quinta-feira, 21 de setembro de 2017

«CITIES IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: The Role of Digital Technology»



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With its stated vision to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy, the Foundation directs its activities towards the most catalytic actions and actors. As such, the Foundation focuses on cities due to their role in shaping the global economy, with 54% of the world’s population living in urban areas and accounting for 85% of global GDP generation. Cities are also aggregators of materials and nutrients, accounting for 75% of natural resource consumption, 50% of global waste production, and 60-80% of greenhouse gas emissions. This combination of factors creates a unique context for the transition to a circular economy both in terms of challenges and opportunities. The Foundation has been working with its global partner Google to explore the crucial role of technology in enabling key aspects of the transition towards the circular economy in cities. (...)».



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