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T1 Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth – [Presentation]
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Resource Panel, 
K1 resource conservation
K1 economic conversion
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31441
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31441
NO We are using unsustainable amounts of the Earth’s natural resources. We need to improve the rate of resource productivity (“doing more with less”) faster than the economic growth rate. This is the notion behind “decoupling”.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026