UK International Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Resource Management for the Circular Economy (UK ICE-SRM CE)
Welcome to the UK ICE-SRM CE, we are a UNECE and UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs backed centre of excellence in sustainable resource management for the circular economy.
A circular economy is one in which resources are kept in use for as long as possible, rather than being taken from the earth, used once and disposed of in landfill. Our coalition will leverage their expertise to explore circularity in areas such as metals, construction and critical minerals to develop effective data, technological innovation, finance models and policy.
Following a vote by member states of the UNECE we formally opened in April 2024, the centre will comprise five institutions: University College London (UCL), University of Exeter, Brunel University London, Swansea University and the British Geological Survey, co-ordinated by a UK government-funded UNECE research manager based in Geneva.
The centre will develop sustainable approaches to the circular economy and resource efficiency to enable carbon reduction and the transition to a greener future. The UK will help countries across the world to maximise the environmental and economic opportunities the circular economy offers. Our focus is to develop and deliver innovation that delivers change and supports the UNRMS and UNFC.
The centre will also draw heavily on the success of several of the partner institutions in the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) research and development programme, a four-year £30 million investment established by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ chief scientist Sir Ian Boyd in 2019 under the UK Government’s Strategic Priorities Fund.
‘Making the use of our resources more sustainable and moving towards a circular economy is fundamental to sustainable development and climate action. Partnerships mobilising international expertise play an important role in UN cooperation to develop and share best practices. I welcome the establishment of this new Centre of Excellence, with its focus on circularity of metals, construction and critical raw materials’.
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