BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/Brussels X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:VEVENT UID:126@clubofrome.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250902T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250902T160000 DTSTAMP:20250729T090813Z URL:https://www.clubofrome.org/events/webinar-circular-economy-resources/ SUMMARY:Circular economy: why resources matter for economic system change DESCRIPTION:Natural resources are the material foundation of our economy an d wellbeing – yet the consequences of their extraction and usage are inc reasingly destructive.\n\nWe need rare earths and other materials to accel erate a green transition especially of the energy sector – but we face c hallenging questions about impacts and just resource distribution.\n\nIn r esponse to the critical issues surrounding natural resource use\, Earth4A ll’s latest deep-dive paper explores the growing geopolitical tensions\ , environmental risks and economic costs of resource dependency. It asks h ow we might fundamentally transform the material resources use heading for a circular economy and carbon neutrality and at the same time ensure a fa ir\, sustainable and prosperous future for all.\n\nJoin co-authors Monika Dittrich and Peter Hennicke (Wuppertal Institute) and moderator Ander s Wijkman (International Resource Panel\, Earth4All Transformational Econo mics Commission) for a conversation about the paper’s analysis\, and ho w our relationship with natural resources influences the path towards a fa irer economic system. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clubofrome.org/wp-content/uploads/20 25/07/Why-resources-matter-for-econ-system-change.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Brussels X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR