As governments, businesses and financial institutions work towards ambitious biodiversity and climate goals, one solution is becoming increasingly clear: a circular economy.
Unlike the traditional linear "take-make-waste" model, a circular economy keeps materials in use for as long as possible, eliminates waste, and regenerates nature. By reducing pressure on ecosystems, preventing pollution and restoring natural systems, circular approaches can play a transformative role in halting biodiversity loss. Research suggests that implementing circular interventions across key sectors could help biodiversity recover to 2000 levels by 2035.
Despite this potential, the relationship between the circular economy and biodiversity remains largely unexplored and the circular economy principles are not incorporated in most biodiversity strategies and policies.
Organised by the IUCN European Regional Office and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, this event celebrates ten years of collaboration between IUCN and the Government of Monaco in advancing the links between circular economy and nature conservation.
Over the past decade, this partnership has helped raise awareness, develop knowledge and promote practical solutions that demonstrate how circularity can contribute to protecting and restoring nature.
With this event, we are bringing together public and private stakeholders to discuss the potential of circular economy principles to tackle biodiversity loss and support the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the EU nature restoration agenda. The messages from the event will feed into discussions in the upcoming COP17 in Armenia.
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