RT Report T1 Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 International Resource Panel, SN 978-92-807-3167-5 YR 2010 FD 2010 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8501 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8501 NO This report focuses not on the effects of environmental pressure, but on its causes. It describes pressures as resulting from economic activities. These activities are pursued for a purpose, to satisfy consumption. Environmental pressures are commonly tied to the extraction and transformation of materials and energy. This report investigates the production-materials-consumption nexus. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026