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Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future

Flag for IGO United Nations Environment Programme on November 16th 2020
This report addresses the opportunities for material efficiency in homes and cars of the G7, with results also shown for China and India. We chose to focus the assessment on specific, widely used products because only a product-level assessment is able to (a) track materials to estimate recycling potential and (b) model the functioning of the products and thus the potential trade-off between material efficiency and energy efficiency. The focus of the study is on the two product systems and the services they provide. It captures changes in patterns of use and provisioning systems, such as a potential move towards shared, car-based mobility systems instead of individually owned vehicles but does not address larger, societal changes (such as the replacement of cars by public transport or autonomous vehicles). The two product systems are studies in isolation, although the findings point to important interactions.

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Related SDGs

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production ...
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Target 12.2

Achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
SDG 13: Climate Action ...
SDG 13: Climate Action

Target 13.2

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

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Cites research funded by

1 Tata Steel UK 1 Emerson Electric co 1 New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 3 National Science Foundation 1 Golisano Institute for Sustainability 1 New York State Pollution Prevention Institute 18 EPSRC 2 NERC 1 ESRC 1 Chalmers Tekniska Högskola 1 Stiftelsen för Miljöstrategisk Forskning 1 Advanced Manufacturing Office 2 Yale University 1 Australian Research Council 1 National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources project 1 Innovate UK 2 Nordisk Ministerråd 1 Nordic Council of Ministers 8 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 3 Economic and Social Research Council 1 Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society 2 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 7 European Commission 1 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science 1 Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST-RISTEX) 1 Iron and Steel Institute of Japan 1 ESRC January 2022 9 EPSRC June 2021 1 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 2 U.S. Department of Energy 1 Department of Education and Training 1 EU FP7 1 EPSRC grant 7 UK Research and Innovation 1 French National Research Agency 2 Japan Science and Technology Agency 2 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 3 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 4 NSF (Special project, May 2022) 9 UKRI (Special project, May 2022) 2 FP7_REST_SecondPillar (Special project, May 2022) 2 FP7_REST_ALL (Special project, May 2022) 1 H2020_ERC (Special project, May 2022) 1 ANR (Special project, May 2022) 2 H2020_REST_FirstPillar (Special project, May 2022) 2 H2020_REST (Special project, May 2022) 1 STEPI Research Fellowship 1 Science & Technology Policy Institute in Korea 1 Leibniz-Gemeinschaft 1 Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden ... and others

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Cited by 145 other policy documents (126 of them are from other policy sources)