General objectives
The central objective of CircoMod is to model how circular economy strategies impact GHG emissions and resource efficiency across a wide range of materials, sectors, individual EU countries, and at the global scale. The project will develop and implement a scenario model framework combining newly developed material systems models and prominent climate change mitigation models (both macro-economic models and process-based, technology-specific Integrated Assessment Models, IAMs) to represent product systems and material cycles. This will enable a full evaluation of CE strategies and their contribution to GHG mitigation.

CMCC role
CMCC leads Work-Package 6 on “Scenarios on CE contribution to Climate Change Mitigation” and it is involved in WP1, WP2, WP3, WP5, WP7 and WP8.

Activities    
CMCC will coordinate WP6 and will also participate to many tasks of the other WPs of the project. WP6 will apply the analytical framework and tools developed/extended in WP1, 3, 4 and 5 consistently and enriched with stakeholder suggestions from WP7. Specifically, WP6 will develop and analyze different social-economic scenarios to explore how CE can interact with climate strategies. Potential synergies and trade-offs in terms of emission reduction, resource efficiency, social and economic cost-effectiveness will be assessed. Results of the scenario analysis will be detailed for different countries, sectors, production processes and products.

Expected results
CircMod will provide timely input to international assessments such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Resource Panel (IRP). It will provide actionable insights into the circular economy and help address one of the largest challenges of the coming decades.