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T1 Key messages LD2 Informal Working Group meeting
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 Adaptation
K1 United Nations
PB United Nations Environment Programme
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-16
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/39987
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/39987
NO Several interventions stressed that the way in which we use resources needs to be reconsidered.Based on the work of the International Resource Panel, we know that our extraction ofresources is responsible for more than 45% of the climate emissions and 90% of biodiversityloss. Our footprint on the planet is continuously increasing; we have crossed 4 planetaryboundaries. Still 3-4 billion people live in poverty. Our environmental footprint is thereforehighly uneven.• To address this, we need to transform the way in which we produce and consume. The need ofthis transformation pre-existed the Covid-19 pandemic. A comprehensive and sustainablerecovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should be based on innovative, clean energy and circulareconomy principles. Such transformation is particularly relevant for emerging economies wherehigh impact sectors are expected to experience significant growth, which should bring jobs andsustainability.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026