Description du projet
Passer à l’économie circulaire
Pendant des siècles, la croissance économique a été synonyme d’augmentation de la consommation matérielle, mais cette corrélation menace aujourd’hui la durabilité de la planète. Il est nécessaire de rompre avec ce modèle non durable en réduisant au minimum les déchets matériels. Il faut pour cela passer à une économie circulaire. Contrairement au modèle linéaire traditionnel «extraire, consommer, jeter», cette approche établit des boucles matérielles pour réduire les pertes. Avec le soutien du programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet IAM-Circ développera un modèle d’évaluation intégré qui combine les caractéristiques macroéconomiques avec les principes de l’économie circulaire et les contraintes liées à l’utilisation des matériaux. L’équipe vise à identifier les mesures politiques qui alignent les objectifs socio-économiques sur la circularité et les stratégies environnementales, afin de susciter des changements positifs aux niveaux national et européen.
Objectif
"For most of history, economic growth has gone hand in hand with increased material use. For a sustainable future we need to break this relationship. We can reduce the material impact of the economy through less intensive use of materials, longer use of materials over time and develop a circular economy where material loops to reduce losses. The circular economy implements a more sustainable economic paradigm, as opposed to the current linear economic model, which is based on the ""extract/consume/discard"" tryptic. The European Union (EU) and member states also promote the circular economy as a political and economic target. To inform policy makers on how to address sustainability issues, researchers develop models, such as integrated assessment models, considering long-term growth and linking economic variables to biophysical features such as climate change. However, these models rarely include full material consistency and thus have limited say for circular economy innovations. The objective of this project is to bridge the existing scientific gap between economic modelling and material flows. To this end, IAM-Circ will develop an integrated assessment model that combines macroeconomic characteristics with growth and circular economy features through material use constraints. Building economic theory and running calibrated scenarios with the model will allow to contribute to scientific research on circular economy and identify policy measures that combine socio-economic objectives, circularity, and environmental strategies, to be implemented at national and EU levels."
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinateur
5037 AB Tilburg
Pays-Bas