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T1 Worldwide Extraction of Materials Triples in Four Decades, Intensifying Climate Change and Air Pollution (Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity)
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Resource Panel, 
K1 resource conservation
K1 sustainable consumption
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31567
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31567
NO Richest countries consume on average 10 times as many materials as world’s poorest. Planet will need 180 billion tonnes of material every year by 2050 if trends continue
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026