Global Resources Outlook 2024 - Bend the trend: Pathways to a Liveable Planet as Resource Use Spikes

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Resource Panel
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.contributor.otherBruyninckx, Hans
dc.contributor.otherHatfield-Dodds, Steve
dc.contributor.otherHellweg, Stefanie
dc.contributor.otherSchandl, Heinz
dc.contributor.otherVidal, Beatriz
dc.contributor.otherRazian, Hala
dc.contributor.otherNohl, Rebecca
dc.contributor.otherMarcos-Martinez, Raymundo
dc.contributor.otherWest, Jim
dc.contributor.otherLu, Yingying
dc.contributor.otherMiatto, Alessio
dc.contributor.otherLutter, Stephan
dc.contributor.otherGiljum, Stefan
dc.contributor.otherLenzen, Manfred
dc.contributor.otherLi, Mengyu
dc.contributor.otherCabernard, Livia
dc.contributor.otherFischer-Kowalski, Marina
dc.contributor.otherKulionis, Viktoras
dc.contributor.otherOberschelp, Christopher
dc.contributor.otherPfister, Stephan
dc.contributor.othervan der Voet, Ester
dc.contributor.othervan Vuuren, Detlef
dc.contributor.otherDeetman, Sebastiaan
dc.contributor.otherDaioglou, Vassilis
dc.contributor.otherEdelenbosch, Oreane
dc.contributor.otherFrank, Stefan
dc.contributor.otherHavlik, Petr
dc.contributor.otherPalazzo, Amanda
dc.contributor.otherVerikios, George
dc.contributor.othervan der Wijst, Kaj
dc.contributor.otherEkins, Paul
dc.contributor.otherGatune, Julius
dc.contributor.otherHerrick, Jeff
dc.contributor.otherJensen, Peder
dc.contributor.otherKulczycka, Joanna
dc.contributor.otherLassus, Iris
dc.contributor.otherLifset, Reid
dc.contributor.otherPrimmer, Eeva
dc.contributor.otherSanchez, Jeannette
dc.contributor.otherSharma, Namita
dc.contributor.otherSwilling, Mark
dc.contributor.otherWijkman, Anders
dc.contributor.otherZhu, Bing
dc.contributor.otherAsquith, Mike
dc.contributor.otherAyuk, Elias
dc.contributor.otherBlass, Vered
dc.contributor.otherChen, Shao Feng
dc.contributor.otherJain, Akshay
dc.contributor.otherJesus, Ana
dc.contributor.otherSilva, Diogo Aparecido Lopes
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-20T07:51:29Z
dc.date.available2024-02-20T07:51:29Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.descriptionThe world is in the midst of a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. The scientific community has never before been more aligned or more resolute on the need for urgent global transformation towards the sustainable use of resources. This 2024 edition of the Global Resources Outlook sheds light on how resources are essential to the effective implementation of the Agenda 2030 and multilateral environmental agreements to tackle the triple planetary crisis. The report brings together the best available data, modelling and assessments to analyse trends, impacts and distributional effects of resource use. It builds on more than 15 years of work by the International Resource Panel, including scientific assessments and inputs from countries, a vast network of stakeholders in the field and regional experts. The report illustrates how, since the 2019 edition of this report, rising trends in global resource use have continued or accelerated. The report also shows how demand for resources is expected to continue increasing in the coming decades. This means that, without urgent and concerted action, by 2060 resource extraction could rise by 60% from 2020 levels – driving increasing damage and risks. However, this fate is not sealed. The report also describes the potential to turn negative trends around and put humanity on a trajectory towards sustainability. For that, bold policy action is critical to phase out unsustainable activities, speed up responsible and innovative ways of meeting human needs and create conditions conducive to social acceptance and equity within the necessary transitions. This includes urgent action to embed resources in the delivery of multilateral environmental agreements, define sustainable resource use paths and roll out appropriate financial, trade and economic incentives. The pathway towards sustainability is increasingly steep and narrow, and the window of opportunity is closing. The science is clear: The key question is no longer whether a transformation towards global sustainable resource consumption and production is necessary, but how to make it happen now. Addressing this reality, based on evolving concepts of a just transition, is an essential part of any credible and justifiable way forward.en
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dc.identifier.otherUNEP/EA.6/INF/9
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/44901
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number182 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 1: Introduction — Transformation in resource consumption and production is possible and requires immediate and decisive action
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 2: Drivers, pressures, and natural resource use trends
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 3: Given that resource use is driving the triple planetary crisis, sustainable resource management is urgently needed
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 4: Scenario outlook
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 5: Call to action for sustainable resource use – Sustainable prosperity only possible with immediate transformative action
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectnatural resource
dc.subjectsustainable consumption
dc.subjectsustainable production
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectclimate effect
dc.subjecteffect on health
dc.subjectresource efficiency
dc.subjectsustainable resource use
dc.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleGlobal Resources Outlook 2024 - Bend the trend: Pathways to a Liveable Planet as Resource Use Spikesen
dc.typeSpotlight
wd.identifier.institutionsUnited Nations Environment Assembly

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