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Leading European opinion and analysis magazine 'Modern Diplomacy' featured news of the International Resource Panel's 'The Weight of Cities' summary report. Read more here.

Against the backdrop of a new partnership agreed between the World Economic Forum, UN Environment and the International Resource Panel, the Panel’s Co-Chair, Janez Potočnik, attended the Forum’s 2018 Stewardship Board Meeting on Environment and Natural Resource Security, taking place in Davos, Switzerland. The International Resource Panel is pleased to be a knowledge partner of the Forum, and looks to help guide action from policymakers, industry and society to transform how we extract, use, and re-use our natural resources. The

UN Environment has entered into a new agreement with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to scale up and accelerate the shift towards a circular economy, a key area of interest for the International Resource Panel. Announced today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, by Erik Solheim, Executive Head of UN Environment, and Ellen MacArthur, the agreement will see the organizations focus their joint efforts on stimulating public-private sector engagement with circular economy solutions, and strengthening the scientific

The International Resource Panel's cities work is the subject of an article in UN Environment's Our Planet magazine, released to coincide with the third session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. To read the article, please click here.