EDITS Webinar  Title: Circular Economy Modelling for Climate Change Mitigation – Updates from the Horizon Europe CIRCOMOD project Moderator: Patrícia Fortes (NOVA University, Lisboa) Abstract: While w...

The CIRCOMOD project presents an in-depth exploration of recent research advances. This session, co-organized by CMCC, will showcase work on global building modelling, machinery and equipment material flows, and the integration of circular-economy (CE) extensions into climate–economy models. The webinar will illustrate how circular-economy measures can reshape material demand, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and inform future climate policy. Featured Speakers & Presentations Peter Berrill, CML-Leiden University: Advances in Global Building Modelling for a Circular Economy Peter will present updates on global building modelling in CIRCOMOD, focusing on how CE strategies impact material demand and greenhouse gas emissions within the global building sector. Meng Jiang, NTNU: Machinery & Equipment: The Second Most GHG-Intensive Material Use Meng will provide an overview of historical and current material use and carbon footprints for machinery and equipment production. He will present progress in developing a baseline scenario for future material use and secondary material availability, combining IAM and input-output analysis through the EXIOFUTURES Framework. Leonidas Paroussos – E3M Integrating Circular Economy into CGE Models for Climate Policy Leonidas will discuss new developments for incorporating materials and CE measures into applied CGE models, focusing on the GEM-E3 model. The talk covers modelling challenges and scenario results related to energy system decarbonization and the role of circular-economy measures. CIRCOMOD project has received funding from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101056868

While we realise that circular economy offers promising reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, we have no good understanding of its impact, magnitude, synergetic and rebound effects. The current scenarios models and scenarios do not include circular economy options. CIRCOMOD develops a new generation of models that will address this gap. During this session, we report and discuss the results of 2.5 years of work in the CIRCOMOD project, focussing on model framework, demand-side solutions, supply side measures, and economy-wide modelling. This webinar is part of two projects, that received funding by: - the Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) initiative, which is coordinated by the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and funded by Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan. CUP number C53C23000520007. - the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101036458 (LOCALISED).

Thank you for signing up to our ‘Towards Net-Zero through a Circular Economy: the consumer and business perspectives’ stakeholder event. We can’t wait to see you on September 17th from13:00 to 15:00. ...