Transition towards a resource efficient circular economy in Europe: policy lessons from the EU and the member states

T Domenech, B Bahn-Walkowiak - Ecological Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Overarching policy framework for product life extension in a circular economy—A bottom‐up business perspective

L Milios - Environmental Policy and Governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Public policy has a critical role to play in supporting business actors towards their transition
to more sustainable and less resource‐intensive practices within the context of a Circular …

From waste management to resource efficiency—The need for policy mixes

H Wilts, N Von Gries, B Bahn-Walkowiak - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Treating waste as a resource and the design of a circular economy have been identified as
key approaches for resource efficiency. Despite ambitious targets, policies and instruments …

A policy mix for resource efficiency in the EU: key instruments, challenges and research needs

H Wilts, M O'Brien - Ecological economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Against the background of an often wasteful use of natural resources, the European Union
has made resource efficiency a top policy priority. Policy formulation is, however, at a very …

A resource-efficient and sufficient future mobility system for improved well-being in Europe

M Kammerlander, K Schanes, F Hartwig… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
A transformation of our current transport system and individual mobility behaviour is an
essential pre-requisite for attaining a desirable future that enables a life within …

Pathways to a resource-efficient and low-carbon Europe

M Distelkamp, M Meyer - Ecological economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Various environmental footprint concepts have already been developed and applied in
sustainability research. However, these analyses tend to remain restricted to historical …

The institutional dimension of resource efficiency in a multi-level governance system—Implications for policy mix design

B Bahn-Walkowiak, H Wilts - Energy research & social science, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper undertakes a closer look on the relation of institutions and policy mixes within the
multi-level scope of the European Union in the policy field of resource efficiency and maps …

Imperfect markets and the properties of macro-economic-environmental models as tools for policy evaluation

B Meyer, G Ahlert - Ecological Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Economic-Environmental Models are deeply disaggregated macro-economic
systems, which are used in economic environmental studies to explain the emissions of …

Policy framework for material resource efficiency: pathway towards a circular economy

L Milios - 2020 - portal.research.lu.se
The strategic direction of the European Union (EU) over the past twenty years has focused
on increasing resource productivity and innovation in the economy, aiming at the efficient …

[PDF][PDF] Policies for a resource efficient economy in Europe: findings from the POLFREE project

P Ekins, T Domenech, P Drummond - Ecological Economics, 2019 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
This Special Issue of Ecological Economics contains eight papers derived from the research
carried out under the European 7th Framework Programme for Research (FP7) project …