The Lagos State government has reiterated its commitment towards partnering with the private sector for a sustainable economy while revealing that there were ongoing plans to formulate incentive policies that would encourage the sector to adopt viable business practices, increase resource use and reduce cost as the world shifts focus to Circular Economy.
Lagos Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube made this disclosure at the weekend during a virtual Stakeholders’ Workshop tagged ‘Operationalizing Sustainability and Circular Economy organised by the Institute of Directors, IoD in collaboration with Afrikairos, Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, CEIP and Growing Business Foundation, GBF.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Several commitments to achieve a worldwide circular economy were made on the two-day high-level World Circular Economy Forum + Climate (WCEF+Climate). The Netherlands Minister for the Environment, Stientje van Veldhoven, said, With this summit, we ensured that circularity is seen worldwide as an inextricable part of solving the climate crisis.
The conference was jointly organised by The Netherlands and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Among the attendees were ministers from dozens of countries, high level UN representatives and representatives of large companies and start-ups. We must decouple economic growth from climate emissions and overconsumption. We need global collaboration, on the path towards autumn and the World Circular Economy Forum 2021 in Toronto, as we
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a scene from an uprising.
But you’d be wrong. This was the culmination of a casual Friday evening stroll through the Bois de la Cambre park in the heart of Brussels, the home of EU institutions.
A day after the infamous April Fools protests, a fake festival-turned-protest over COVID-19 lockdown measures, the Belgian police were out in force to show they were nobody’s fool.
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VIENNA, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In an English/French Online Press Conference on 14 April 2021, 3:00 PM CET, journalists will hear about why more education about the circular economy is necessary for business leaders, policymakers, and citizens. Experts from Cameroon, the Netherlands, USA and Germany will brief journalists on the emerging paradigm that provides many various opportunities while also requiring different priorities in different parts of the world.
The predominant linear take-make-waste economy results in enormous damage to societies, economies and the environment. According to the Circularity Gap Report 2021, humanity has breached two severe milestones: the world is consuming 100 billion tons (Gt) of materials a year, and it is 1-degree warmer. A circular economy can help address these challenges while there is an urgent need to educate citizens, policy-makers, corporate decision-makers and others about the basics of circularity, and the role of consumption pa