Enhancing Climate Resilience and Sustainable Land Management Through Regulatory Innovations in the Circular Economy

Abstract

The escalating challenges of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion highlight the urgent need for sustainable environmental strategies. The circular economy presents a vital approach to enhancing climate resilience and sustainable land management by minimizing waste, optimizing resource efficiency, and promoting ecosystem restoration. Effective regulatory innovations play a crucial role in facilitating this transition, ensuring policies support circularity, ecological sustainability, and the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems. This study adopts a comprehensive framework incorporating the fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to assess and rank factors and sub‐factors essential for regulatory enhancement. Through fuzzy AHP analysis, six key factors and 24 sub‐factors influencing the circular economy were assessed. The findings reveal that economic incentives (R2), the legislative framework (R1), and innovation support (R4) are the most critical factors driving circular economy progress. Additionally, taxation strategies (R21), policy orientation (R11), and legal transparency (R12) emerged as the top‐ranked sub‐factors. By examining climate change as a key driver of land degradation, this study offers valuable insights into regulatory strategies that bolster climate resilience, support sustainable land management, and facilitate the transition toward a circular economy. The findings provide a policy‐oriented framework for enhancing regulatory structures aimed at mitigating environmental degradation and fostering long‐term sustainability.