SINCERE publishes a special issue on the circular economy
SINCERE's Paul J.J. Welfens, Raimund Bleischwitz and Yong Geng have co-edited a special issue of the journal International Economics and Economic Policy on ‘Resource efficiency, circular economy and sustainability dynamics in China and OECD countries’.
The special issue comprises of eight papers which are outputs of the Sino-European Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (SINCERE) research project.
One of the Sino-German collaborative papers puts the focus not only on ETS developments in Europe and China’s pilot regions but also emphasises the changing ranking of countries in the EIIW-vita Global Sustainability Index which is a composite index in line with OECD requirements.
Read the full paper: The ETS in China and Europe: dynamics, policy options and global sustainability perspectives
Another paper, written by ISR researchers Matthew Winning, Alvaro Calzadilla, Raimund Bleischwitz, and Victor Nechifor, describes their research on the UCL Environmental Global Applied Computable General Equilibrium model (ENGAGE-materials) which was created to consider the economic and sectoral effects of potential policies on a circular economy and resource efficiency.
Read the full paper: Towards a circular economy: insights based on the development of the global ENGAGE-materials model and evidence for the iron and steel industry
Link to the special issue: https://link.springer.com/journal/10368/14/3/page/1
Full list of papers:
Resource efficiency, circular economy and sustainability dynamics in China and OECD countries
The innovation trajectory of eco-cement in the Netherlands: a co-evolution analysis
Innovations for reaching the green sustainable development goals –where will they come from?
The ETS in China and Europe: dynamics, policy options and global sustainability perspectives