Developing circular pathways for a EU low-carbon transition

Project Information

CircEUlar

Grant agreement ID: 101056810

DOI

10.3030/101056810

EC signature date 4 May 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 4 937 622,25

EU contribution

€ 4 937 621,50

Coordinated by

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE
Austria

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Launch of CircEUlar project website

Launch of CircEUlar project website (M2, based on Task 1.5)

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan (M6, updates at reporting periods and end of project-M18, 36, 48, based on Task 7.1)

Documents, reports (6)

Final version of guide for biographical interviews

Final version of guide for biographical interviews (M12, based on Task 4.1)

Report describing the terms of reference and composition of the Advisory Board

Report describing the terms of reference and composition of the Advisory Board (M4, based on Task 7.4)

CircEUlar stakeholder dialogue protocols and methods

CircEUlar stakeholder dialogue protocols and methods (M15, based on Task 1.1)

Report on WP4 conceptual framework and research design

Report on WP4 conceptual framework and research design (M6, based on Task 4.1)

Report describing the plans for coordination with the broader research community and projects working on related research questions

Report describing the plans for coordination with the broader research community and projects working on related research questions (M4, based on Task 7.3)

Dissemination, communication and exploitation plan

Dissemination, communication and exploitation plan (M6, updates at reporting periods and end of project, based on Task 1.5)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (45)

Mobilities

Author(s): Henrike Rau, Antonia Matern
Published in: Mobilities, Issue 19, 2024, ISSN 1745-0101
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2024.2389846

Predicting building age from urban form at large scale

Author(s): Nachtigall Florian, Milojevic-Dupont Nikola, Wagner Felix, Creutzig Felix
Published in: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2023, ISSN 0198-9715
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2023.102010

Mapping sand flows and stocks

Author(s): Takuma Watari, Catrin Böcher, André Baumgart, Jonna Ljunge, Dominik Wiedenhofer
Published in: One Earth, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ONEEAR.2025.101197

Comparing urban form influences on travel distance, car ownership, and mode choice

Author(s): Berrill Peter, Nachtigall Florian, Javaid Aneeque, Milojevic-Dupont Nikola, Wagner Felix, Creutzig Felix
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2024, ISSN 1879-2340
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104087

Effects of Circularity Interventions in the European Plastic Packaging Sector

Author(s): Cimpan Cimpan, Bjelle Eivind Lekve, Budzinski Maik, Wood Richard, Strømman Anders Hammer
Published in: Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, ISSN 1520-5851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08202

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): W. Haas, A. Baumgart, N. Eisenmenger, D. Virág, G. Kalt, M. Sommer, K. Kratena, I. Meyer
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Issue 29, 2025, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13619

Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing

Author(s): Leticia Magalar, Elena Verdolini, Alexandre Szklo
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 225, 2026, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2025.108614

Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs

Author(s): Mastrucci Alessio, Niamir Leila, Boza-Kiss Benigna, Bento Nuno, Wiedenhofer Dominik, Streeck Jan, Pachauri Shonali, Wilson Charlie, Chatterjee Souran, Creutzig Felix, Dukkipati Srihari, Feng Wei, Grubler Arnulf, Jupesta Joni, Kumar Poornima, et al.
Published in: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2023, ISSN 1543-5938
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-102921

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): Jan Streeck, Stefan Pauliuk, Hanspeter Wieland, Dominik Wiedenhofer
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Issue 27, 2023, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13380

A call for high-quality data to foster a decisive transformation towards a circular economy

Author(s): Morseletto Piero, Haas Willi
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023, ISSN 1879-0658
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107092

Urban fabric decoded: High-precision building material identification via deep learning and remote sensing

Author(s): Kun Sun; Qiaoxuan Li; Qiance Liu; Jinchao Song; Menglin Dai; Xingjian Qian; Srinivasa Raghavendra Bhuvan Gummidi; Bailang Yu; Felix Creutzig; Gang Liu
Published in: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 2666-4984
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ESE.2025.100538

How circular is an extractive economy? South Africa’s export orientation results in low circularity and insufficient societal stocks for service-provisioning

