European initiatives for resource efficiency and circularity ENEA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Grazia Barberio – Head of section for the Circular Economy, Department for Sustainability (SSPT -SEC)

Material efficiency and circularity of bulk materials as core GHG mitigation levers

European initiatives for resource efficiency and circularity

ENEA Headquarter Rome, Lungotevere Thaon de Revel, 76 LCS‐R net 11th Annual Meeting 17/10/2019

From linear economy to circular economy

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ENEA supports the transition towards resource efficient and low-carbon economy to achieve a sustainable growth that creates economic

• pportunities, improves productivity, reduces costs

and enhances competitiveness:

• developing

ecodesign

solutions (lifespan extension, waste prevention, recyclability, durability, easy disassembly);

• developing

technologies and methodologies for closing the loops;

• implementing new business models and

consumption patterns, based on systemic

eco-innovation (sharing and service instead of products ownership, industrial symbiosis).

 Different levels: production processes, industrial areas, urban and extra-urban areas.

The Circular Economy is a an economic model based on resource efficiency able to guarantee a sustainable economic growth, destroying the «waste concept»

Key words: innovation, circular models, engagement, governance, participation

EU 2030 CLIMATE & ENERGY FRAMEWORK

KEY TARGETS The framework includes EU-wide targets and policy objectives for the period from 2021 to 2030

• adopted by the European Council in October 2014
• targets for renewables and energy efficiency were revised upwards in 2018

40% 32% 32.5%

CUT IN

GHG EMISSIONS

SHARE OF

RENEWABLES

IMPROVEMENT OF

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

EU RESOURCE EFFICIENCY (RE)

MULTIPLE (POTENTIAL) BENEFITS of RE

Resource-efficient Europe flagship initiative as a part of the Europe 2020 Strategy Roadmap to a resource efficient Europe as one of the main building blocks Council of the EU adopts conclusions on 'more circularity‘ (4-10-2019): further ambitious efforts are needed. The circular economy is an important driver for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, respecting the planetary boundaries as well as reaching the UN SDGs. The «Circular Economy package», 2015

REDUCE NATURAL RESOURCES USE (up to 28% by 2050*) REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS (-63% by 2050 compared to 2015*) DELIVER ECONOMIC BENEFITS (2 Tn USD by 2050*) OFFSET THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF CLIMATE ACTIONS

* Resource efficiency for Sustainable development: Key messages for the group of 20 (UN Environment, International Resource Panel)

RE and Climate Change links

 Sustainable consumption and production

Improving products and changing consumption patterns

• more resource efficient goods and services
• minimum environmental performance standards

Boosting efficient production

• market and policy incentives that reward business investments in efficiency
• new innovations in resource efficient production

 Turning waste into a resource

• economic incentives to stimulate the secondary materials market and the

demand for recycled materials

• minimum recycled material rates, durability and reusability criteria and

extensions of producer responsibility for key products

RE and Climate Change links

 Supporting research and innovation

• incentives to boost private sector investment into research and

innovation for resource efficiency

• Joint Technology Initiatives or other forms of private-public

partnerships

• Focus Union research funding on key resource efficiency objectives,

supporting innovative solutions for: sustainable energy, transport and construction; management of natural resources; bio-economy; recycling, re-use, substitution of environmental impacting or rare materials; smarter design; green chemistry, biodegradable plastics.

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE

33 strategies approved

• 13 national level
• 9 regional level
• 12 local levels

29 strategies under development Over 60 strategies at the end of 2019

Circular economy strategies and roadmaps in Europe: Identifying synergies and the potential for cooperation and alliance building - European Economic and Social Committee, 2019

Study on strategies (including plan, objectives, desired outcome, milestone) to identify similarities, differences, involvement of PA, CSO and collaboration

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE: 3 different approaches

• 1. Integrated strategies
• In territories where the CE concept is relatively

new as they aim more at steering public

• pinion,

rather than providing tools for implementing a full-fledged CE model

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politically-driven, generally top-down, and are likely to focus on larger (national or, sometimes, regional) geographic scopes

• aim at introducing the concept and bringing

together different kinds of stakeholders (may support a comprehensive and inclusive focus

• n value chains)

1.Integrated strategies 2.Sectoral focus 3.All-encompassing strategies with clear priorities

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE

• 2. Sectoral focus
• no broad range of sectors
• including a large stakeholder base is also

not a major concern

• normally only stakeholders directly linked to

the selected loops are targeted.

