Data to D3.1 - Policy design for the transition to circular economy –assessing the inclusion of water and territory in national action plans

This policy paper is part of Project Ô −Demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated, and symbiotic use of water, and of WP3 dedicated to the Integrated water management, planning and CE. Itassesses the integration of water and landrelated issues in national CEaction plans of a set of European Union (EU)member states. So far, only two countries associated to the Project Ô demo-sites have a CEaction plan, namely Spain and Italy. This paper also covers a set ofother EU countries enlarging the scope of the analysis.Itis structured into four sections. Section 1 describes the problem and challenges. Section 2 identifies the European policy approach for CEand questions how water and landrelated issues are considered. Section 3 assesses how these concerns have been taken into account in a large set of EU member states CEaction plans. Section 4 suggests a set of policy recommendations for policy design of CEplans regarding water and landrelated issues.本政策报告是“Ô项目”的组成部分——该项目旨在演示面向循环、综合、共生型水资源综合利用的规划与技术工具，同时隶属于聚焦水资源综合管理、规划及循环经济（Circular Economy，CE）的工作包3（WP3）。本报告评估了欧盟（EU）若干成员国的国家循环经济行动计划中，水与土地相关议题的整合情况。截至目前，仅作为Ô项目示范站点的两个成员国拥有循环经济行动计划，即西班牙与意大利。本报告同时纳入其他若干欧盟成员国的相关情况，以拓展本次分析的覆盖范围。报告共分为四个章节：第一章阐述了相关问题与挑战；第二章明确了欧盟层面的循环经济政策框架，并探讨了水与土地相关议题在其中的考量方式；第三章评估了上述议题在大量欧盟成员国循环经济行动计划中的落实情况；第四章针对循环经济行动计划中涉及水与土地相关议题的政策设计，提出了一系列政策建议。