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Smart Meters Equals a Smarter Water Future

‘It was a crazy idea to put a linear economy on a circular planet. Initially, we may not have had many problems when it was small-scale. But now that we are overshooting all planetary boundaries, there is no space for a linear economy.’ said Robert-Jan van Ogtrop, founder of Circle Economy.

Check the blog to read the full interview written by Laxmi Haigh, Lead of Editorial at Circle Economy.

'The circular economy holds massive climate mitigation potential.'

This year's anniversary edition of the Circularity Gap Report—Circle Economy's annual assessment of how circular the world is and where we are headed—looks back at five years of analysis and learnings to highlight key messages worth repeating:
70% of greenhouse gas emissions are related to the way we produce and use products.

If applied globally and combined with current national climate pledges, circular solutions could deliver significant emissions reductions.

In the last few years since the Paris Agreement, we consumed more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials and the Circularity Gap got worse, not better.

On our way to net zero and to a more circular world, we must not forget about people.

Our response to the climate emergency must reduce global and local inequalities and protect against overshooting the means of the planet.

Explore the full report: https://lnkd.in/dBw7Q9Wx

Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge
Deadline approaching soon!

The energy sector powers economies and sustains jobs. It also generates approximately two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions. If the Paris Agreement goals are to be met, the energy transition needs to accelerate and reach a tremendous scale. There will be substantive employment and social impacts that need to be anticipated and planned for. Overall, it is estimated that the energy transition will deliver net job gains.

The shift to sustainable energy requires innovative solutions and breaking with business as usual while ensuring that the transition is just and leaving no one behind. While innovation is needed, scalable solutions are hard to identify and do not always reach the people who may benefit most. The ILO is dedicated to finding and accelerating such innovations. Therefore, the ILO is now launching the Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge. The challenge will identify, enhance, test, and disseminate high-potential policy ideas and solutions that promote a just transition for all, breaking from business-as-usual.

The ILO will select 3 winners amongst the proposals and solutions submitted. All 3 winners will benefit from technical assistance equivalent to the value up to 50.000 USD. They will be linked up with experts through ILO’s Just Transition Innovation Network and gain global visibility allowing them to present their innovative ideas to potential partners and the public.

For more information, deadlines, and eligibility criteria’s go to: climateaction4jobs.org/innovation-challenge

Circular Economy and the Water-Food Nexus

Climate innovation diversification and green business models

The need to address climate change has become a corporate priority that sits at the heart of boardroom concerns, not just for environmental reasons but also because it's what consumers want and what investors want.

Companies have started to commit to change, but we need to go much further - ‘sustainability as usual' is not enough any longer. Companies need science-based targets and full transparency about what they're doing - and they need to look outside their core business to reap the climate and business benefits.

I'm ready to act on climate. Do I start with big or small?

An interesting question that I ask myself every day. The answer from both the author and myself is "both" of course. Still, a plenty of thought-provoking points are inside the article. Do you know how the term 'carbon footprint' began to be circulated? Or how the climate impacts of individuals can differ in 'rich' countries? As the author says, "What’s important is to remember that everyone who is working to make a change is on the same team, regardless of where they start."

Do you know those measures that are - comparatively - easy both for people and government to implement? When it comes to climate change they rare, I know, but they do exist!

Tackling food waste through home-composting to lower GHG emissions is one of those.

Happy to see that from January, most people in California will be required to toss excess food into green waste bins rather than the trash. Municipalities will then turn the food waste into compost or use it to create biogas.

The effort is designed to keep landfills in the most populous U.S. state clear of food waste that damages the atmosphere as it decays.