Brussels, 21 January 2016 – Resource-efficiency indicators should be meaningful for policymakers and researchers and help to measure improvements towards...
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UNEP IRP at COP21 in Paris: Natural Resources Management as Solution to Climate Change
Paris, 30 November 2015. Why does sustainable management of natural resources matter for climate change? – This will be the key question to be addressed at COP21 Side Event “Sustainable use of natural resources

Ban Ki-Moon Urged to Help Boost Investments in SCP Businesses by Youth UN Delegates
Rome, 23 October 2015, Sustainable Consumption and Production as a business case has not been given a proper chance to prove itself financially. Too little investment has been

With Sufficiency Against Waste, eco.ch Conference Showed the way
Basel, 27 March 2015 This year’s eco.ch congress brought together over 500 participants with different backgrounds and ideas to discuss the...

Horizon 2020 Conference Sees no Solution for High Competition Innovation Funding
Brussels, 21 April 2015 At the annual Science|Business Horizon 2020 conference, discussions revolved around the issue of funding for innovative research...

Forest Sector has to Take the Lead in Building up Bio-economy
Vienna, 16 April 2015 The concept of a “bio-economy” as a more innovative, resource-efficient and sustainable economy in a post-petroleum...

DESIRE Experts Discuss Resource Efficiency Indicators
Brussels, 17 March 2015 Indicators for resource efficiency should be meaningful for policymakers and researchers and help to measure improvements...

Sustainable Lifestyles and Education Work Program Discussed in Japan
Tokyo, 19 March 2015 The UN Sustainable Lifestyles and Education committee made good progress in identifying priorities for the next...

Resource Efficient Europe is Opportunity for Economic Growth, ERF 2014 Concludes
Berlin, 16 February 2015 “We face the challenge of creating more prosperity with less consumption of resources and less interference with...

“Resource Use Unsustainable, but we Live in a Paradise”, Social Scientist Concludes
Basel, 29 January 2015 “Our resource use is unsustainable, also in the South, but it looks like we live in a...