CEC World Circular Cities Week Mainstreaming Circular Economy in London

“It is estimated that the every Londoner contributes 12.6 tonnes of CO2 per yeardue to the amount of stuff they consume each year. Consumption is responsible for 45% of global CO2 emissions and these emissions are harder to abate because they relay on either significant technological change or require system change. In order to meet the 1.5c climate safe warming ceiling set out in Paris, cities like London will need to reduce consumption based emission by around two thirds by 2030 and in 2050 Londoners will need to produce only 0.7 tonnes per year.”

The Circular Economy Club “Circular Cities Week” is an annual, decentralised global event, which will facilitate a reduction in C02 consumption by:

• Raising awareness about the potential for the circular economy to build more resilient cities, considering the current COVID-19 pandemic; and

• Engaging citizens to design and implement a circular city and gather suggestions to create a global report gathering the top suggestions.

CEC London in partnership with LWARB are hosting two separate panel discussions, with some of the leading thinkers and doers in the city, exploring the role of the private and public sector in using Circular Economy to help recover from Covid.

Part 1: The Private Sector 10.00-11.30

10.00: Introduction by Dr David Greenfield:

10.05: Panel Discussion “The role of the Private sector in mainstreaming a Circular Economy in a Covid world”

• Jamie Butterworth, Circularity Capital
• Dr Patrick Schroeder, Chatham House
• James Close, LWARB
• Phoebe Lewis, JLL
• Rebecca Colley-Jones, CIWM

10.45: Audience Q & A

11.00: Online networking (Zoom Rooms)

11.25: Wrap up and next steps

11.30: Close

EXTENDED LUNCH BREAK

Part 2: The Public Sector 14.00-15.30

14.00: Introduction by Dr David Greenfield:

14.05: Panel Discussion “The role of the Public sector in mainstreaming a Circular Economy in a Covid world”

• Prof Raimund Bleischwitz, UCL
• Wayne Hubbard, LWARB,
• Claire Shrewsbury, WRAP
• Emma Shaw, Library of Things
• Pete Belk – BITC

14.45: Audience Q & A

15.10 : Online networking (Zoom Rooms)

15.25: Wrap up and next steps

15.30: Close

Aim for 2020

The condensed timeframe of “Circular Cities Week” encourages a sense of urgency and purpose designed to help stakeholders identify opportunities, challenges and next steps for supporting the development of circularity at the city government level.

CEC World Circular Cities event 2019

In 2019, over 80 CEC Chapters, including London, signed up to organise workshops to identify opportunities and next steps to encourage implementation of the circular economy in their cities. Around 30 CEC Chapters organized the workshop and the findings can be found in this the Circular Cities Week.