Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Europe is at a crossroads. The recent European Environment Agency report Europe’s Environment 2025 shows starkly deteriorating environmental conditions in Europe and rising social impacts, as well as an increasing dependence on the rest of the world for resources. The upcoming EU Circular Economy Act offers an opening to shift from fragmented recycling strategies to a holistic, need-oriented, regenerative economy.
This expert panel discussion explores why cutting resource demand is fundamental to reaching climate, biodiversity, and security goals, How the transformation of mobility, housing, food systems, and energy could reduce demand while boosting wellbeing, and the potential of material footprint targets - amongst many other crucial topics.
Learn more about the work of the Materials & Consumption Taskforce: clubofrome.org/pillars/material-transformations/taskforce-materials-consumption
Europe is at a crossroads. The recent European Environment Agency report Europe’s Environment 2025 shows starkly deteriorating environmental conditions in Europe and rising social impacts, as well as an increasing dependence on the rest of the world for resources. The upcoming EU Circular Economy Act offers an opening to shift from fragmented recycling strategies to a holistic, need-oriented, regenerative economy.
This expert panel discussion explores why cutting resource demand is fundamental to reaching climate, biodiversity, and security goals, How the transformation of mobility, housing, food systems, and energy could reduce demand while boosting wellbeing, and the potential of material footprint targets - amongst many other crucial topics.
Learn more about the work of the Materials & Consumption Taskforce: clubofrome.org/pillars/material-transformations/taskforce-materials-consumption
