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Is resource efficiency slipping off the agenda?

Is resource efficiency slipping off the agenda?. Ariadna Rodrigo Friends of the Earth Europe November 2014. Overconsumption?. Global material consumption, 1980 - 2008. Source: Green economies around the world? 2012, SERI. Absolute material consumption, 2008.

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Is resource efficiency slipping off the agenda?

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  1. Is resource efficiency slipping off the agenda? Ariadna Rodrigo Friends of the Earth Europe November 2014

  2. Overconsumption?

  3. Global material consumption, 1980 - 2008 Source: Green economies around the world? 2012, SERI

  4. Absolute material consumption, 2008 Source: Green economies around the world? 2012, SERI

  5. Like we should not focus only on GHGs…

  6. ...the focus should not be only on materials Materials Land & water

  7. Measuring Resource Use Water Land area Abiotic materials (incl. fossil fuels) Greenhouse gas emissions Biotic materials

  8. A container ship arrives in Felixstowe, UK Should we consider the ‘rucksack’ of resources – materials, land, water, greenhouse gas emissions-that went into making these products?... (Picture: Courtesy of the Port of Felixstowe)

  9. The 4 footprints Land footprint Water footprint Material footprint Carbon footprint

  10. The resource productivity indicator (GDP/RMC)

  11. Example: oil  biofuels 2nd generation Materials Water Land GHG biotic abiotic ?

  12. Example: coal  wind 2nd generation 1st generation Materials Water Land GHG biotic abiotic

  13. Conclusions • The EU needs to take the lead on resource use. • This would include: • Standardising and agreeing the four indicators • Publishing EU – and national – resource use figures every year. • Develop resource use reduction targets for all member states. • Creating new policies to reduce our resource use • Incorporating resource use into the impact assessment of policy options

  14. Thank you! www.foeeurope.org/resources ariadna.rodrigo@foeeurope.org

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