CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Rodríguez Balda, Carolina Andrea |
|---|---|
| Title | The Finnish approach, within the EU framework, to lead the transition into a Circular Economy |
| Summary | Over the last decade, the concept of the circular economy (CE) has gained significant momentum as a tool to support sustainable development and tackle the current global megatrends in a manner that allows decoupling economic activities from the consumption of finite resources, through a regenerative and restorative system that provides numerous benefits for the environment, society and economies. In the European Union (EU) the agenda has shifted from resource efficiency towards CE, with the adoption of several CE Action Plans. Finland is one of the progressive Member States that has also embarked on this journey by implementing numerous policy frameworks, such as the road maps to CE developed by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra), the National Waste Plan, and National Action Plan that have helped the country move towards its goal of being global leaders in CE. The aim of the thesis is to explore the advances of the CE and policies undertaken by the EU and Finland in their commitment to pave the way into this transition, through a qualitative research encompassing an in-depth literature review, policy document analysis and interviews with experts in the field. This novel research provides an overview of the current CE policy landscape adopted by the European Commission (EC) and Finland. It discusses how they have mutually reinforced each other and analyses their current state, providing numerous lessons learnt in the process of implementation of the plans and allowing countries envisioning a transition into a CE to leapfrog towards it. |
| Supervisor | Zoltán Illés |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/rodriguez_carolina.pdf |
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