Impact and Uptake

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Impact and Uptake

The International Resource Panel's (IRP) evidence-based reports and findings are designed to inform policy-makers and influence the views, performance and decisions of those who have an impact on the use of natural resources, their environmental impacts and sustainability.

Through the IRP’s body of work, sustainable resource management became a more visible and urgent policy priority within a number of critical resource managers (including non-traditional IRP audiences like the G20, the G7, business and climate change stakeholders).

Examples of our impacts on leading global policy and influential bodies include:

2022

Policy Plans

	Outcome document – Opportunities and Gaps identified during the Construction Value Chain Consultations Institution: : One Planet Network Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: this outcome document of consultations on opportunities and gaps identified during the construction value chain refers to suggestions by the IRP report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions through increasing intensity of use of residential buildings
	Commission staff working document-Impact assessment Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC Institution: European Commission Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: this impact assessment use findings from the Global Resources Outlook 2019 for identifying the main problems related to the unsustainable consumption and production of natural resources.
	Declaration on a Resilient and healthy Environment for All Institution: OECD Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: this legal instrument recognizes with utmost concern the recent reports by the IRP and “the need for the international community to use the evidence provided within them to take strong, urgent and transformative action to address climate change, halt and reverse biodiversity loss, prevent pollution, ensure the sound management of chemicals and waste, use resources more efficiently, and address land degradation and ocean deterioration, ensuring these issues are central in our COVID-19 recovery strategies.”
	UNEA resolution UNEP/EA5/RES9 Sustainable and resilient infrastructure Institution: UNEP Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: this UNEA5 resolution invites the IRP to “advance efforts for connecting science and policy for sustainable infrastructure in order to provide expert, policy-relevant and science-based options on the matter”.
	UNEA resolution UNEP/EA5/RES11 Enhancing Circular Economy as a contribution to achieving sustainable consumption and production Institution: UNEP Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: the UNEA5 resolution welcomes the analysis of the Global Resources Outlook 2019, welcomes further work of the IRP, including through the Global Resources Outlooks, and requests the IRP to “facilitate collaboration among Member States and members of specialized agencies in research, capacity-building, knowledge management and the sharing of best practices for the promotion of innovative pathways for sustainable consumption and production, including the circular economy, and to facilitate a conversation on natural resources and materials in the context of the circular economy.”.

Reports

	Sand and Sustainability: 10 strategic recommendations to avert a crisis Institution: UNEP & GRID-Geneva Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: the report uses definitions by the IRP and data from the Global Material Flows Database for their analysis.
	Global Land Outlook Second Edition Institution: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: the Global Land Outlook reference the IRP Think Piece “Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”.
	Decision-Making on Deep-Sea Mineral Stewardship: A Supply Chain Perspective Institution: World Economic Forum Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: this white paper outlines the global challenges and global goals, where the IRP Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth findings are highlighted.
	Only Radical is Realistic Now International Carbon Rationing in a Climate Emergency Institution: Hot or Cool Institute Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: the Global Resources Outlook 2019 informed this report on how natural resource extraction and processing contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.
	Circular Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Shared Vision Institution: LAC Circular Economy Coalition Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: the report uses the findings of the IRP Global Resources Outlook 2019 to inform on a sustainable household material consumption and the effects of the linear economic model, currently in use in Latin America and the Caribbean.
	Resource Nexus and the European Green Deal Institution: European Environment Agency Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: in this briefing the IRP report Global Resources Outlook 2019 informs on the growing demand for natural resources and the effects of this on eg. climate change and biodiversity loss.
	Towards a joint implementation of the 2030 Agenda / SDGs and the Paris Agreement Institution: German Environment Agency Date: February 2022 IRP contribution: the IRP report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change informed this analytic paper on implementation fo the 2030 Agenda.
	An International Agreement on Natural Resource Management - An overview of opportunities and challenges Institution: Public Waste Agency of Flanders Date: February 2022 IRP contribution: this report on the rationale for an international agreement on natural resource management reference the Global Resources Outlook 2019 and its findings on how the global extraction of materials has increased dramatically over the years and how this will continue to grow unless we change our production and consumption patterns. Moreover, policy recommendations from Sustainable Trade in Resources and data from Assessing Global Resource Use is included in the report
	Prospects for Transitioning from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia Institution: Asian Development Bank Institute Date: February 2022 IRP contribution: the report is informed by the Global Resources Outlook 2019 and the IRP report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change and their findings on extraction and processing of natural resources’ connection to ghg emissions, water stress and biodiversity loss, and how this can be turned around with creating more circular consumption patterns. The report also build on the findings of the IRP reports Assessing Global Resource Use and Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth to inform why a circular economy in Asian regions is necessary.
	The Circularity Gap Report 2022 Institutions: Circle Economy Date: January 2022 IRP contribution: in this report, analyzing the circularity of the global economy, IRP report Assessing Global Resource Use has been used as a reference, providing insights.
	The journey to a circular economy in the Waikato region Institution: Waikato Regional Council Date: January 2022 IRP contribution: the Waikato regional Council have in their policy plan for creating a circular economy used the findings of the IRP report Resource efficiency: Potential and economic implications for highlighting the economic benefits of transitioning to a resource efficient economy.
	Industry 5.0: A Transformative Vision for Europe Institution: European Commission Date: January 2022 IRP contribution: the Policy Brief highlights the need for flattening emissions from production of materials and in this context reference data on production of materials as a share of GHG emissions from the IRP report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change.

Private Sector Strategies and Guidelines

	The evolution towards a Circular Economy Institution: Goldman Sachs Date: May 2022 IRP contribution: the report uses IRP data on natural resources for their analysis of recycling rates of different materials.
	ReShaping Plastics- Pathways to a circular, climate neutral plastics system in Europe Institution: Systemiq Date: April 2022 IRP contribution: this document use findings from the IRP report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change for their analysis of creating an automotive systems change.
	A greener renewable energy industry - Opportunities and challenges Institution: PwC Date: March 2022 IRP contribution: the IRP report “Green Energy Choices” informed this document on greening the renewable energy industry.