Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe’s Circular Economy Transition
The report examines the European Union's experience in furthering the circular economy agenda to elicit lessons that can benefit countries within and beyond Europe’s borders. This is the World Bank’s first comprehensive report that provides an assessment of the problem, and proposes solutions to decouple growth from material consumption. Background analysis for the report was provided by Dominique Van der Mensbrugghe and Maksym Chepeliev (Purdue University, Global Trade Analysis Project); Penny Bamber and Karina FernandezStark (Duke University); Jacques Villeneuve (French Geological Survey and Geosciences Institute, BRGM); Gang Liu (University of southern Denmark); Konstantin Sommer (University of Amsterdam/Tinbergen Institute); Soraya Cuesta and Iker Larrea (Global Factor); James Martin, Harry Doyle, Victoria Cherrier, Emma Watkinz, Sophie Rippinger, Toon Smets, Nikul Pandya, Fleur Ruckley, and Daren Luscombe (Wood Group UK Ltd); Angel Anguiar, Le (Allan) Wang, Renilde Becqué, Nah-yoon Shin, Nidal Nouhad Mahmoud, Dario Quaranta, and Maria Daniela Cordova Pizarro (FCI); Joanna Kulczycka and Agnieszka Sznyk; Ruslan Zhechkov, Venelina Varbova, Asel Doranova, Iana Stoyanova, Nikolay Sidzhimov, Alexandra Chenaru-Ghenea, and Adriana Gheorghe; Heather Jones, Demetris Psaltopoulos, Philip Van der Celen, Nikša Tkalec, Domagoj Koprek, and Stefan Gospodinov.
