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19. Decoupling: Technological Opportunities and Policy Options: Executive Summary

verfasst von : Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

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As the work of the International Resource Panel (IRP) shows, the worldwide use of natural resources has accelerated, bringing with it the thinning or depletion of numerous resource stocks and causing negative environmental impacts (Hertwich et al. 2010). Adjusting our societies to these trends is one of the grand challenges of our times. The trends in resource use suggest that successful economies will be the economies that can increase the value they deliver, while using fewer resources. …

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Titel: Decoupling: Technological Opportunities and Policy Options: Executive Summary
verfasst von: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-03661-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-03662-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03662-5_19