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This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute outlines the current state of the global circular economy, emphasizing the urgent need to reduce resource consumption to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. It highlights the disparity in material footprints between high- and low-income populations, the leadership and challenges of the European Union, and the stagnation of global resource productivity since 2000.

The 'Greening the White House' project, initiated by the Clinton Administration in 1993, is a comprehensive energy and environmental retrofit of the White House complex and the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB). Led by an Inter-Governmental-Agency Team, the project employs a six-component strategy—audit, feasibility study, early actions, demonstration spaces, long-term initiatives, and technology transfer—to improve resource efficiency and environmental performance while respecting the historic and security requirements of the site.

A practice note by the World Resources Institute examining consumer behavior and barriers regarding the secondhand clothing market in India, highlighting the potential for circular business models.