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WCEF 2020 to discuss world economic issues online
  • | dtinews.vn | September 23, 2020 10:04 AM
The 2020 World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) will be organised online in two days on September 29th and 30th.

The event, which had been scheduled in Toronto Canada will be held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the Embassy of Finland in Hanoi, the forum consists of six independent sessions with keynote speeches, panel discussions and networking opportunities.

WCEFonline will provide different lenses through which business leaders and policy makers can assess the risks and opportunities associated with their resource dependence.


The key questions answered include how the circular economy helps in building more resilient businesses, why sustainable finance is key, and what governments need to focus on now to scale up the circular economy.

The sessions will cover different aspects on rebooting the economy and creating a resilient circular economy.

WCEFonline will also present inspiring circular economy solutions from around the globe. All sessions are moderated and co-hosted by Sitra and their partners.

According to the organiser, on the first day of the conference, the opening session will explain the current state of the global economy and elaborate how the circular economy could help the economy reboot and come back better than before. It also makes a strong case for circularity in combating climate change and biodiversity loss.


This session will address the recovery in the context of the European Green Deal, bringing into the discussion the role of private and public financing as well as presenting ongoing concrete actions.

The second session is a discussion of those consequences and how business is stepping up to use the circular economy as a tool to become more resilient and prosperous in a post-Covid-19 economy.

Another topic discussed on the first day of the conference will be the journey to a circular economy in the Canada-US region.

On the second day of the forum held on September 30, there will also be three sessions which will focus on fostering inclusivity with circularity in Africa’s post Covid-19 recovery; new momentum in the emerging circular economy; and the role of policy and finance.

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