Author(s): Haas Willi, Virág Doris, Wiedenhofer Doninik, von Blottnitz Harro
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023, ISSN 1879-0658
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107290

Journal of Environmental Management

Author(s): Wenjing Xu, Xueqian Lyu, Yu Chen, Jieyu Zhou, Shuyi Sun, Yee Van Fan, Huijuan Dong, Peng Jiang
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 392, 2025, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2025.126595

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Author(s): Dominik Wiedenhofer, Hanspeter Wieland, Sina Leipold, Chika Aoki-Suzuki, Takuma Watari, Glenn A. Aguilar-Hernandez, Simon Graf, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Marianne Zanon-Zotin, Lisa Kaufmann, Patricia Fortes, Willi Haas, Jan Streeck
Published in: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Issue 50, 2025, ISSN 1543-5938
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/ANNUREV-ENVIRON-111523-102441

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): Haberl, Helmut; Baumgart, André; Zeidler, Julian; Schug, Franz; Frantz, David; Palacios‐Lopez, Daniela; Fishman, Tomer; Peled, Yoav; Cai, Bowen; Virág, Doris; Hostert, Patrick; Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Esch, Thomas
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Issue 29, 2025, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13585

Mobilizing materials to enable a fast energy transition: A conceptual framework

Author(s): Desing Harald, Widmer Rolf, Bardi Ugo, Beylot Antoine, Billy Romain G., Gasser Martin, Gauch Marcel, Monfort Daniel, Müller Daniel B., Raugei Marco, Remmen Kirsten, Schenker Vanessa, Schlesier Hauke, Valdivia Sonia, Wäger Patrick
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024, ISSN 1879-0658
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107314

Nature Climate Change

Author(s): Felix Creutzig, Sofia G. Simoes, Sina Leipold, Peter Berrill, Isabel Azevedo, Oreane Edelenbosch, Tomer Fishman, Helmut Haberl, Edgar Hertwich, Volker Krey, Ana Teresa Lima, Tamar Makov, Alessio Mastrucci, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Florian Nachtigall, Stefan Pauliuk, Mafalda Silva, Elena Verdolini, Detlef van Vuuren, Felix Wagner, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Charlie Wilson
Published in: Nature Climate Change, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 1758-678X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/S41558-024-02016-Z

Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing

Author(s): Jan Streeck, André Baumgart, Helmut Haberl, Fridolin Krausmann, Bowen Cai, Tomer Fishman, Maud Lanau, Peter Berrill, Zhi Cao, Sebastiaan Deetman, David Frantz, Volker Krey, Alessio Mastrucci, Alessio Miatto, Stefan Pauliuk, Lola Sylvie Annie Rousseau, Shoshanna Saxe, Danielle Densley Tingley, Gamze Ünlü, Dominik Wiedenhofer
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 221, 2025, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2025.108324

Circular citizenship behaviors: How individuals can promote systemic change toward a circular economy

Author(s): Isabel Maria Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff, Linda Steg
Published in: iScience, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISCI.2025.112906

Energy Research and Social Science

Author(s): Melanie Pichler, Richard Bärnthaler, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Nicolas Roux, Simone Gingrich
Published in: Energy Research & Social Science, Issue 127, 2025, ISSN 2214-6296
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/J.ERSS.2025.104225

An option space approach to wood use: Providing structural timber for buildings while safeguarding forest integrity

Author(s): Simone Gingrich, Sarah Matej, Karl-Heinz Erb, Helmut Haberl, Julia Le Noë, Lisa Kaufmann, Andreas Magerl, Anke Schaffartzik, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Stefan Pauliuk
Published in: iScience, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISCI.2025.113472

Energy Research and Social Science

Author(s): Leila Niamir, Felix Creutzig
Published in: Energy Research & Social Science, Issue 122, 2025, ISSN 2214-6296
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/J.ERSS.2025.103988

High-Resolution Mapping of Material Stocks in Belgian Road Infrastructure: Material Efficiency Patterns, Material Recycling Potentials, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Opportunities

Author(s): Wang Zhaoxing, Wiedenhofer Dominik, Stephan André, Perrotti Daniela, Van den bergh Wim, Cao Zhi
Published in: Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, ISSN 1520-5851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08703

