The breakout session aims to bring together experts from policy, research, and industry practice to discuss current developments and practical experiences related to sustainable chemicals management and circularity based on findings in the electronics sector.
Plastics are the most versatile building blocks of the modern world. To make plastics truly future-proof we will discuss, how the principles of the circular economy can be applied to the plastics value chain and make plastics sustainable for the current century.
Transformation requires strong alliances between the real economy and the financial sector. We want to discuss how transformation partnerships and transition plans ensure that industry, financial sector and politics stay on track to our vision of a sustainable chemical industry.
This session explores how effective governance can enable the chemical industry’s sustainability transformation while maintaining competitiveness.
At the CASRI online workshop on 29 January 2026, Environmental Protection Agencies, partners and stakeholders continued the co-design of the SRIA, building on previous prioritisation work to refine selected topics through plenary discussions, assess their relevance and added value, and support alignment, convergence and preparation for the next in-person meeting in Paris.
With the release of “Selected topics for the matchmaking process for environmental and sustainability research and innovation”, CASRI marked a crucial step towards the SRIA, consolidating results from an creation process across Europe to identify R&I priorities, structure them into thematic areas and societal challenges, and support matchmaking, feedback and further alignment among stakeholders.
At the IG EPAS follow-up meeting on 9 December, EPAs reviewed progress since the Cardiff workshop, working to consolidate a joint communication for engagement with the European Commission, align internal coordination and external messaging, and identify next steps to strengthen collaboration, map capacities and support EPA contributions to R&I priorities in view of FP10.
Our demands on the use of space are increasing. It is therefore important to plan with the future in mind. Sustainable planning and development of spatial and settlement structures aims to harmonize the social and economic demands on space with the protection of the environment.
