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Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century: Gearing Extractive Industries towards Sustainable Development
(2020)
The report calls for moving beyond the established paradigm of the ‘Social License to Operate’, towards a new governance reference
point that enables public, private and other relevant actors in the extractive sector to ...
Towards Zero-Pollution Cities: Making Mega Cities Resource Efficient, Inclusive, and Low Polluting - Delhi, India Case Study
(2017)
Delhi, India is typical of many megacities in Asia and Africa, with large populations, swift economic growth that spurs in-migration, and an already stressed built environment with significant underserved populations lacking ...
Towards Zero-Pollution Cities: Circular Economy Strategies in Rapidly Industrializing Urban Areas - 637 Chinese Cities Case Study
(2017)
Air pollution is a global killer and predominantly an urban one, responsible for about 7 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) in cities can be reduced through system-based ...
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)
The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ...
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future
(2020)
This report addresses the opportunities for material efficiency in homes and cars of the G7, with results also shown for China and India. We chose to focus the assessment on specific, widely used products because only a ...
Sustainable Trade in Resources: Global Material Flows, Circularity and Trade - Discussion Paper by UNEP’s Environment and Trade Hub and the International Resource Panel
(2020)
Research by the International Resource Panel (IRP) has drawn attention to the observed shift in environmental burdens from high-income importing countries to low-income exporting countries, and has called for effective ...
Sustainable Trade in Resources: Global Material Flows, Circularity and Trade - Factsheet
(2020)
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 ...