Global Resources Outlook 2019

Download or read book Global Resources Outlook 2019 written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a combination of resource efficiency, climate mitigation, carbon removal, and biodiversity protection policies, this report finds that it is feasible and possible to grow economies, increase well-being and remain within planetary boundaries. The analysis and modelling presented in this report are a first attempt to understand the impacts of our growing resource use, and to develop coherent scenario projections for resource efficiency and sustainable production and consumption that decouple economic growth from environmental degradation.