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This list contains 9 entry(ies).

Non IUCN Publication

The weight of cities : resource requirements of future urbanization. Summary for policymakers

The Weight of Cities calls for a new strategy for 21st century urbanization: resource efficiency and social inclusion must become the focus of urban development strategies if we want to stand a chance of achieving the 2030 Development Agenda as well as the New Urban Agenda.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2018
Non IUCN Publication

Redefining value : the manufacturing revolution. Summary for business leaders

There is growing international interest in the concept of circular economy as a framework for pursuing sustainable economic growth and human prosperity. A key aspect of circular economy is the concept of value-retention within economic production-consumption systems.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2018
Non IUCN Publication

Redefining value : the manufacturing revolution. Summary for policy makers

There is growing international interest in the concept of circular economy as a framework for pursuing sustainable economic growth and human prosperity. A key aspect of circular economy is the concept of value-retention within economic production-consumption systems.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2018
Non IUCN Publication

Green technology choices

This report provides, for the first time, a comprehensive global-scale assessment of the benefits, risks, and trade-offs of energy efficiency technologies and their combined effects when deployed alongside low-carbon electricity supply technologies.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2017
Non IUCN Publication

Food systems and natural resources

The resource use implications and environmental impacts of our food systems are significant.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2016
Non IUCN Publication

Metal recycling : opportunities, limits, infrastructure

A global move to a Product-Centric approach, in which recycling targets specific components of a product and devises ways to separate and recover them, is essential. This report addresses the challenges of recycling increasingly complex products.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2013
Non IUCN Publication

Measuring water use in a green economy : a report of the Working Group on Water Efficiency to the International Resource Panel

The report analyses the different ways for quantifying and accounting for water flows and productivity within the economy (including environmental needs).

Organization(s):

  • UNEP
  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2012
Non IUCN Publication

Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel : report excerpt

This publication is an excerpt of the report, "Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel".

Organization(s):

  • UNEP
  • UNEP, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2011
Non IUCN Publication

Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel

This report provides a solid foundation for the concept of decoupling, clearly defining key terms and providing empirical evidence of escalating resource use. It shows that decoupling is already taking place to some extent, but is lagging far behind its potential.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP
  • UNEP, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
  • UNEP, International Resource Panel
Publication Year: 
2011