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Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece - Factsheet
(2019)
This International Resource Panel (IRP) Think Piece concludes that both the process of land restoration and rehabilitation, and the restored land, can have significant co-benefits for all the SDGs.
Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity production – Factsheet
(2016)
Rising energy demand and efforts to combat climate change require a significant increase in low-carbon electricity generation. Yet, concern has been raised that rapid investment in some novel technologies could cause a new ...
Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Factsheet
(2014)
Global land use plays a central role in determining our food, material and energy supply. Many countries have started to support the use of biomass for biofuels and biomaterials, and, at the same time, are becoming concerned ...
Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future we want - Factsheet
(2019)
Over the past five decades, our global population has doubled, the extraction of materials has tripled and gross domestic product has quadrupled. The extraction and processing of natural resources has accelerated over the ...
Re-defining Value – The Manufacturing Revolution: Remanufacturing, Refurbishment, Repair and Direct Reuse in the Circular Economy - Key Insights for Policy Makers
(2018)
Re-thinking how we manufacture industrial products and deal with them at the end of their useful life could provide breakthrough environmental, social and economic benefits. Adopting value-retention processes is a win-win ...
Natural Resource Use in the Group of 20: Status, Trends, and Solutions - Italy [Factsheet]
(2019)
Italy Factsheet
Natural Resource Use in the Group of 20: Status, Trends, and Solutions - Indonesia Factsheet
(2019)
Indonesia Factsheet