We are living in a world that is getting warmer, consuming more, and becoming less circular

Even if all 194 countries that pledged climate action as part of the Paris Agreement fulfil their emissions-cutting promises, the rise in temperatures is still forecast to hit 3.2-degrees this century.

To get to our end goal of a socially just and ecologically safe space, we need intelligent resource management to stem consumption and cut emissions, so that our impact falls within planetary boundaries.

We are already past the point of minor amends. Course-correction will require a major, transformational gear-change in systemic thinking.

This big shift is the circular economy.

Join our live online launch

On 26 January 2021, Circle Economy will launch its annual Circularity Gap Report during the Virtual Davos Agenda Week hosted by the World Economic Forum.

During the live session, we will uncover the facts on greenhouse gas emissions related to material extraction and present solutions for a linear world that consumes over 100 billion tonnes of materials and has warmed by 1-degree.

Programme

• Welcome by Martijn Lopes Cardozo (CEO Circle Economy) and Lynn Zebeda (Moderator & Co-founder Dr.Monk)
• Opening words from David Takayoshi Suzuki (Award-winning geneticist & co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation)
• Introduction of the Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative by Marc de Wit (Director Strategic Alliances at Circle Economy & initiator of the Circularity Gap Report)
• Presentation of the report's key findings by Matthew Fraser (Lead Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative at Circle Economy)
• Panel discussion with His Excellency Mr Quijandrio (Minister of Environment, Peru), Mr Frick (Director of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) and Professor Nyong (Director for Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank)

For more information about the Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative please visit: www.circularity-gap.world