• tools and policies applied within the sectoral

actions they describe

3 different approaches

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE

• 3. All-encompassing strategies with clear

priorities

• are the most numerous.
• most directly ensure the inclusion of both the

broadest possible material loops and inclusive partnerships

• found at all territorial levels and at different

levels of circular economy development.

3 different approaches

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE: COMMON BARRIERS

Lack of a coherent and complete understanding of the circular economy concept

• all circular economy aspects not always address and often some topics (typically, waste

management) overrepresented

• all actors involved in implementing a circular economy model often not effectively included

Lack of political backing

• imperfect alignment between policy makers at different government levels

Lack of public awareness (engagement and information are required) Lack of provisions for scalability and transferability. Lack of tailoring to the specific territorial context

• some strategies appear as a collection of examples, good practices and general principles,

but have little connection to the local economic, social, and environmental context.

Lack of economic incentives and/or dedicated funds for implementation

• need for specific resources, rather than reliance on external funding such as European

programmes or support from local enterprises or NGOs

Lack of appropriate regulation and lack of follow-up (no permanent structures, monitoring and evaluation)

CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES IN EUROPE

Findings: inclusive approach

EREK - European Resource Efficiency Knowledge Centre

➢ to become a reference point for SMEs and resource efficiency intermediaries on the latest developments and state-of-art RE practice, providing tools, info, successful case study.

ECERA - European Circular Economy Research Alliance

➢ is a voluntary collaboration network between European RTO’s, with the aim to strengthen and integrate scientific knowledge and expertise in the field of Circular Economy from an interdisciplinary perspective: ENEA (IT), CEA (FR), IETU (PL), IVL (SE), SINTEF (NO), TECNALIA (ES),

TNO (NL), VITO (BE), VTT (FI), Wuppertal Inst. (DE)

www.ResourceEfficient.eu

European Networks

EIT Raw Materials

• EIT RawMaterials is an association of research centers, companies and universities aiming to enable sustainable competitiveness of the

European minerals, metals and materials sector along the value chain by driving innovation, education and entrepreneurship. It is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

EIT Climate KIC

• EIT Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. It is

supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

European Networks

EIP Raw Materials

➢ The European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials is a stakeholder platform that brings together representatives from industry, public services, academia and NGOs. Its mission is to provide high-level guidance to the European Commission, Members States and private actors on innovative approaches to the challenges related to raw materials.

Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE)

➢ SPIRE is European Association aiming to ensure the development of enabling technologies and best practices along all the stages of large scale existing value chain productions that will contribute to a resource efficient process industry.

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)

• PRIMA is a joint programme focused on the development and application of solutions for food systems and water resources in the

Mediterranean basin. PRIMA can count on 19 members from Euro-Mediterranean countries, including 11 EU-countries (Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) and 8 non-EU countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey).

Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssPT)

➢ Platform initiated by the European Commission in 2004 aiming to Foster collaborative, innovative and integrated European Research and Technologies Development, ensure the European Growth and Competitiveness of the Water Sector, provide Global answers to Global Challenges for the next generations and address the challenges of an integrated and sustainable management of water resources

European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA)

➢ It is a non-for-profit, industry-driven association promoting the development of new and innovative production technologies. Key

• bjective: promote pre-competitive research on production technologies within the European Research Area by engaging in a public-

private partnership with the European Union called 'Factories of the Future'. ENEA is also founding member of European industrial symbiosis association (EURISA)

4 Key areas of action 5 Priority sectors

Construction & Dem olition

Circular economy: a target objective for Europe: The «Circular Economy package», 2015

Implementation since December 2015…

European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) and national initiatives

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Dialogue Sharing Good pratices ENEA EA Nati ational al Hub

ECESP - Members of the Coordination Group

The Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ICESP)

On May 2018, public institutions (ministries, municipalities), private associations and firms, research centers signed the charter to join the Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (www.icesp.it). Up to now ICESP has more than 50 members and about 100 participants to 6 WGs:

