Chatham House Environment and Society

🏗 Together with The Institution of Structural Engineers, the Sustainability Accelerator enlisted key representatives from businesses to explore pathways for embedding regenerative design within mainstream construction practice. Ideas ranged from 🎓 Re-educating the workforce 🏞 Normalising nature in early stage discussions ♻ Capturing whole-life system outcomes Read the full eight proposals here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEZkbRpw ✒ Suzannah Sherman

We're all in trouble with water. This report from the World Meteorological Organization should be a shocking wake-up call. I wonder how many people involved in #diplomacy and #security, #trade and #finance take note as it's going to have bigger and bigger impact on these areas globally, as effects cascade. Here at the Chatham House Environment and Society Centre, we will be widening our engagement on water's intersection with international relations in a changing climate.

"At COP29, a priority must be to increase the ambition of countries to accelerate low-cost modular renewables within their 2025 NDCs" writes Dr Daniel Quiggin in this expert comment. Ahead of the Baku next month, find out how modular renewables can reduce the costs of relying on carbon capture 👉 https://lnkd.in/etaM5bvr 

🏙 In celebration of #WorldHabitatDay, themed "Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future," we invite you to explore some of our insights on youth leadership in the green recovery, regenerative design, and the future of sustainable cities: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dw8i-VYT 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ecmB_J9C 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQ3x-qQR 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eYjtspQd

It was a pleasure speaking to Raluca Besliu for this recent article in The Parliament on #semiconductors. I highlighted the largely untapped potential in chip recovery and reuse, with new business models offering chip recovery services and refurbishing chips for reuse at a fraction of the cost of buying new ones. Aligning the EU Chips Act with the Circular Electronics Initiative could also help combine technological advancement with circular economy principles in the microchip industry. See the article here:

🚨 International cooperation and innovative trade practices can shape a sustainable future. 📈 As we move towards a circular economy, understanding the role of trade and supply chains is more crucial than ever. A recent report from the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) provides valuable insights into designing effective trade-related circular economy policies. 🤔 Explore 10 essential considerations for advancing a resource-efficient and sustainable future. Featuring contributions from Dr Jack Barrie, this report offers actionable guidance and best practices to foster inclusive international cooperation and drive sustainable development. 🌐 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dwg8Evkt

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 🌎 🌱 Around one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted across the supply chain. Efforts to reduce food waste are crucial for improving food security, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and conserving biodiversity. At Chatham House, we focus on practical solutions at the intersection of food systems, climate change, and sustainability. Our research explores how improvements in food production 🍎, consumption 🥘, and conservation 🛤️ can create more resilient and sustainable food systems. Explore some of our key work: 🔗 How food waste impacts ecosystems: https://lnkd.in/dD7udu3 🔗 Policy solutions for food, climate, and nutrition: https://lnkd.in/eVpmy99z 🔗 Agriculture and waste reduction: https://lnkd.in/evkBmDqz 🔗 Strategies for zero food waste: https://lnkd.in/dZVY34qU #FoodWaste #FoodLoss #ZeroWaste #Sustainability

We’re pleased to share that this week the Sustainability Accelerator launched a policy lab exploring regenerative design in the built environment, co-hosted with Constructivist The aim of the lab is to explore the question: How can we create policy that delivers regenerative design? To do this, we’ve brought together built environment and regenerative design practitioners with policy professionals, to experiment together on how to embed regenerative design across the built environment. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eQ3x-qQR

Earlier this month we held the Sustainability Accelerator’s UnConference – a unique event where critical readings of the Paris agreement’s legacy thrive alongside discussions of the iChing, the UK’s housing strategy and the unrealised potential of slime-mould computing. Here’s what we learnt: https://lnkd.in/enpvdbEQ

What would a circular future 2050 look like? In our latest research paper we imagine what shape an inclusive global #circulareconomy might take in 2050, what its key elements might be, and how these elements would intersect with both the current SDGs and whatever comes after them. This indicative ‘future’ is presented as a blueprint for change, with proposed targets for increasing circular economy activity across all 17 of the current SDG categories. Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/er-nKd2D 📅  We’ll also be hosting a special event at the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future on September 23rd, with virtual attendance available here: https://lnkd.in/dTsy8Svw. #SDGs #CircularEconomy #OurCommonFuture #SummitoftheFuture Thank you to all partners and supporters: African Circular Economy Network (ACEN) African Development Bank Group Circular Innovation Lab ApS Circle Economy Hanns Seidel Foundation Sitra UNIDO Wyss Academy for Nature WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform Circular Economy Coalition and many others!