AICE-T: Analysing and Identifying the Circular Economy’s contribution to a just Transition:

A Transdisciplinary Environmental Justice Approach in the Brussels Capital Region.

The aim of the AICE-T project is to identify and analyse the potential contributions of circular economy initiatives to achieving just transitions – which we understand here as a set of societal transformations aiming at jointly addressing environmental challenges and producing social sustainability benefits for vulnerable population groups that are most impacted by the negative consequences of the current ecological crises (Laurent, 2020). In particular, based on contemporary environmental justice scholarship, improved environmental justice outcomes of circular economy initiatives are understood as both addressing issues of environmental inequalities – unequal distribution of burdens and benefits – and improving opportunities for involvement of vulnerable population groups in decision making and recognition of their experiential knowledge (Schlosberg, 2013).

The detailed project description can be found here