The Circularity Gap Reports by the Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative
Updated on 17.06.2024
The Circularity Gap Reports analyse the global material footprint of key global systems such as food, built environment, and manufactured goods. After analysing the current state of circularity worldwide, the reports give an overview of high level solutions across these global systems. They also provide strategies to advance toward these solutions. A unique aspect of these reports is that they address how to implement and prioritise these solution suggestions for countries from three different levels of economic development (what it calls the 'Shift Countries', 'Grow Countries' and Build Countries').
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
Based on its global circularity analyses and stock-taking, these reports can offer cities and regions strategies and solutions with a focus on 'keeping it local'. These suggestions can be included as part of a Circular Systemic Solution developed at local/regional scale, especially during the Mapping and Designing Phases, for example in 'Identifying intervention areas and building a CSS case' and 'Defining targets'. Special focus is given to actors in the food, built environment, and manufactured goods sectors.
CEAP2 key product value chain
built environment, CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
including bio-based economy
e.g. B2B services
digital tools facilitating CE transition
e.g. chemicals, cosmetics, bio-based industries
e.g. re-use of public spaces and facilities in urban areas
e.g. electrical engineering, furniture and interior, textile and fashion
e.g. healthcare
<5 000
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
e.g. commercial, residential, service, industrial
