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This panel and interactive session will explore how consumers can drive circular practices in everyday sectors such as electronics, textiles, plastics, packaging, furniture and food. Understanding behavioural barriers and enablers (from motivation and habits to infrastructure and incentives) is key to designing effective policies and business models. The session will highlight how governments, companies, cities and civil society can empower individuals to participate in a more circular future.

Cast

Moderator

Rosa Strube

Head of Sustainable Lifestyles, CSCP

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Speakers

Claire Downey

CEO, Rediscovery Centre

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Yasuhiro Higashi

Osaki town Mayor

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Momona Otsuka

Chief Environmental Officer, Kamikatsu

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Alice Yamabe

Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

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Maria Nikolopoulou

Member of Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform and EESC, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

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Einar Kleppe Holthe

CEO, Natural State

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Dounia Wone

Chief Impact Officer, Vestiaire Collective

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The Future of Earth and Biodiversity Week

It Starts With Us: How Everyday Choices Build Circular Economies

The EU and Japan have both developed ambitious circular economy policies. While the EU aligns its efforts with the European Green Deal and climate neutrality goals, Japan emphasises resource circulation and minimising environmental impact. Both approaches value citizen engagement, though Japan’s is deeply rooted in cultural respect for resources and long-term use. Achieving circularity requires more than sustainable production: it demands changes in consumer behaviour. In sectors like textiles and electronics, fast fashion and planned obsolescence drive waste. Encouraging repair, reuse and responsible disposal is essential to closing the loop.

This panel and interactive session will explore how consumers can drive circular practices in everyday sectors such as electronics, textiles, plastics, packaging, furniture and food. Understanding behavioural barriers and enablers (from motivation and habits to infrastructure and incentives) is key to designing effective policies and business models. The session will highlight how governments, companies, cities and civil society can empower individuals to participate in a more circular future.

  • 2025.09.23[Tue]

    18:0019:30

    (Venue Open 17:45)

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  • * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.

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The Future of Earth and Biodiversity Week

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