Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth – Press Release

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	International Resource Panel
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-06T08:39:06Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-06T08:39:06Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description	The report analyzes the concept of improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate, also known as “decoupling.” The report stresses the need for massive investment in technological, financial and social innovation, to freeze per capita consumption in wealthy countries and assist developing countries to identify a sustainable path. The report underscores that the world is running out of cheap and high quality sources of oil, copper and gold, and that these require rising volumes of fossil fuels and freshwater to produce.	en
dc.format	Text
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31443
dc.language	French
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	Arabic
dc.page.number	11 p.
dc.relation.ispartof	IRP Reports
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	economic convergence
dc.subject	resource conservation
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.theme	resources
dc.subject.theme	resource efficiency
dc.title	Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth – Press Release	en
dc.type	Meeting resource