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The International Resource Panel's scientific assessments include Decoupling, Cities, Water, Metals, Land and Soils, Food, Trade, Resource Efficiency, Green Technology and Global Materials Flows.

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    Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century

    The mining sector, if carefully managed, presents enormous opportunities for advancing sustainable development particularly in low-income countries, the International Resource Panel...

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    Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century

    The mining sector, if carefully managed, presents enormous opportunities for advancing sustainable development particularly in low-income countries, the International Resource Panel...

  • Picture: Freeimages/Nikolaus Wogen
    Picture: Freeimages/Nikolaus Wogen

    Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles

    Metal production is responsible for 7-8% of global energy use as well severe environmental impacts. Recycling would decrease both, but even if recycling increased, rising global demand...

    Picture: Freeimages/Nikolaus Wogen

    Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles

    Metal production is responsible for 7-8% of global energy use as well severe environmental impacts. Recycling would decrease both, but even if recycling increased, rising global demand...

  • Metal Recycling

    A global move to a Product-Centric approach, in which recycling targets specific components of a product and devises ways to separate and recover them, is essential. This report...

    Metal Recycling

    A global move to a Product-Centric approach, in which recycling targets specific components of a product and devises ways to separate and recover them, is essential. This report...

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    Picture: Shutterstock

    Responsible Resource Management for a Sustainable World

    This report brings together highlights of five previous reports to enable policy-makers and business leaders to begin decoupling economic activity from resource use to allow the global...

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    Responsible Resource Management for a Sustainable World

    This report brings together highlights of five previous reports to enable policy-makers and business leaders to begin decoupling economic activity from resource use to allow the global...

  • Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA
    Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA

    Recycling Rates of Metals

    Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean...

    Picture: Freeimages/MICHELLE KWAJAFA

    Recycling Rates of Metals

    Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean...

  • Picture: Freeimages/DAREK KRZEMINSKI
    Picture: Freeimages/DAREK KRZEMINSKI

    Metal Stocks in Society

    A key question that relates to the very broad and intensive use of metals is whether society needs to be concerned about long-term supplies of any or many of them. To examine this...

    Picture: Freeimages/DAREK KRZEMINSKI

    Metal Stocks in Society

    A key question that relates to the very broad and intensive use of metals is whether society needs to be concerned about long-term supplies of any or many of them. To examine this...

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    The use of natural resources has more than tripled since 1970, and continues to grow.

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  • Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production

    This report gives a scientific assessment of which global environmental problems present the biggest challenges, and weighs up the impacts of various economic activities to identify...

    Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production

    This report gives a scientific assessment of which global environmental problems present the biggest challenges, and weighs up the impacts of various economic activities to identify...

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