ABSTRACT
The fourth Factor X publication from the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Sustainable Development and Resource Productivity: The Nexus Approaches explores the interdependencies of sustainable development paths and associated resource requirements, describing and analysing the necessities for a more resource efficient world.
The use of and competition for increasingly scarce resources are growing worldwide with current production and consumption patterns of industrialised economies soon to reach the point where the ecosphere will be overtaxed far beyond its limits. Against this background, this volume examines the important initiatives to monitor resource use at the international, EU and national level. The current trends and challenges related to sustainable resource use are discussed, including international challenges for a resource efficient world, megatrends, justice and equitable access to resources. In the second part of the book, contributions examine implementation strategies. They assess the concept known as circular economy and discuss the theory of growth and the role of the financial and education systems. The final section places special emphasis on practical examples. Overall, the book presents concrete ways and examples of achieving more sustainability in practice.
Discussing solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of natural resources and sustainable development and decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry and civil society.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003000365, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part I|99 pages
Setting the scene
chapter 2|18 pages
The world at the ultimate crossroads
chapter 4|13 pages
The rise of e-mobility as a trade-off between social and ecological benefits and distributional injustice
chapter 6|13 pages
Sustainable development as the ultimate target of adopting a nexus approach to resources management
part Part II|102 pages
Core aspects of an integrated resource policy
chapter 9|11 pages
Systemic analysis of the nexus of greenhouse gas emissions and material use in the energy sector
chapter 14|14 pages
Vertical integration in a multi-level governance system using the example of the German Resource Efficiency Programme
part Part III|99 pages
Case studies of existing solutions
chapter 19|12 pages
Sustainable resource output
chapter 20|14 pages
More resource efficiency in production and products
chapter 21|10 pages
Eight tons of lifestyle
chapter 22|13 pages
C like clever and cycle
chapter 23|13 pages
The nexus of procurement and sustainability
part Part IV|55 pages
Pioneering innovations