Decoupling : natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth

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dc.contributor.authorFischer-Kowalski, Marinaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSwilling, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVon Weizsacker, Ernst Ulrichen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRen, Yongen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMoriguchi, Yuichien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCrane, Wendyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKrausmann, Fridolin Krausmannen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEisenmenger, Ninaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGiljum, Stefanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHennicke, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKemp, Reneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRomero Lankao, Patyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSiriban Manalang, Anna Bellaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSewerin, Sebastianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-17T08:03:28Z
dc.date.available2011-05-17T08:03:28Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available from http://web.unep.org/publicationsen_ZA
dc.description.abstractBy 2050, humanity could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times its current appetite – unless the economic growth rate is “decoupled” from the rate of natural resource consumption. Developed countries citizens consume an average of 16 tons of those four key resources per capita (ranging up to 40 or more tons per person in some developed countries). By comparison, the average person in India today consumes four tons per year. With the growth of both population and prosperity, especially in developing countries, the prospect of much higher resource consumption levels is “far beyond what is likely sustainable” if realized at all given finite world resources, warns this report by UNEP’s International Resource Panel. Already the world is running out of cheap and high quality sources of some essential materials such as oil, copper and gold, the supplies of which, in turn, require ever-rising volumes of fossil fuels and freshwater to produce. Improving the rate of resource productivity (“doing more with less”) faster than the economic growth rate is the notion behind “decoupling,” the panel says. That goal, however, demands an urgent rethink of the links between resource use and economic prosperity, buttressed by a massive investment in technological, financial and social innovation, to at least freeze per capita consumption in wealthy countries and help developing nations follow a more sustainable path. - Source: http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/Decoupling/tabid/56048/Default.aspxen_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' versionen_ZA
dc.format.extentxviii, 152 p. : col. ill., col. map
dc.identifier.citationUNEP (2011) Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth, A Report of the Working Group on Decoupling to the International Resource Panel. Fischer-Kowalski, M., Swilling, M., von Weizsäcker, E.U., Ren, Y., Moriguchi, Y., Crane, W., Krausmann, F., Eisenmenger, N., Giljum, S., Hennicke, P., Romero Lankao, P., Siriban Manalang, A., Sewerin, S.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn9789280731675
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14631
dc.language.isoen_USen_ZA
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic development -- Environmental aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectConsumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspectsen_ZA
dc.titleDecoupling : natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growthen_ZA
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_ZA
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