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Circular Development

It builds sustainable societies that use recyclable, sharable, and regenerative resources to end the linear model of “produce, consume, discard” while continuing to meet the material and development needs of a growing global population.

New ICLEI leadership recommit to integrated sustainable development
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New ICLEI leadership recommit to integrated sustainable development

ByDana Vigran April 14, 2021June 27, 2024

At the opening of the ICLEI World Congress 2021 – 2022 Virtual Launch, ICLEI’s newly elected leadership came out in…

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Integrating circularity into plastic waste management – a win-win?
Circular Development Waste

Integrating circularity into plastic waste management – a win-win?

BySoumya Chaturvedula March 24, 2021June 26, 2025

We have all heard that when it comes to the climate crisis, cities are both the problem and the solution…

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Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life
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Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life

ByMarion Guenard March 23, 2021June 28, 2024

Consumption-based emissions—the so-called indirect emissions associated with food choices, travel habits, supply chains and many more activities that keep cities…

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Hyderabad Unveils Reverse Vending Machines to Tackle Plastic Waste, Promote Circular Economy

BySubuhi Parvez February 17, 2021June 26, 2025

Three reverse vending machines (RVMs) were inaugurated in Hyderabad on the 2nd of February 2021, marking the launch of several…

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Why we need circular food systems and what cities can do about it
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Why we need circular food systems and what cities can do about it

ByMarion Guenard December 7, 2020June 2, 2025

Global food systems account for a third of total GHG emissions and drive environmental degradation and socio-economic inequalities all along…

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Managing waste: Create a circular economy for plastics
Circular Development South Asia Waste

Managing waste: Create a circular economy for plastics

BySubuhi Parvez December 1, 2020June 26, 2025

ICLEI South Asia and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) organised the Daring Cities webinar on ‘Enabling Circular Economy…

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AEPW, ICLEI South Asia join forces to combat urban plastic pollution
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AEPW, ICLEI South Asia join forces to combat urban plastic pollution

BySubuhi Parvez December 1, 2020June 26, 2025

The global environmental crisis caused by plastic waste has captured the attention of policy makers, decision makers, the public and…

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Putting the circular economy into action
Circular Development

Putting the circular economy into action

ByYing-Chih Deng October 10, 2020June 2, 2025

The concept of the circular economy is gaining traction at the local level but many local governments struggle to find…

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Radical redesign for a circular economy: An interview with Circular Development Head Burcu Tuncer
Circular Development

Radical redesign for a circular economy: An interview with Circular Development Head Burcu Tuncer

ByDana Vigran August 25, 2020June 2, 2025

Cities are complex systems in and of themselves, and in today’s globalized economy, cities around the world are closely intertwined…

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Why climate neutrality needs circularity
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Why climate neutrality needs circularity

ByMarion Guenard August 25, 2020June 2, 2025

“How we make and use products and how we produce food generates almost half of the emissions in our current…

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Adopting and adapting sustainable approaches: China’s social and environmental transformation
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Adopting and adapting sustainable approaches: China’s social and environmental transformation

ByMatteo Bizzotto April 6, 2020June 2, 2025

By Matteo Bizzotto, Communications Officer, and Hannah Rothschild, City-Business Collaboration Officer China’s rapid industrial and economic growth has come at…

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Turku’s advice on circularity? Imagine the possibilities. Then get started.
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Turku’s advice on circularity? Imagine the possibilities. Then get started.

ByMark Wessel December 11, 2019June 26, 2025

Turku, Finland, which is an active member of ICLEI’s Green Circular Cities Coalition, was a leading player in sessions dedicated…

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