Resource productivity and waste

Hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and Sitra, the 2nd World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and will bring together 1,000 key thinkers and doers from around the world.

Monday 22 October, 12:00-13:45 - Grand Opening: Circular Visions towards 2050

• Opening remarks by OECD Deputy Secretary-General, Masamichi Kono.
• Release of the Key Findings from the forthcoming OECD report Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060: Economic Drivers and Environmental Consequences.
  
  

Highlights: Global Materials Resources Outlook to 2060 (PDF)

Tuesday 23 October, 11:00-12:30 - Parallel session: Circularity in Global Value Chains

• Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division, and Jane Korinek, Economist and Trade Policy Analyst, participated in a panel discussion on circularity in global value chains and the implications of the circular economy for international trade; moderated by the Chair of the Working Party on Resource Productivity (WPRPW).
  
  

Tuesday 23 October, 13:00 - 13:45 - Side-event: Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060

• Masamichi Kono moderated a panel discussion on the forthcoming OECD report Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060.
• Shardul Agrawala presented the findings of the OECD report.

As part of the OECD RE-CIRCLE project, the report Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060 provides detailed sectoral and regional projections of materials use to 2060, with a focus on the economic drivers and environmental consequences. The RE-CIRCLE project aims to identify and quantify the impacts of policies that could support a more circular economy, in two main streams of work:

1. The first uses global environment-economy modelling to project the impacts of continued resource use, and the effect of policy interventions.
2. The second applies qualitative analysis to a set of selected topics in order to guide policies to further the transition to the circular economy.
   
   

Policy Highlights

Related papers and reports

• Mapping support for primary and secondary metal production, Environment Working Paper  | 2018
• International Trade and the Transition to a More Resource Efficient and Circular Economy, Trade and Environment Working Paper  | 2018
• Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics: Trends, Prospects and Policy Response, OECD publication | 2018
• The Macroeconomics of the Circular Economy Transition, Environment Working Paper | 2018
• Policy Guidance on Resource Efficiency, OECD publication | 2016
• Extended Producer Responsibility: Updated Guidance for Efficient Waste Management, OECD publication | 2016
• Material Resources, Productivity and the Environment, OECD publication | 2015

Further reading

• Key reports: OECD Environmental Outlooks
• Blogs and articles on the environment