Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles - Factsheet

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.author	International Resource Panel
dc.contributor.organization	International Resource Panel
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-10T19:05:36Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-10T19:05:36Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description	The unique properties of metals make them essential for many applications and future global demand is predicted to increase. Given this relevance the report of UNEP’s International Resource Panel on “Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles” focuses on the environmental impacts related to metals and means of reducing these impacts. It confirms that anthropogenic metal cycles can have orders of magnitude larger than natural metal cycles. Emissions to the environment, however, are roughly of the same order of magnitude as natural emissions. Nevertheless, the global primary production of metals shows a large share of the world’s energy use and causes severe local environmental impacts.	en
dc.format	Text
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31490
dc.language	English
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Chinese
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	metal
dc.subject	recycling
dc.subject	waste management
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.title	Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles - Factsheet	en
dc.type	Communication or other resource