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Circular Economy Closing the loop – An EU Action Plan for
the Circular Economy
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Transition towards a Circular
Economy
Maintaining the value of products, materials and resources in the
economy for as long as possible
Minimising waste generation
Boosting our competitiveness with new business opportunities and innovative products and services
Bringing economic, social and environmental gains
International dimension
EU's international commitments
2030 Sustainable Agenda
Paris Agreement to combat climate change
G7 Alliance for Resource Efficiency – building more sustainable supply chains and global markets for secondary raw materials
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Circular economy package – State of Play
Action Plan
Communication
List of Follow-up
Initiatives (Annex)
4 Legislative
proposals on waste, fertlizers and water reuse
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Under debate at the
Council and at the European Parliament
1/3 of the actions
are being implemented
Priority sectors
Biomass & Bio-based Products
Plastics
Food Waste
Construction & Demolition
Critical Raw
Materials
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What has been done so far?
Legislative proposals on waste
Tackling false green claims
Green Public Procurement
Recycling Protocol for Construction and Demolition Waste
Legislative Proposal on fertilizers
Best practices of water reuse
"Innovation Deals" and H2020 call
Stakeholders platform on food waste
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Ongoing
Eco-design
Communication 'Waste to Energy'
REFIT of EU Ecolabel and of EMAS.
Preparation for next steps Pilots Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
Green Financing Platform with the EIB and national banks
Assessment of the contribution of Circular Economy to the Bio-economy Strategy
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2017 Plastics Strategy
Pre-demolition assessment guidelines for the construction sector
Development of indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings
Interface chemicals, products and waste legislation
Monitoring and indicator framework
Minimum requirements for reused water
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Medium term goals
Quality standards for secondary raw materials market
New/revised BREFs for industrial sectors
Use of Cohesion funds for Circular Economy
Implementation-At national level
National France- "Loi de Transition Énergétique pour la Croissance Verte"
Germany- German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess II)
The Netherlands-A circular economy in the Netherlands by 2050
Finland- Finland's National Circular Economy Roadmap
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At local and regional level
Regional Brussels Region-Programme Régional en Economie Circulaire
Scotland-Making Things Last - A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland
Local Amsterdam- Report "Circular Amsterdam"
Paris-White Paper on the Circular Economy of the Greater Paris
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Stakeholders' engagement
Exchange of best practices and knowledge
European Innovation Partnerships (Raw materials-water)
Food waste platform
SME Resource Excellence Centre
Role of private institutions and NGOs
Ellen McArthur Foundation
Institut de l'Économie Circulaire
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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Patrick Wegerdt European Commission
DG Environment
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/
CLEANER ENVIRONMENT AND NEW
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES: EU Support for Greener Development in
Eastern Partnership Countries
Patrick Wegerdt, Team Coordinator
Unit F2 – Bilateral and regional
environmental cooperation
European Commission
Directorate-General Environment 14
Johannes Hahn
Commissioner for European
Neighbourhood Policy and
Enlargement Negotiations
"At the #Riga summit of EU and Eastern Partner countries, #Environment identified as one of
the #priority areas".
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Environment as a cross-cutting issue of the Eastern Partnership goals
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Prosperity
•environmental quality of life
•green economy opportunities
Security
•energy efficiency
•climate resilience
•a more sustainable use of natural capital
•better management of environment-related risks
Stability
•evidence-based decisions
•transparency and accountability in environmental action
•good environmental governance
Water, Environment, and Climate: Overview of On-Going Regional Projects in EaP under the
European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI - €15 billion 2014-2020)
Water Cluster (also covers Central Asia
region)
• EMBLAS II (€2.5m)
• EPIRB (€8.5m)
• EUWI (€3.2m)
• EUWI+ East (€24.5m)
Environmental Governance and
Green Growth Custer
• EaP GREEN(€10m)
• SEIS East (€7m)
• FLEGT II (€9m)
• Emerald Network II (€2m)
• Obsolete chemicals (€6m)
Climate Cluster
• Clima East: Policies (€8m) and Demonstration Projects (€11m)
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Several projects expired 2016; some will be extended, notably EaP GREEN.
Complementary EU regional programmes: Need for synergies
• EU4Businesses
• The second phase of Covenant of Mayors East (CoMO East)
• Energy Efficiency and Environmental Partnership Programme (E5P)
• EU4Energy
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Complementary national-level support catalysed by regional programmes
Examples:
• Green economy project in Belarus
• Promotion of organic agriculture in a rural development project in Moldova
• Natural resources management in Georgia
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Making success stories known and upscaling them
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• Pilot projects as part of EPIRB and ClimaEast projects
• Support for resource efficiency and cleaner production
• Promotion of Strategic Environmental Assessments
• Greening of SMEs: surveys and follow up; organic farming
• Extension of protected areas
• Joint Black Sea surveys
• National Policy Dialogues on Water
• Improved chemicals management
Consolidation of achievements: Outlook for new programmes
• Successor to the EaP GREEN – discussion on scope of this to be undertaken as part of the follow up to the EaP ministerial meeting (Oct 2016)
• Level of funding still to be clarified
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Linking policy dialogue, institutional challenges and project-based technical work
• Implementation of recommendations – reviewing progress
• Continuity of priorities and follow up actions for successive governments
• Securing impacts and achieving tangible results
• Need for "ring-fencing" environmental initiatives against the background of scarcer resources
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Thank you for your attention
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Patrick Wegerdt
Patrick.Wegerdt@ec.europa.eu