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The International Resource Panel's scientific assessments include Decoupling, Cities, Water, Metals, Land and Soils, Food, Trade, Resource Efficiency, Green Technology and Global Materials Flows.

  • Urban Agriculture’s Potential to Advance Multiple Sustainability Goals

    This Think Piece evaluates to what extent, and in which conditions, urban agriculture can enhance the sustainability of urban-rural food systems and promote a circular economy in...

    Urban Agriculture’s Potential to Advance Multiple Sustainability Goals

    This Think Piece evaluates to what extent, and in which conditions, urban agriculture can enhance the sustainability of urban-rural food systems and promote a circular economy in...

  • Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter

    The think piece provides policy options to reduce marine plastic litter and achieve the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, which voluntarily commits G20 countries to “reduce additional pollution...

    Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter

    The think piece provides policy options to reduce marine plastic litter and achieve the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, which voluntarily commits G20 countries to “reduce additional pollution...

  • IRP One Planet Network Value chain approach report
    IRP One Planet Network Value chain approach report

    Catalysing Science-Based Policy Action on Sustainable Consumption and Production

    This report from the International Resource Panel and the One Planet network explains the ‘Value-Chain Approach’ methodology and shares findings from its application to three critical...

    IRP One Planet Network Value chain approach report

    Catalysing Science-Based Policy Action on Sustainable Consumption and Production

    This report from the International Resource Panel and the One Planet network explains the ‘Value-Chain Approach’ methodology and shares findings from its application to three critical...

  • IRP Building Resilient Societies after Covid-19
    IRP Building Resilient Societies after Covid-19

    Building Resilient Societies after the Covid-19 Pandemic

    This document provides policy recommendations extracted from IRP research over the past 10 years to drive a resource smart recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, generating socio-...

    IRP Building Resilient Societies after Covid-19

    Building Resilient Societies after the Covid-19 Pandemic

    This document provides policy recommendations extracted from IRP research over the past 10 years to drive a resource smart recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, generating socio-...

  • Policy Coherence of the Sustainable Development Goals

    Policy Coherence of the Sustainable Development Goals

  • City-Level Decoupling

    Most resource consumption takes place in cities. How a city is designed shapes how its inhabitants use transport, energy and water, and dispose of waste. The challenge is to build...

    City-Level Decoupling

    Most resource consumption takes place in cities. How a city is designed shapes how its inhabitants use transport, energy and water, and dispose of waste. The challenge is to build...

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    On current trends, annual resource use per capita will grow by over 70 per cent by mid-century

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  • Measuring Water Use in a Green Economy

    How do we meet the water, energy, land and material needs of up to 9 billion people, while keeping climate change, biodiversity loss and health threats within planetary boundaries?

    Measuring Water Use in a Green Economy

    How do we meet the water, energy, land and material needs of up to 9 billion people, while keeping climate change, biodiversity loss and health threats within planetary boundaries?

  • Picture: Shutterstock
    Picture: Shutterstock

    Responsible Resource Management for a Sustainable World

    This report brings together highlights of five previous reports to enable policy-makers and business leaders to begin decoupling economic activity from resource use to allow the global...

    Picture: Shutterstock

    Responsible Resource Management for a Sustainable World

    This report brings together highlights of five previous reports to enable policy-makers and business leaders to begin decoupling economic activity from resource use to allow the global...

  • Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA
    Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA

    Recycling Rates of Metals

    Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean...

    Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA

    Recycling Rates of Metals

    Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean...

  • Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth

    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...

    Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth

    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...

  • Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production

    This report gives a scientific assessment of which global environmental problems present the biggest challenges, and weighs up the impacts of various economic activities to identify...

    Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production

    This report gives a scientific assessment of which global environmental problems present the biggest challenges, and weighs up the impacts of various economic activities to identify...

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