To mark its 30th anniversary, ACR+ launched a photo contest themed "Capturing Circularities in Cities and Regions". You can see the winning and runner-up photos here.
ACR+ and a coalition of cities, regions, environmental authorities, national ministries, and partners of the Urban Agenda Partnership for Greening Cities, have issued a call for the urgent adoption of the EU Nature Restoration Law
The Football Association of Wales has introduced its new action plan, aiming to challenge current matchday mobility principles and improve waste management. This initiative is part of the broader ACCESS project, with various sports organisations publishing similar plans
On 28 February, ACR+ led the session “Circular economy and sufficiency” during the 2023 European Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, which focused on the role of the circular economy in driving sustainable recovery, open strategic autonomy and resilience. The concept of sufficiency is necessary to broaden horizons of circular economy and look beyond key concepts such as reuse and recycle. It is crucial to facilitate lifestyles that involve not just consuming better but also consuming less. Many industries have focused on using sustainable materials and recycling, but we are far from having significant reductions in resource use. Sufficiency can represent a space of dialogue where key stakeholders can find a shared ground for coordinated action. Workshop participants discussed definitions of sufficiency, related policy examples and further questions about the concept.