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The Become project illustrates how European research and real-world organisational practice can reinforce one another, in this case in educating communities about sustainability and best practices for driving the transition towards a circular economy. Svittlana // Shutterstock

Europe recycles just 12% of the materials it uses. Here’s how training can accelerate the transition to a circular economy

Learning communities are supporting circularity across Europe by rethinking processes for recycling waste or reconditioning clothing and vehicles, and navigating policy U-turns.
Over the next 25 years, global infrastructure investment will nearly double to address concerns over future-proofing, decarbonising and modernising existing buildings, roads and the power supplies serving the world’s communities. Photostar72/Shutterstock

How do governance frameworks operate and what can major public projects gain from them?

A group of researchers explored governance models in ten countries to see whether they help plan and deliver large-scale infrastructure works more responsibly and efficiently.
A human-centred business model from the Netherlands is revolutionising home care for the elderly. Dmytro Zinkevych / Shutterstock

Home care: The Dutch model that challenges bureaucracy

Silver economy: an in-home help service provider in the Netherlands is revolutionising care delivery for the elderly with a streamlined, patient-centred approach that trusts community nurses and caregivers.
Hundreds of people join a ‘Light and Love’ gathering outside the royal palace in Amsterdam to protest the election victory of Geert Wilders’ far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, in a general election in November 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Dutch are aiming to quarantine populism. Should the rest of the world follow suit?

Some European countries are turning to anti-populist coalitions to battle the rising tide of populism. Will it work?

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