Circular economy for resource security in the European Union (EU): Case study, research framework, and future directions

IF 6.6 2区 经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Brian Baldassarre
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Abstract

The European Union (EU) relies on imported raw materials to manufacture renewable energy, digital, mobility, aerospace, and defence technologies. A circular economy can mitigate this critical dependency, for example by recycling materials or remanufacturing products locally. These resource efficiency strategies, however, require new supply chain configurations supported by research and innovation. While this is taking place in few selected supply chains, notably lithium-ion battery technology, little is known about circularity for most critical raw materials and their applications. Information is scattered across industry players and disciplinary competences, or not publicly available due to confidentiality concerns. This article presents a case study on titanium metal circularity in the aviation and defence sectors. The results inform three industrial policy recommendations to mitigate the risk of supply disruption in the EU, aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Based on the case study, a methodological framework is proposed to guide future research on circularity for resource security. This subject requires urgent attention to achieve EU strategic autonomy objectives, against the background of climate change, resource depletion and waste management challenges in a complex geopolitical landscape.

欧盟(EU)促进资源安全的循环经济:案例研究、研究框架和未来方向
欧洲联盟(欧盟)依赖进口原材料来制造可再生能源、数字、移动、航空航天和国防技术。循环经济可以减轻这种严重的依赖性,例如通过回收材料或在本地重新制造产品。然而,这些资源效率战略需要在研究和创新的支持下进行新的供应链配置。虽然在少数几个选定的供应链中,特别是在锂离子电池技术领域,这种情况正在发生,但人们对大多数关键原材料及其应用的循环性知之甚少。相关信息分散在各个行业参与者和学科能力中,或因保密问题而未公开。本文介绍了航空和国防领域金属钛循环性的案例研究。研究结果为三项产业政策建议提供了参考,以降低因俄罗斯入侵乌克兰而加剧的欧盟供应中断风险。在案例研究的基础上,提出了一个方法论框架,以指导未来有关资源安全循环性的研究。在气候变化、资源枯竭和复杂地缘政治环境下的废物管理挑战的背景下,这一课题亟需关注,以实现欧盟的战略自主目标。
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Ecological Economics
Ecological Economics 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
12.00
自引率
5.70%
发文量
313
审稿时长
6 months
期刊介绍: Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature''s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity''s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership. Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.
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