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In 2021, the Circularity Gap Report found out that our world was 8,6% circular, a decrease compared to 2019 and miles away from the goal of 17%. Why is circularity important? Applying circular strategies will help us cut excessive material consumption and slash greenhouse gas emissions allowing us to stay under 2 degrees. At the STHLM+50 Climate Hub, RE:Source, a Swedish strategic innovation program for sustainable use of materials, presented the situation in Sweden and solutions to create circular and resilient societies. How circular is Sweden? For the first time, a Circularity Gap Report for Sweden, made by Circle Economy and Rise and funded by RE:Source, showed that Sweden is behind when it comes to circularity. The country is 3,4% circular meaning that 96% of all the resources consumed in Sweden are from virgin sources. And even though Sweden is a small country, with 10 million inhabitants it is today the fourth largest consumer of materials in the world. When presenting the Circularity Gap Report of Sweden, Matthew Fraser, Head of Research and Development at Circle Economy, showed that the potential of creating a circular economy in Sweden is significant. It could lead to a reduction of 42,6% of its material footprint and an increase of 232% of its circularity metric while having positive impacts on the environment and creating new jobs. How can Sweden do it? One of the key issues with resource use is how we are going to build in the future. Carl Magnus Capener and Carina Carlman joined the climate initiative session and presented different projects where RISE, the Research Institute of Sweden, has been using the district as an innovation area and a testbed for circular cities. By implementing new ways of city governance involving the citizens in a bottom-up approach, we can build resilient cities for the future. Another partner that joined the STHLM+50 Climate Hub was Axfoundation. The “do tank” for transformational change has 30 projects related to sustainable consumption and production and circular economy. Maria Smith, Secretary General of Axfoundation presented three of them. Two of them involved the fishing industry. The minced bream project is transforming fish that would usually be discarded in food and the other is creating a circular solution for fish feed made of insects fed by discarded vegetables from the food industry. A third project is the Swedish Wool Initiative which aims to make Swedish wool competitive and avoid the current 50% of waste in this industry. RE:Source has funded and supported around 200 projects leading to a circular economy. The solutions are here and what is needed is a systemic change. As the program director Elin Larsson, puts it “it’s time for a new kind of leadership that is curious, brave but also humble.” Watch RE:Source’s climate initiative session at the STHLM+50 Climate Hub: https://youtu.be/7vaNJq_6hic ABOUT STHLM+50 CLIMATE HUB 50 years after the very first UN Environment Conference, placing nature and poverty at the forefront of the international agenda, Stockholm welcomed the world again in June 2022. Together with partners, We Don'tHave Time and UNDP hosted a public arena for the entire week of Stockholm+50, leading up to World Environment Day 2022. The five-day event was broadcast live from SPACE Arena in central Stockholm. On Twitter alone, the broadcasts reached more than 31 million viewers from 160 countries.
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Circularity is so important if we want to fight climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss!