Welcome to the ECOCITY 2022 Interactive Programme

For greener, healthier and more resilient cities, we need to integrate nature into the neighbourhood. But how do we do that in ways that are meaningful and inclusive? How can architects, urbanists, ecologists, urban foresters and others work together on creating biodiverse urban environments. What are some of the opportunities but also challenges? This session discusses some of the possible answers, based on experiences from urban ecology, urban forestry, and other fields. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences with successfully making nature.

The workforce is a key lever for transformation towards the circular economy. To tap into this potential, we need data and evidence. Which jobs are already part of the circular economy? Where are these jobs located? How are these jobs distributed across sectors and how are they related to circular strategies? The Circular Jobs Monitor provides answers to these questions by gathering and displaying data on the number, range and location of jobs that are part of the circular economy around the world. Today we added data on circular jobs in 148 cities from across 30 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas to the Circular Jobs Monitor. This includes cities from Quito (Ecuador) to Kampala (Uganda), to London (the UK), and to Jakarta (Indonesia). We hope this evidence will empower local decision makers, providing them with insights into the relationship between the circular economy and the labour market. It can be used to design evidence-based strategies and policies, based on which sectors have the most ongoing circular activity and potential. Circle Economy and UNEP originally joined forces in 2019 to come together on an approach for measuring employment in the circular economy. You can now explore data on circular jobs in over 100 cities analysed using Circle Economy and UNEP's joint methodology. These insights are housed on the Circular Jobs Monitor, a digital tool that maps jobs that drive circular activities. In this webinar, UNEP and Circle Economy will present for the first time the Circular Jobs Monitor, by presenting the joint initiative behind it, the methodology, how to use the tool and how can cities take advantage of it. The Circular Jobs Monitor is the first time that data on employment generated in cities engaging in circular economy activities has been made available. This evidence can be used alongside other social, economic and environmental metrics to help cities build back better and chart a course towards a more sustainable future for their people and the planet.