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Nature and biodiversity are declining faster than at any other time in history, with successive major reports highlighting the huge scale of nature loss. 1 million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, many within the next few decades. The value per capita of the world’s natural capital stocks has declined by 40% since 1992. Meanwhile, climate change accelerates, with greenhouse gas emissions and average temperatures continuing to rise. The two problems are interconnected and share the common drivers

On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste (September 29), the International Resource Panel (IRP) joined efforts with different knowledge groups at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to present findings on how green and digital technologies can be used to tackle food waste. Globally, around 14% of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17% of total global food production is wasted. Food loss and waste not only imply

The annual World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) brings together policymakers, business leaders and experts from around the world to discuss and present circular economy solutions. This year, the WCEF 2021 is hosted online from Canada on September 13-15, 2021 and focuses on the system-level changes required for the transition to a circular economy. On this occasion, the International Resource Panel (IRP) Co-Chairs, Izabella Teixeira and Janez Potočnik were invited to present IRP's findings on the circular economy and their implications

Speech as delivered at the SDG 12 Hub virtual launch event at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development What are the key trends that we are seeing on SDG 12/SCP at the global level? This audience understands well the importance of natural resource use and their material flows through the economy; and I congratulate you to this important initiative of creating a central platform to support this understanding. According to International Resource Panel, extraction, and processing of natural resource