Water-Energy-Seafood nexus: eco-innovation and circular economy strategues in the Atlantic Area

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The transition to a circular economy provides opportunities, especially for the food sector. However, in a global food economy, investments and new alliances between regions will be necessary. It is important to balance environmental influences with social and economic gain in policy and decision making for regional and global food flow. The NEPTUNUS project aims to promote the sustainable development of the seafood sector in the Atlantic Area by supplying a consistent methodology for products eco-labelling and defining eco-innovation strategies for production and consumption under a circular economy approach. Its main objective is to pursue a new transnational clustering concept approach (NEXUS) to review, examine and harness key eco-labelling and key enabling eco-innovations that add-value and cross-cut sea food-water-energy domains in order to address barriers and to strengthen these sectors regionally and across jurisdictions in the Atlantic region. This project will provide key actions for resource efficiency based on life cycle thinking, incorporating producers, policy makers and consumers in the decision making process.

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