The global transition towards the circular economy is often presented in an idealised and apolitical way, as the recirculation of matter and energy within a closed economic system that encompasses a homogeneous humanity and nature. This model promises resource and energy security, as well as a reduction in the social and environmental impacts of extractive activities and waste disposal.
In this blog, IDS student Emilio Bertrand Bunge Gonzalez, (who studies MA Development Studies) discusses circular economies and their role in just transitions in the global South.
This is one of a series of blogs supported by the IDS Alumni Office and written by current IDS students and PhD researchers from the current academic year. Click below to read the full blog.
