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Empowering collaboration for sustainable resources

Global platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and action

The World Resources Forum is an international non-profit organisation mobilising collaborative action for sustainable and fair resource use. Through our global, multi-stakeholder activities, we scale knowledge and solutions for human wellbeing within planetary boundaries.

Sustainable resource use plays a key role to combat climate change, achieve the SDGs and enable the low-carbon transition.

Unsustainable production and consumption systems powered by relentless extraction of natural resources have been driving the inter-linked planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

Today, resource extraction and processing are responsible for over 80% of biodiversity loss and water stress, and for 50% of carbon emissions globally. And global material resource use is expected to more than double from 2015 to 2050.

Through the shared vision and effective collaboration of all societal stakeholders, we can counteract these negative impacts and scale up solutions for an efficient and sustainable use of resources.

Our Activities

We combine dialogue and action to advance sustainable resource use in practice. Through our Forum, Projects, and Knowledge activities, we connect stakeholders, develop solutions, and generate insights that support informed decision-making.

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Dialogue

An internationally-renowned forum for global resource governance.

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Action

Projects and initiatives to translate knowledge into practical solutions.

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Knowledge

Co-creation of tools and resources accessible as global public goods.

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Our Focus Areas

We focus on advancing sustainable resource use across the full life cycle, from extraction to circularity and recovery. By connecting these stages, we promote integrated solutions that reduce environmental impact while supporting economic and social value.

Resource Extraction
Reduce extraction and operate responsibily
Enabling the extractive sector to positively contribute to the SGDs while guaranteeing the supply of mineral resources necessary for the transition towards low-carbon economies.
Resource Circularity
Enabling resources to fulfil their full potential
Supporting the design and diffusion of circular economy models able to reduce the resource intensity and waste of the global economy by keeping products and materials in use.
Resource Recovery
Preventing value being labeled as waste
Ensuring that end-of-pipe solutions efficiently recover resources with high environmental and health standards, reducing the ever-growing need for virgin raw materials.

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