Construction

The construction sector drives the largest extractive industries in the world, storing valuable materials for long time spans in our buildings and infrastructure. This makes it the prime target sector for circular economy strategies, while on the other hand lowering the energy consumption of buildings during their usage.

Blog 1/4: Five Questions to understand why the circular economy contributes to climate change mitigation The circular economy offers innovative greenhouse gas mitigation solutions which are mostly... read more
Policy session in Bonn: The circular economy pathway for pursuing 1.5°C Circular economy strategies offer promise to address the current greenhouse gas emissions... read more
The Guardian: 5 Ways the circular economy can help to mitigate climate change The 2015 Paris Agreement united 195 countries behind a commitment to limit... read more
Circular economy: A key lever in bridging the emissions gap to a 1.5 °C pathway Circle Economy, Ecofys and Shifting Paradigms have called for a rapid transition... read more
Urban mining of concrete End-of-life recovery altering the future of cement with Smartcrusher Concrete from demolished... read more
Industrial ecology in the cement sector of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is one of the worlds’ main supplier of raw materials. Its... read more
Assisting Morocco with integrating circular economy strategies in its climate policies The Government of Morocco is using circular economy strategies to reduce its... read more
Lectures at Erasmus University Rotterdam – Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (UMTCC) Twice a year Shifting Paradigms gave lectures on cities and climate finance... read more
Lowering cities carbon emissions – new climate finance options Cities are demonstrating leadership on climate change action and an increasing number... read more
Integrated approach to mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Central Asia Uzbekistan inherited an inefficient district heating system and poorly insulated building stock... read more
Climate policies for the Peruvian waste sector and Vietnamese cement industry The cement sector is responsible for about 5% of global CO2 emissions... read more
Due diligence on a credit line for energy efficiency in residential buildings in Ukraine Ukraine ranks among the world’s most energy intensive economies. The residential housing... read more
Reducing potent greenhouse gas emissions in the Russian aluminium industry Under the Kyoto Protocol, Russian companies could trade emission reductions from their... read more