Our linear economic model of "take, make, waste" is the main driver of the triple crises of climate disruptions, biodiversity loss and pollution. Circular economy strategies have risen up the agenda over the past 10 years, providing solutions to gradually decouple economic activity from its negative impacts. While its material savings benefits are well documented, it can also help build natural capital and contribute to ecosystem health ' a dimension too often overlooked. With over 70 national strategies and roadmaps adopted worldwide as well as widespread corporate uptake, the circular economy has established itself as the most credible and economically attractive proposition to supplant business as usual. Yet its benefits are so far mostly understood to lie in materials management, with little attention paid to the climate and nature-positive impacts the framework can generate. The case now needs to be made for circularity's regenerative potential, and the contribution it can make...
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