Category Archives: Resource Use
New publication: Global responsibility for CO2 emissions
Which countries and regions are the biggest net importers and exporters of CO2 emissions embodied in trade? How much CO2 has been shifted between different regions through international trade? What are the implications of considering consumer responsibility for global climate and trade policies? Martin Bruckner, Christine Polzin and Stefan Giljum have addressed these [...]
Global responsibility for CO2 emissions
Which countries and regions are the biggest net importers and exporters of CO2 emissions embodied in trade? How much CO2 has been shifted between different regions through international trade? What are the implications of considering consumer responsibility for global climate and trade policies? Martin Bruckner, Christine Polzin and Stefan Giljum have addressed these [...]
August 21st is “Earth Overshoot Day” 2010
In 2010, it has taken humanity less than nine months to exhaust its available ecological budget for the year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, in which SERI is one of the partner organisations.
Global Footprint Network calculates nature’s supply in the form of biocapacity, the amount of resources the planet regenerates [...]
When carbon is not enough: Comprehensive Ecological Rucksack Indicators for Products.
Burger, E., Hinterberger, F., Giljum, S., Manstein, C. (2009)
Paper presented at R’09 Twin World Congress in Davos.
Consumers increasingly demand more transparent information about the sustainability performance of products and services. Thus companies aim at measuring and communicating the environmental performance of products. But which indicators enable a consistent measurement of the environmental sustainability [...]
(Deutsch) Vergleichbare Kriterien für die Messung der Umwelt und Klimafreundlichkeit von Produkten – State of the Art
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(Deutsch) Wie kann man den Ressourcenverbrauch von Produkten richtig bewerten?
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(Deutsch) Hintergrundpaper zur Ökosozialen Marktwirtschaft veröffentlicht!
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(Deutsch) Neue Publikation:Ressourcennutzung und Ressourcenproduktivität in Asien
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(Deutsch) Fritz Hinterberger beim Faktor-X-Meeting in Berlin
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MELIA project – SERI publishes Leaflet in English and Arabic
On March 21-25 the fourth workshop of the EU-FP5 project MELIA (Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management) was held in Amman, Jordan. For the dissemination of the project results SERI prepared a leaflet on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Water Governance (WGOV) in English and Arabic.
The MELIA project aims at establishing a strategic [...]
