – a key product in the consumer electronics sector with a varied price range and lifetime duration.

The study finds that there is a large untapped potential for recovering materials from both the annual flow of new mobile phones sold in Europe once they reach the end of their life and the accumulated stock of unused, so-called hibernating devices in EU households. Achieving high recycling rates for these devices can offer opportunities to reduce EU dependence on imported materials and make secondary raw materials available on the EU market. As such, policy action would be required to close the collection gap for mobile phone devices. Implementing circular approaches in the mobile phone value chain can furthermore lead to employment opportunities in the refurbishment sector. Extending the lifetime of mobile phones can also provide CO2 mitigation benefits, particularly from displacing the production of new devices.

This report Sustainable Industrial Development in Punjab, Pakistan focuses on the industrial province of Punjab, Pakistan that is home to over half of the country’s population.