ABSTRACT
In this chapter after presenting a brief summative conclusion, we also identify four areas that will individually and/or collectively determine the choices available to those designing and implementing laws and policies for circular economy transitions in the coming decades: climate change, trade, governance, and digital technology. Law-making does not happen in a vacuum and the world is experiencing global wide disruption at an unprecedented scale in the new Anthropocene era. We conclude the book by reiterating the central argument: bringing justice issues within the existing frame can support a transition away from the current dominant approach to circular economy law and policy that often perpetuate ‘same-but-circular-business’ models. Such ‘same-but-circular-business’ models will continue or even worsen, existing long-standing injustice in access, use, and benefit from material wealth.
