More circularity, less carbon!

What better
way to celebrate the recent partnership between Energy Cities and the Association
of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management (ACR+) than promoting
their brilliant campaign “More Circularity, Less Carbon”?

You have heard about the great potential of circular economy to mitigate the impact of products, by preventing waste generation, extending the lifetime of products, and closing the loops of materials. However, what action can be taken at local level, to decrease the EU carbon footprint and significantly reduce the risks linked to climate change?

With “More
Circularity, Less Carbon” ACR+ is supporting their members to implement ambitious
but feasible actions in different sectors (food, construction, textiles,
electronic and electrical equipment, plastic) with the aim to reduce the emissions linked with local
resource management by 25% by 2025.

Each territory
has its own specificities, depending on the current practices, consumption
patterns, and local context. That is why, each local and regional government
participating, is supported by ACR+ to:

• assess
  the local carbon impact of the sectors and identify the ones with higher carbon-reduction
  potential;
• develop
  local action plans;
• implement
  the actions and monitor the impact.

Thanks to a
new measurement tool called “Carbon
Metric International” the participating cities and regions will be able to
get a complete picture of the carbon impacts of products, allowing decision
makers to prioritise their efforts for maximum carbon savings.

The
campaign started in November 2019 and will finish in November 2025. ACR+ has
recently published the analysis done for the Pays de la
Loire Region
(France) presenting two different strategies the Region could use to achieve
the 25% emission reduction objective in their territory. Genoa (Italy) and
Brussels (Belgium) are also among the participating cities and received their
analysis earlier this year.

Find out more on ACR+ website

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