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Broken does not mean the end. What if you could bring your favorite items, and their stories, back to life? With Black Friday approaching, choose repair and join us at the 𝗧𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱. Here is what to look forward to: 🧵 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: Bring your broken items, whether clothes, gadgets, or bikes, and learn how to fix them with skilled volunteers. 🎥 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱: Watch IDEAS FOR GOOD, a short documentary about how repair is more than fixing; it is about preserving memories and rethinking waste. 🤝 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲: Participate in an interactive discussion with Masato Sezawa (the film’s director), Peter Uithoven (co-founder of Repair Café Amsterdam Oud Noord), and Yasmine Stoop (event co-organizer). Want a sneak peek into the joy of repair? Read how Josine oude Lohuis, Metabolic Link Product Manager, finds happiness in reviving what matters: https://lnkd.in/dycuPNVH 📅 Mark your calendar for this exciting event. Let us rethink waste, one repair at a time. 👉 More info and tickets here: https://lnkd.in/dXWmx66U #RepairCafe #CircularEconomy #Sustainability

How can cities utilize their waste centers as collection hubs to promote circularity? ⏳By 2050, global waste generation is projected to reach 3.4 billion tonnes annually. This translates to a 70% increase from 2016. Cities hold an important role in addressing this challenge. A promising solution lies in the creative reuse of construction materials from demolition and renovation, turning waste into new opportunities. We partnered with the Provincie Utrecht to turn municipal waste into valuable resources and advance the circular economy. We believe municipal waste centers (‘milieustraten’) are essential in this effort as they serve as central collection points for various types of household waste and offer the potential to become central hubs in circular material chains. 🔄 How did we do that? ➜ Conducted a comprehensive material flow analysis to map waste streams and their environmental impacts. ➜ Identified high-potential materials with opportunities for high-value reuse. ➜ Developed an actionable roadmap to guide stakeholders in scaling circular solutions. This approach revealed key opportunities to adapt municipal waste centers and underscored the importance of stakeholder collaboration. 🤝 Discover how cities can embrace circularity to reduce their environmental footprint: https://bit.ly/3YYLHz9 Jorrit Vervoordeldonk Gerard Roemers Jan van 't Hek Fenne Reinders Folmer Liesbeth Sträter #CircularEconomy #WasteManagement #Utrecht

How can municipalities reduce material use and emissions without compromising housing targets? The Netherlands faces the dual challenge of building 100,000 homes annually while meeting ambitious carbon reduction goals. With construction responsible for 50% of raw material use and 11% of CO₂ emissions,  adopting innovative pathways is essential to align with the Paris Agreement. It starts with developing local carbon budgets and evaluating the environmental footprint of planned housing and infrastructure projects. At Metabolic, we help municipalities with quantifying and prioritizing five key circular strategies to reduce material use and emissions while meeting housing targets. These include: 1️⃣ High-quality reuse of secondary building materials. 2️⃣ Biobased materials to lower environmental impact. 3️⃣ Vertical extensions to optimize the use of the existing building stock.. 4️⃣ Smaller (or different) housing typologies to improve efficiency. 5️⃣ Industry decarbonization to adopt greener production methods, and optimize supply chains. Our approach delivers measurable results. For one municipality we quantified the following pathway to a more sustainable built environment: ✅ 32% reduction in CO₂ emissions. ✅ 39% decrease in primary material consumption. ✅ 31% overall environmental performance improvement. We believe in a systems approach—combining circular design, spatial planning, and data-driven decision-making to achieve sustainable growth. Together, these circular strategies enable municipalities to build future-proof housing, utility buildings and infrastructure within planetary boundaries. How is your municipality tackling the dual challenge of housing demand and climate goals? Read more about the work we did for municipality of Rotterdam: https://bit.ly/4i0LEf6 Ivan Thung Gerard Roemers Merlijn Blok Liesbeth Sträter Job Papineau Salm Josine Lambert #circulareconomy #decarbonization #climateaction

“Creating the kinds of positive changes we would like to see in the world can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. We know what the science says, but we are still not reaching the scale of implementation that is needed.” — Eva Gladek, CEO & Founder, Metabolic On November 28, Eva will deliver a keynote at the 9th DtB Sustainability Summit, where she’ll explore how systemic approaches can unlock transformative impact in cities, food systems, and product value chains. At 9th version, with previous speakers like, Yannick Meijers (Patagonia Europe), Anna Pawlak-Kuliga (CEO of IKEA Poland), Leyla Acaroglu (UNDP Champion of the Earth) the DtB Sustainability Summit is a vital platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to exchange insights and discuss practical tools and real-world case studies that can inspire action across Central and Eastern Europe. Learn more about the summit: https://lnkd.in/dCwyZwMc Learn how Metabolic is driving sustainability through systems change: https://lnkd.in/dxvszBxQ #sustainability #regenerativeeconomy #systemsthinking #DtBsummit

EU aims to remove 310 million tons of CO2 by 2030 through land-based actions. Here’s how LandShift will help. Funded by the EU Horizon program, LandShift aims to empower five rural pilot regions— 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇵🇱 Poland, and 🇺🇦 Ukraine—to deploy nature-based solutions and implement sustainable land-use strategies. Metabolic Institute will develop an 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, analyzing local land-use trade-offs, and co-creating strategies with rural communities to accelerate their transition to sustainable land management systems. By providing stakeholders with tools to balance biodiversity, food production, and climate needs, LandShift is setting a new benchmark for integrating ecological integrity with human development, fostering thriving, resilient communities. 👉  The project just kicked off last week with a great consortium meeting in Cyprus, check out the pics below and learn more: https://lnkd.in/dhWU8NcJ Antoine Coudard Joris Overmeer #EUHorizonFund #LandShift #Sustainability #NatureBasedSolutions Picture credit: LandShift 

