Virtual Conference on Circular Economy in Emerging Markets: Unlocking the Potential for Green Recovery in Developing Asia (Regional Side Event of the World Circular Economy Forum)

The current take-make-waste extractive industrial model has had far-reaching negative implications for the global climate, scarce natural resources, and biodiversity. Revised economic models could help transform consumption and make it more sustainable. In a circular economy, production and consumption encompass sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling materials and products as long as possible, extending product life cycles and keeping materials within the economy wherever possible.

Ander Eizaguirre

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Ander Eizaguirre is a policy analyst within the OECD Water Governance and Circular Economy Unit under the OECD Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division. He has contributed to policy dialogues on the circular economy and water at the national and subnational levels, such as in the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. He is also one of the authors of the recent OECD report, The Circular Economy in Cities and Regions.

Josiane Nikiema

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Dr. Josiane Nikiema is IWMI’s research group leader for water pollution and circular economy in Ghana. She is engaged in several research activities on the optimization of processes for the recovery of nutrients and organic matter from both fecal sludge and organic solid wastes. She also tests at scale sustainable nutrient recovery business models in Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka. Recently, she contributed to the development of Fortifer©, a registered trademark of fertilizer pellets produced from fecal sludge, currently commercialized in Ghana.

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