To accelerate the reduction of CO2 emissions along its entire value chain, European dairy cooperative Arla Foods and its 9.700 farmer owners recently launched the first European wide, incentivized climate check program.
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Eugene Tay, a prominent Singaporean environmentalist and circular economy specialist, has taken on a role with Singapore’s recently renamed Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. Tay joins the organisation where he began his career as senior assistant director working for the SG Eco Office, a new central coordinating body launched in May to drive and coordinate sustainability initiatives across communities in Singapore.
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Making big lifestyle changes can be out of budget for most college students. The movement to end climate change has become the most pressing topic of our time. It is imperative that each of us join in on the fight to curb climate change, and a lot of that entails living sustainably. But what does it mean to live sustainably?
A circular transition is needed to tackle a host of crises, from resource scarcity to biodiversity loss and climate change.
A circularity roadmap outlines the steps that must be taken to transition away from a linear ‘make-take-waste’ model to one that protects resources.
Finland’s example shows the right roadmap can kickstart systems-wide change.
In 2016, under the leadership of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Finland was the first country in the world to prepare a national circular economy roadmap. This roadmap provided a plan to move the country away from a ‘make-take-waste’ linear economy model to one that protects resources and eliminates waste along value chains.
The roadmap has proven a strong tool in starting a circular change and creating a strong commitment throughout the Finnish society. Thanks to the roadmap, the country could take clear steps for a circular transition and compile key stakeholders’ views on the essential changes and actions required for the circular transformation. Today, Finland has a variety of ongoing circular economy activities in several sectors, a governmental program for advancing circular economy, and the highest number of circular economy higher education courses in the world.
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