The assessment demonstrates that because many areas of resource use are rela vely ine cient, the poten al for resource e ciency is tremendous. This is supported by the results of the modelling undertaken for this study, ...

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Demand for water set to outstrip supply by 40 per cent, highlighting urgent need to improve how humans use the precious resource

International Resource Panel Report says material resource use expected to reach nearly 90 billion tonnes in 2017, and may more than double from 2015 to 2050. Without greater resource efficiency, Sustainable Development ...

Appropriate management of natural resources at centre of solutions to climate change, says International Resource Panel

Raising recycling rates through product-centric approach can mitigate negative environmental impacts

Richest countries consume on average 10 times as many materials as world’s poorest. Planet will need 180 billion tonnes of material every year by 2050 if trends continue

Big energy and greenhouse gas savings also possible from upping recycling rates of iron and copper says new UN Environment report

Resource efficiency can bring annual economic benefits larger than Italy's GDP. If current trends continue, annual resource use per capita will grow by over 70 per cent by mid-century. The 2050 level of resource use could ...

We are using unsustainable amounts of the Earth’s natural resources. We need to improve the rate of resource productivity (“doing more with less”) faster than the economic growth rate. This is the notion behind “decoupling”.