• CNA, Puglia Region, UniBO-

Ecomondo

WG1 Research and eco-innovation, knowledge diffusion and education

• MISE, MATTM, UNICIRCULAR

WG2 Policy and Governance instruments

• MATTM, ENEA

WG3 Measurement tools

• ENEL, ENEA

WG 4 Sustainable and circular design, production, distribution and consumption systems

• ACT, ENEA

WG 5 Cities and territory

• UNIONCAMERE, Puglia Region-

ARTI, ENEA

WG6 Good practices and integrated approaches

COORDINATORS WORKING GROUP (WG)

• Members Assembly
• Coordinators Commitee

ICESP– Objectives and working groups

OBJECTIVES

• promoting knowledge diffusion
• fostering dialogue and possible synergies between the main Italian actors
• mapping Italian good practices
• favor initiatives integration at the Italian level
• create a permanent operational tool that can facilitate inter-sectorial dialogue and

interactions

• promote Italian excellence and the Italian way for making circular economy, starting

from the tradition and typicality of our country and its cultural, social and business models: "The Italian way for circular economy" ICESP Launch: May 31 st 2018 27-28 November 2019 06-07 March 2019

Issue related to circular economy indicators

Example of indicators

• Qualitative aspects (quality of professional
• ccupation -manual dismantling vs added

value jobs; type of investments- end of pipe vs clean tech)

• Time perspective (patents referred to past

actions, patents generating innovation,..)

• Horizontal indicators in order to highlight

relationship between enterprises/ sectors/ stakeholders,..)

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Lack and criticisms Potential solutions

• Actions to harmonize the methodologies for

calculating and the data availability

• Systemic approach
• Selection of non-deceptive indicators
• Considering social aspects
• Diffusion, Awareness
• Simplification

COM(2018) 29 final «on a monitoring framework for the circular economy»

Conclusions

• The transition to a circular economy is a fast process with complex dynamics

and multiple stakeholders

• So it calls for a broad, integrated and systemic approach.
• Obstacles: culture, market, safety, inclusiveness.
• Circularity is a highly diverse concept requiring policy development, action and

monitoring at national, regional and local levels, across different sectors and

• ver time and further investments.
• Indicators. Existing indicators focus primarily on physical parameters (more

technology related). Include indicators focusing on socio-institutional aspects!

• Engagement: Informing policymakers, financial markets, businesses and citizens

about the progress of the transition to a circular economy (role of ECESP). The efficacy of the EU frameworks requires that they are translated into strategies, policies, targets and action at national and local levels

'If we are to succeed, we must pull in the same direction at all levels. It is therefore of the utmost importance that all actors in the EU prioritise the sustainability transition. They must further develop the cross-cutting policy agendas that have been adopted at the EU level in recent years.‘ (EC, 2019, Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030)

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European strategic agenda for research and Innovation funding for CE, allowing efficient use of funding resources avoiding duplicance for similar initiatives and overcoming their fragmentation through joint initiatives.

Thank you for attention! grazia.barberio@enea.it

CICERONE PROJECT - Circular economy platform for European strategic research and innovation agenda

Project financed (call H2020 CE-SC5-05-2018): Coordinated approaches to funding and promotion of research and innovation for the circular economy. Objective: elaboration of the European strategic agenda for research and Innovation funding for circular economy, allowing efficient use of funding resources avoiding duplicance for similar initiatives and overcoming their fragmentation through joint initiatives. Stakeholder Circular

Nationa l POs Region al POs Municip al POs Innovati

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ecosyst ems, clusters , startups SMEs Large Industry Resear ch Civil Society / NGOs Private investor s

• General Coordinator (programme owner): CLIMATE KIC
• Technical Coordinator: ENEA
• Technical partners: VITO (BE), TNO (NL), IETU (PL),

WUPPERTAL (DE), IVL (SE), CEA (FR), VTT (FI)

• Italian organizations participating in project consultation:

Agenzia di Coesione Territoriale (Advisory Board ), Regioni Puglia, Regione Emilia Romagna, ENEL, HERA, INTESA SANPAOLO, UNICIRCULAR, CNA.