12: Towards a Circular Economy: Saving Raw Materials for the Planet’s Global Future
In cooperation with European Commission's Joint Research Centre
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in englischer SpracheWhile the European Union has published an action plan for the Circular Economy in order to implement the UN s Sustainable Development Goal number 12 on sustainable consumption and production, many questions remain unanswered. For example, how can we implement the circular economy effectively at a global level, building on European and other initiatives?
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Vladimir SUCHA
Director-General, JRC - Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Brussels
| 1985-1993 | PhD student and researcher, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| 1993-2006 | Teaching and research of natural nano-particles and their industrial and environmental applications, environmental impact of the waste including possible remediation approaches, Comenius University |
| 2004-2005 | Principal advisor for European Affairs to the Minister of Research and Education of the Slovak Republic |
| 2005-2006 | Director, APVV - Slovak Research and Development Agency |
| 2006-2012 | Director, Directorate General EAC - Education and Culture |
| 2012-2013 | Deputy Director-General, JRC - Joint Research Centre, Brussels |
| since 2014 | Director-General, JRC - Joint Research Centre |
Paul EKINS
Professor and Director, Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, UCL - University College London
| 1990-1995 | Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London |
| 1991-1995 | Research Associate, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge |
| 1996 | Ph.D., Economics, University of London |
| 1996-2002 | Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University |
| 1998-2005 | Specialist Advisor, Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, London |
| 2000-2007 | Head of Environment Group, Policy Studies Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Westminster |
| 2002-2008 | Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, London |
| 2006-2010 | Chairman, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), London |
| 2008-2009 | Professor, Energy and Environment Policy, King's College London |
| since 2009 | Professor, Energy and Environment Policy, Energy and Environment Policy, Director, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London |
| since 2010 | Fellow, Energy Institute, London |
| 2011-2014 | Vice-Chairman, DG Environment, Commissioner's High-Level Economists Expert Group on Resource Efficiency and Member, European Resource Efficiency Platform |
| since 2013 | Member, UNEP International Resource Panel, Paris |
Dr. Sonia VALDIVIA
Programme Manager, Sustainable Recycling Industries & Life Cycle Management, World Resources Forum, St. Gallen
| 1991-1995 | Researcher, German-French Environmental Research Institute, Karlrsuhe |
| Doctorate, Technical University Karlsruhe | |
| 1995-1997 | Consultant, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Mexico City |
| 1997-1999 | Officer, National Environmental Council |
| Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima | |
| 2000-2001 | Project Officer, Wuppertal Institute for Environment, Climate and Energy, Wuppertal |
| 2001-2004 | Project Coordinator, Swiss Chamber of Commerce Peru, Lima |
| 2005-2014 | Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and coordinator, UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Paris |
| since 2014 | Program Manager, World Resources Forum, Switzerland, Coordinator, Roundtable on Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI) |