🌞 Can we power up the EU’s green energy goals while protecting biodiversity? As the EU accelerates its solar capacity, balancing renewable energy with biodiversity protection is crucial. Nature-inclusive solar parks, which integrate conservation with energy production, offer a promising path. But making these parks a reality requires clear definitions and supportive policies. In collaboration with The Nature Conservancy in Europe and SolarPower Europe, we’ve developed recommendations to help the EU reshape its policy landscape. By defining nature-inclusive solar standards and supporting developers with guidance on siting and management, we can create solar solutions that work for both nature and people. 🔗 Read our policy paper to explore how nature-inclusive solar parks can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in tandem: https://bit.ly/3YPqw2p Alexandra Fox Anne de Valença #RenewableEnergy #Biodiversity #Sustainability #SolarPower #GreenEnergy

Something exciting happened last week in Copenhagen: we launched TIMBERHAUS! 🇪🇺💡 The construction sector drives 40% of Europe’s carbon emissions, urgently needing sustainable alternatives. Funded by the EU Horizon program, TIMBERHAUS will contribute to Europe’s climate policy targets by developing innovative, circular solutions for sustainable wood construction. We’re excited to share that our Institute’s Bioeconomy team will lead the work focused on assessing the boundaries of the sustainable supply of timber for the EU construction sectors and building new methodologies to quantify the carbon benefits of timber products. The final results? ➜ A new 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 to support the EU Carbon Farming Framework ➜ 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 emphasizing circularity, health, and well-being, honoring local cultural design traditions ➜ The first 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 to provide an open-access platform promoting sustainable wood use ➜ 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘀 to guide EU and local governments in embedding climate-smart wood practices into regulatory frameworks 👉 Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dMuZ2eXm Antoine Coudard Joris Overmeer Climate-KIC Built by Nature ICONS Innovation Strategies Teknologisk Institut #bioeconomy #timberhauseu #EUHorizonFund #SustainableConstruction Graphic credits: Waugh Thistleton Architects

#COP29 & The Climate Finance Gap: Where are the Missing Trillions? As COP29 continues in Baku—a city built on oil—the setting highlights a big issue: while fossil fuels continue to power economies, there is still not enough funding being directed toward sustainable energy and climate solutions. 💰 Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor at The Guardian notes, "the incumbency of fossil fuels is so strong that massive investment will be needed to shift the world onto that lower-carbon, lower-waste, more productive and healthier path." At Metabolic, we see a gap between what’s easy to fund and what truly drives change. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, the world needs $4.5 trillion each year, something traditional finance alone can’t cover. New funding pathways are essential, especially for projects that don’t fit typical models but could make a real impact. Climate finance must go beyond solar farms and EVs. We need investments that challenge the status quo, support developing regions, and fund the overlooked solutions that matter. COP29, despite its location, reminds us that to close the climate finance gap, we need fresh approaches for a sustainable future. Are you following COP29? What are your thoughts on climate finance and how it needs to change? Check out the Guardian article: https://lnkd.in/gtpZmbta #COP29Azerbaijan #ClimateAction #Baku #ClimateFinance #SystemicChange

📢 Looking back on #COP16 As #COP29 begins today in Baku, we’re taking a look back on COP16 which ended in Cali, Colombia earlier this month. After an intensive and insightful week, our team returned with fresh perspectives and renewed commitment. The message was loud and clear: we must urgently address extraction, overexploitation, and pollution if we are to achieve the goal of improving global biodiversity by 30% by 2030. Here are our main takeaways from  COP16: 🟢 Scaling nature-positive solutions: Accelerating bioregional and regenerative approaches is essential, and new MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) tools are helping bridge data gaps, signaling that the time for action is now. 🟢 Nature-positive bioeconomy: The bioeconomy has the potential to drive sustainable land use or perpetuate exploitation. A nature-positive approach that centers on Indigenous and local communities is vital for resilient ecosystems and thriving communities. 🟢 Land and water as one: COP16 highlighted that addressing seascapes and landscapes separately weakens ecosystem resilience. A unified approach to land and water is essential for effective biodiversity protection. 🟢 Rethinking urban spaces: Cities are unique hubs for sustainable change. Redesigning urban systems with nature in mind is crucial for resilience and biodiversity. 🟢 The power of collective action: Real progress relies on cross-sector partnerships that share responsibility and unite around measurable goals. Only together can we turn ambition into lasting impact. As we keep a close eye on COP29, we’re looking to advocate for nature-positive approaches in the agreements ahead. The path ahead may be challenging, but the urgency for action has never been greater. Keen to discuss how we can collectively drive biodiversity forward? Reach out to us: https://bit.ly/4hFZ7Zw #Biodiversity #Sustainability #PeaceWithNature #NaturePositive

At Metabolic, we are proud to be part of Amsterdam InChange | formerly known as Amsterdam Smart City , the newly rebranded platform for innovation and community-driven change. Formerly known as Amsterdam Smart City, Amsterdam InChange builds on a legacy of energy and digital transformation to focus on something even greater: creating impactful, people-centered solutions. This change marks a shift in emphasis from digital innovation for its own sake to meaningful progress that benefits people, communities, and the planet. The “In” signifies that innovation is ongoing, while “Change” reflects our shared objective. Together, we are fostering cross-organizational collaboration and making real change possible. Metabolic is excited to continue driving this mission, supporting Amsterdam InChange’s commitment to a resilient, sustainable region for all. Learn more about Amsterdam InChange and join us on this journey: https://lnkd.in/dtTJaj9M #AmsterdamInChange #SystemsChange #SustainableFuture #Innovation