Transition Towards a Resource Efficient Circular Economy in Europe: Policy Lessons From the EU and the Member States

Teresa Domenech and Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak

Ecological Economics, 2019, vol. 155, issue C, 7-19

Abstract: With the introduction of the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) and the more recent commitment of The Action Plan towards the Circular Economy (2015), the European Commission (EC) has expressed its fundamental interest to substantially improve the resource efficiency of the European economy and enable the transition towards the Circular Economy (CE). This policy push has meanwhile been complemented by some quite ambitious national programmes for RE and CE and institutional advances but it is not yet bound to targets or mandatory reporting.

Keywords: Resource efficiency; Circular economy; Policy frameworks; Policy mixes; Resource policy; System of economic incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.001

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