Circular Turku - A Roadmap Toward Resource Wisdom
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Circular Turku - A Roadmap Toward Resource Wisdom

Resource wisdom means sustainable use of natural resources, zero waste and zero emissions. Achieving these goals is a prerequisite for sustainable well-being in the Turku region. The circular economy provides a framework for concrete interventions that will lead the Turku region toward resource wisdom.

In accordance with its city strategy, Turku aims to mark its 800-year anniversary by becoming carbon neutral by 2029; resource wisdom will follow, with achievement by 2040 at the latest. Though the city’s resource wisdom goal has a longer timeline, this roadmap sets 2029 as a target year for reaching important resource wisdom milestones through the circular economy.

The Circular Turku roadmap is unique in its approach:

  • The roadmap takes a systemic perspective to identify interventions that span the different roles a city can play in the circular economy transition using ICLEI´s Circular City Actions Framework and applying it to 5 thematic areas: Food, construction, mobility, energy, water.
  • It is the first circular economy roadmap to consider social equity by including a social risk assessment for each of the planned interventions.
  • In the city’s bottom-up approach, over 200+ stakeholders from local businesses to research institutions, public companies and national and regional actors, were involved consultations to define the circular economy interventions included in the Circular Turku roadmap.

    • About ICLEI Circulars

    ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 125+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development.

    Circular Development is one of ICLEI´s five strategic pathways towards sustainable urban development. Through the Circular Development pathway, local and regional governments decouple urban and economic development from resource consumption, encourage equitable access to resources and create closed-loop urban and peri-urban systems. They support new local economies that are productive and not extractive, where resources are exchanged and not wasted.

    ICLEI Circulars is managed by the Circular Development Team at the World Secretariat (Bonn) in close collaboration with the ICLEI Regional Offices around the world.

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