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Is resource efficiency slipping off the agenda? Ariadna Rodrigo Friends of the Earth Europe November 2014 Overconsumption? Global material consumption, 1980 - 2008 Source: Green economies around the world? 2012, SERI Absolute material consumption, 2008 Source: Green economies around the world? 2012, SERI Like we should not focus only on GHGs… ...the focus should not be only on materials Materials Measuring Resource Use Abiotic materials (incl. fossil fuels) Biotic materials Water Land area Greenhouse gas emissions A container ship arrives in Felixstowe, UK Should we consider the ‘rucksack’ of resources – materials, land, water, greenhouse gas emissions-that went into making these products?... (Picture: Courtesy of the Port of Felixstowe) The 4 footprints Water footprint Material footprint Land footprint Carbon footprint The resource productivity indicator (GDP/RMC) Example: oil biofuels 2nd generation Materials biotic Water Land GHG abiotic ? Example: coal wind 2nd generation 1st generation Materials biotic abiotic Water Land GHG Conclusions The EU needs to take the lead on resource use. This would include: Standardising and agreeing the four indicators Publishing EU – and national – resource use figures every year. Develop resource use reduction targets for all member states. Creating new policies to reduce our resource use Incorporating resource use into the impact assessment of policy options Thank you! www.foeeurope.org/resources [email protected]
