On 1 December 2022, the German Environment Agency organised the 6th European Resources Forum (ERF) as a virtual conference. 400 participants from 3o countries attended the event.
Welcome and key notes: Sustainable resource use and circular economy - the political landscape
Parallel Session 4: Environmental responsibility in global mineral supply chains
International RBC Agreement for the Metals Sector OECD Handbook, Environmental Due Diligence, Mineral Supply Chains
Video: ERF 2022 Parallel Session 5
Monitoring EU’s resource flows and stocks and defining targets EU consumption footprint and planetary boundaries Role of material stocks for resource and energy efficiency New methods and indicators supporting policies for sustainable consumption in Sweden
Parallel Session 6: Ressourceneffizienz und nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie (resource efficiency and national circular economy strategy)
Parallel Session 7: Design, Zirkularität und Ressourcenschonung (design, circularity and sustainable resource use)
Parallel Session 8: Ressourcenschonung in der chemischen Industrie (sustainable resource use in the chemical industry)
Ressourcenschonung durch regionale Wertschöpfungsketten Enabling Feedstock Change@BASF
Parallel Session 10: Circular economy strategies and programs in Europe
Video: ERF 2022 Parallel Session 12
Open Hardware & Circularity Circular Society & Circular Literacy Laboratory for a circular society
Parallel Session 14: Circular economy from a regional perspective: strategies and experiences from the expert group sustainable development of the (council of the) Baltic Sea States
Parallel session 15: Digital technologies as enabler for resource efficiency and the circular economy – potentials and challenges
Video: ERF 2022 Parallel Session 15
Potentials and challenges: Digitalisation for resource efficiency AI-supported resource efficiency in the polyurethane production
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
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