The Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) is an alliance of governments at the global level willing to work together on and advocate for a global just circular economy transition and more sustainable management of natural resources at the political level and in multilateral fora. GACERE was launched in February 2021, in the margins of the first segment of fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.1).
Bringing together governments and relevant networks and organizations, GACERE aims to provide the global impetus for initiatives related to the circular economy transition, resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production, building on efforts being deployed internationally.
GACERE is committed to demonstrate the benefits of the circular economy to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Learn more about how GACERE member countries have leveraged circular approaches to achieve the Paris Agreement Goals and the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework:
Circular economy, a key enabler to raise the ambition of climate commitments:
La economía circular, un facilitador clave para aumentar la ambición de los compromisos climáticos
L’économie circulaire, un levier clé pour relever l’ambition des engagements climatiques
Circular solutions for nature:
Soluciones circulares para la naturaleza
Solutions circulaires pour la nature
The GACERE working areas are as follows:
a) Advocate for a global just transition to a resource efficient and circular economy for a more equitable use of resources to achieve sustainable consumption and production, thus contributing to the Paris Agreement goals, halting and reversing biodiversity loss, and curbing pollution and waste.
b) Undertake a mapping of domestic policies, fiscal and regulatory frameworks on the sustainable management of natural resources, the circular economy transition and industrial symbiosis, building on relevant information. A particular focus would be on policies and regulatory frameworks that have proved successful in supporting just transition policies and practices contributing positively to sustainable human development and ensuring that no one is left behind.
c) Identify barriers, knowledge and governance gaps that hinder circular and just transitions, bottlenecks in decoupling economic growth from resource use, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions at the international and global level, and possible opportunities for making global value chains greener, more resource efficient and circular.
d) Identify research needs and possible global governance improvements that could help governments and stakeholders to address such barriers and bottlenecks, including concerning specific resources.
e) Take forward and support sectoral, bilateral and/or regional partnerships for the circular economy transition to disseminate best practices while making sure not duplicating efforts.
f) Facilitate more global conversations on the governance of natural resources and options to improve the current situation, including through the wider adoption of more resource efficient and circular approaches.
Further details on the objectives and working arrangements of the Alliance are available in the GACERE concept note.
