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T1 Sustainable Trade in Resources: Global Material Flows, Circularity and Trade - Factsheet
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Resource Panel, 
K1 international trade
K1 energy resource
K1 resource conservation
K1 circular economy
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34345
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34345
NO While the contribution of international trade in fuelling economic expansion has long been recognised, its impact on the environment is more ambiguous. Trade can prove damaging to the environment by boosting overall resource production and use, shifting production to countries with less-stringent environmental legislation, and increasing energy use and pollution linked to transportation. Yet, whenaccompanied by appropriate measures, trade can enable and accelerate the transition to a greener, more circular economy – for instance, by facilitating access to green technologies and to environmental goods and services.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026