Sino-European Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (SINCERE)
Common global challenges for Europe and China have led to a joint initiative of national science foundations on “Europe-China Researchers Funded for Collaborative Research on The Green Economy and Understanding Population Change”. Reaching ambitious environmental targets requires to increase resource efficiency and to transform existing economies towards a circular-economy. This holds for both Europe and China, as testified by the “Circular Economy Law” passed in China in 2009, and resource efficiency being a flagship initiative of the European Union in its 2020 growth strategy.