Building Sustainable and Resilient Economies
9th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change and Sustainability

Circular Economy as a Driver of Green Industrialization: Parliamentary Perspectives Ahead of COP31

PRESENTATIONS

• Setting the Stage on the Importance for Reusability, Andrés F. Sánchez, OAS, 2026.
• Scaling up the use of reusable packaging, Laura Reyes, Cempre Colombia, 2026. (In Spanish)
• Urban Mining for the Americas, Dr. Randy Ramadhar Singh, 2026.

RESOURCES

• Parliament’s Role in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, ParlAmericas, 2019
• The Circularity Gap Report: Latin America and the Caribbean, UNEP, 2023
• Green Mining in Latin America and the Caribbean: Comparative Analysis of Public Policies and Industry Standards to Promote Sustainability in Mining, IDB, 2023
• Circular Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Opportunity for a Transformative Recovery, CEPAL, 2021 (in Spanish)
• The circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Opportunities for building resilience, Schröder et al., Energy, Environment and Resources Programme, 2020
• Unlocking a reuse revolution: scaling returnable packaging, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2023
• Reuse in the Global South: Case Studies, WWF and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2025
• Belém Declaration on Global Green Industrialization, UNFCCC, 2025