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| Posted November 6, 2025

From Status Quo to Innovation: The CSCP Brings the Conversation to ANUGA 2025!

Imagine enjoying a juicy steak made without harming animals or cutting down forests. At this year’s ANUGA fair, the CSCP showed how European farmers and scientists are joining forces to make cultivated meat (meat grown from animal cells) an option for everyone’s plate, through an open and inclusive process that values diverse perspectives and considerations. […]

| Posted November 4, 2025

Our SETDEPLOY Project Kicks-Off: Enabling Europe’s Clean Energy Transition

Citizens across Europe are feeling the change due to higher energy bills and from more frequent heatwaves and floods. A faster shift to clean energy, produced locally where possible, can help lower bills over time, create local jobs, and help make communities healthier and more resilient. To deliver on these needs, the EU has launched […]

| Posted November 3, 2025

Meet us at the Smart City Forum in Wuppertal on 13 November 2025!

Smart cities hold the promise of making urban life more sustainable, efficient, and responsive by using data and digital technologies to improve everything from mobility and energy to health and waste management. However, technology alone doesn’t make a city smart. Real progress depends on strong collaboration between citizens, government, academia, and business, as well as […]

| Posted October 30, 2025

From Engagement to Policy: CEE2ACT’s Role in Shaping the Future of Bioeconomy

How can we build momentum and ignite action for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy through inclusive and solution-oriented stakeholder engagement formats? The CEE2ACT project has been running bioeconomy hubs in ten Central and Eastern European countries, which serve as collaborative platforms where policymakers, businesses, researchers, and civil society come together to shape bioeconomy strategies. Recent milestones, […]

| Posted October 29, 2025

How the City of Dortmund is Integrating Climate Criteria into Its Public Procurement

How can cities translate climate goals into procurement practice? In the latest issue of the Kleine Kniffe magazine, we shared insights from our collaboration with the city of Dortmund, Germany showcasing how the city administration is systematically applying a climate factor in its public tenders supported by the CO₂ Performance Ladder. Public procurement is increasingly […]

| Posted October 28, 2025

Circular Economy in Action: Our FAB Festival 2025 Brings 200 People Together!

What happens when three innovative hubs in Germany’s Bergisch City Triangle open their doors for a hands-on festival showcasing and celebrating the circular economy? Bold ideas come to life! Around 200 visitors joined our FAB Festival 2025, experiencing the circular economy firsthand through upcycling workshops, immersive nature activities, and meaningful networking. Day One: Kick-off in […]

| Posted October 24, 2025

Making Algae’s Potential Tangible at the EU Algae Awareness Summit 2025

Are your curious about algae and how they can be used to achieve greater sustainability? At our “Feel the Sea” exhibition as part of the Algae Awareness Summit 2025 held in Berlin, Germany participants explored different uses of algae, got to know algae innovators and most importantly were able to touch, taste, and feel algae! […]

| Posted October 9, 2025

Stirring Up Positive Change: Our SPOON Project Website is Live!

How can citizen science enabled by digitalisation help transform the way we eat? With food systems contributing up to 37% of global emissions* and millions in Europe lacking access to healthy food, the newly-launched SPOON website aims to support the collection and sharing of relevant food data for decision-makers and other relevant actors, who work […]

| Posted October 7, 2025

Ready to Accelerate Your Local Circular Transition? Join our CCRI Communities of Practice by 17 October 2025!

Across Europe, cities and regions are tackling the same pressing questions: How do we measure circularity in a meaningful way? How do we make water cycles resilient to droughts and floods? How do we ensure that the circular transition benefits people, not just systems? How do we secure the critical raw materials our economies depend […]

| Posted October 1, 2025

CSCP Takes the Stage this Autumn: Shaping the Future of Food through Consumer Choices & Alternative Proteins

By shaping demand and signalling new expectations to the market, consumer choices can play a key role in driving the shift toward more sustainable protein sources. The question is then: how can consumers be empowered and enabled to drive the protein transition? Join us this October in Brussels as we explore what shapes people’s food […]

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