Economic Systems Research

Author(s): Maximilian Koslowski, Edgar Hertwich, Richard Wood
Published in: Economic Systems Research, Issue 37, 2025, ISSN 0953-5314
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2024.2445717

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Author(s): J. Bonan, C. Cattaneo, G. d’Adda, A. Galliera, M. Tavoni
Published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Issue 130, 2025, ISSN 0095-0696
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.JEEM.2025.103124

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Author(s): Alexander Schmaus, Felix Creutzig, Nicolas Koch, Florian Nachtigall, Nora Molkenthin
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Issue 144, 2025, ISSN 1361-9209
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.TRD.2025.104726

A review of methods to trace material flows into final products in dynamic material flow analysis: Comparative application of six methods to the United States and EXIOBASE3 regions, Part 2

Author(s): Streeck Jan, Wieland Hanspeter, Pauliuk Stefan, Plank Barbara, Nakajima Kenichi, Wiedenhofer Dominik
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2023, ISSN 1530-9290
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13379

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): Kajwan Rasul, Sarah Schmidt, Edgar G. Hertwich, Richard Wood
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Issue 28, 2024, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13563

Industry Transformations for High Service Provisioning with Lower Energy and Material Demand: A Review of Models and Scenarios

Author(s): Dominik Wiedenhofer, Jan Streeck, Frauke Wiese, Elena Verdolini, Alessio Mastrucci, Yiyi Ju, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Jihoon Min, Jonathan Norman, Hanspeter Wieland, Nuno Bento, María Fernanda Godoy León, Leticia Magalar, Andreas Mayer, Simone Gingrich, Ayami Hayashi, Joni Jupesta, Gamze Ünlü, Leila Niamir, Tao Cao, Marianne Zanon-Zotin, Barbara Plank, Johan Vélez-Henao, Eric Masanet, Volker Krey, Keigo Akimoto, Arnulf Grubler, Bas van Ruijven, Stefan Pauliuk
Published in: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Issue 49, 2024, ISSN 1543-5938
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-110822-044428

From extraction to end-uses and waste management: Modeling economy-wide material cycles and stock dynamics around the world

Author(s): Wiedenhofer Dominik, Streeck Jan, Wieland Hanspeter, Grammer Benedikt, Baumgart Andre, Plank Barbara, Helbig Christoph, Pauliuk Stefan, Haberl Helmut, Krausmann Fridolin
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, ISSN 1530-9290
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13575

Digital transformation in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Author(s): Yee Van Fan, Charlie Wilson, Marina Andrijevic, Henrik Carlsen, Somya Joshi
Published in: npj Climate Action, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-9814
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S44168-025-00283-W

Circular strategies for building sector decarbonization in China: A scenario analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): Mastrucci Alessio, Guo Fei, Zhong Xiaoyang, Maczek Florian, van Ruijven Bas
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13523

Global high-resolution growth projections dataset for rooftop area consistent with the shared socioeconomic pathways, 2020–2050

Author(s): Joshi Siddharth, Zakeri Behnam, Mittal Shivika, Mastrucci Alessio, Holloway Paul, Krey Volker, Shukla Priyadarshi Ramprasad, O’Gallachoir Brian & Glynn James
Published in: Scientific Data, 2024, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03378-x

A new direction for mobility? Integrating immobility into sustainable consumption corridors

Author(s): Henrike Rau, Michael Mögele
Published in: Consumption and Society, 2025, ISSN 2752-8499
Publisher: Bristol University Press
DOI: 10.1332/27528499Y2025D000000050

Material and Carbon Footprints of Machinery Capital

Author(s): Meng Jiang, Wang Ranran, Wood Richard, Rasul Kajwan, Zhu BIng, Hertwich Edgar
Published in: Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, ISSN 1520-5851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06180

EUBUCCO v0.1: European building stock characteristics in a common and open database for 200+ million individual buildings

Author(s): Milojevic-Dupont Nikola, Wagner Felix, Nachtigall Florian, Hu Jiawei, Brüser, Geza Boi, Zumwald Marius, Biljecki Filip, Heeren Niko, Kaack Lynn H., Pichler Peter-Paul, Creutzig Felix
Published in: Scientific Data, 2023, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02040-2

RASMI: Global ranges of building material intensities differentiated by region, structure, and function

Author(s): Fishman Tomer, Mastrucci Alessio, Peled Yoav, Saxe Shoshanna, van Ruijven Bas
Published in: Scientific Data, 2024, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03190-7

Using explainable machine learning to understand how urban form shapes sustainable mobility

Author(s): Wagner Felix, Milojevic-Dupont Nikola, Franken Lukas, Zekar Aicha, Thies Ben, Koch Nicolas, Creutzig, Felix
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2022, ISSN 1879-2340
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2022.103442

Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy

Author(s): Leipold Sina, Petit-Boix Anna, Luo Anran, Helander Hanna, Simoens Machteld, Ashton Weslynne S., Babbitt Callie W., Bala Alba, Bening Catharina R., Birkved Morten, Blomsma Fenna, Boks Casper, Boldrin Alessio, Deutz Pauline, Domenech Teresa, et al.
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022, ISSN 1530-9290
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13346

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Author(s): Florian Nachtigall, Felix Wagner, Peter Berrill, Felix Creutzig
Published in: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Issue 140, 2025, ISSN 1361-9209
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.TRD.2025.104593

Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing

Author(s): Takuma Watari, Tomer Fishman, Hanspeter Wieland, Dominik Wiedenhofer
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 220, 2025, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2025.108363

Environmental and welfare gains via urban transport policy portfolios across 120 cities

Author(s): Liotta Charlotte, Viguié Vincent, Creutzig Felix
Published in: Nature Sustainability, 2023, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01138-0

A review of methods to trace material flows into final products in dynamic material flow analysis: From industry shipments in physical units to monetary input–output tables, Part 1

Author(s): Streeck Jan, Pauliuk Stefan, Wieland Hanspeter, Wiedenhofer Dominik
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2023, ISSN 1530-9290
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13380

Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century

Author(s): Felix Creutzig, Sophia Becker, Peter Berrill, Constanze Bongs, Alexandra Bussler, Ben Cave, Sara M. Constantino, Marcus Grant, Niko Heeren, Eva Heinen, Marie Josefine Hintz, Timothee Ingen-Housz, Eric Johnson, Nina Kolleck, Charlotte Liotta, Sylvia Lorek, Giulio Mattioli, Leila Niamir, Timon McPhearson, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Florian Nachtigall, Kai Nagel, Henriette Närger, Minal Pathak, Paola Perrin de Brichambaut, Diana Reckien, Lucia A. Reisch, Aromar Revi, Fabian Schuppert, Andrew Sudmant, Felix Wagner, Janina Walkenhorst, Elke Weber, Michael Wilmes, Charlie Wilson, Aicha Zekar
Published in: npj Urban Sustainability, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2661-8001
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S42949-024-00168-7

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Author(s): Hanspeter Wieland, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Nina Eisenmenger, Takuma Watari, Stefan Giljum
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2025, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.70107

Other (4)

MESSAGEix-Materials v1.0.0: Representation of Material Flows and Stocks in an Integrated Assessment Model

Author(s): Ünlü Gamze, Maczek Florian, Min Jihoon, Frank Stefan, Glatter Fridolin, Natsuo Kishimoto Paul, Streeck Jan, Eisenmenger Nina, Krey Volker, Wiedenhofer Dominik
Published in: EGUsphere, 2024
Publisher: EGUsphere / Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-2023-3035

The built environment and induced transport CO2 emissions: A double machine learning approach to account for residential self-selection

Author(s): Nachtigall Florian, Wagner Felix, Berrill Peter, Creutzig Felix
Published in: arXiv, 2023
Publisher: arXiv.org
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2312.06616

Ride-pooling adoption model for CO2 emission estimation

Author(s): Milli Keil, Felix Creutzig, Nora Molkenthin
Published in: arXiv, 2024
Publisher: Cornell University
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2410.11629

Bulk material manufacture: the potential impact of digitalisation and provenance systems on materials recirculation

Author(s): Burgess Martin, Wilson Charlie
Published in: CircEUlar Working Paper No. 1, 2023
Publisher: N/A
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8054783