Category Archives: Resource Use
The economic benefits of environmental policy – Final Report
Rayment, M., Pirgmaier, E., De Ceuster, G., Hinterberger, F., Kuik, O., Leveson Gower, H., Polzin, C. & A. Varma (2009)
Executive summary:
The European Union aspires to become the most dynamic and competitive economy in the world. The Lisbon Strategy, launched by EU leaders in 2000 and subsequently revised and simplified in 2005, emphasises the need to [...]
International workshop on “Material Use Indicators” in Berlin
Stefan Giljum is participating in an international workshop on “Material Use Indicators for Measuring Resource Productivity and Environmental Impacts”, which takes place in Berlin, 25th and 26th of February.
The German government intends to assess the applicability of indicators measuring the use of resources by the German economy. At the workshop, new studies further developing resource [...]
Global implications of a European environmental tax reform
Giljum, S., Lutz, C. & Polzin, C. (2010)
European production and consumption activities are increasingly dependent on material and energy resources from abroad and imply significant economic and environmental consequences in other regions around the world. While the overall level of resource use in Europe has stabilised over the past 20 years, the source of these [...]
New project: Eco-Innovation Observatory
SERI is core partner in the “Eco-Innovation Observatory”, a major, 3-year project funded by DG Environment of the EU Commission.
The Eco-Innovation Observatory will support the implementation of various EU activities, such as the Europe INNOVA Eco-Innovation platform and the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP). Among other [...]
2010 ISIE Asia-Pacific Meeting and ISIE MFA-ConAccount Meeting
We are pleased to recommend two jointly organized meetings of International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) in Tokyo in November 2010:
1. ISIE Asia-Pacific Meeting “Strengthening industrial ecology for the Asia-Pacific region”
2. ISIE MFA-ConAccount Meeting “Material Flow Analysis (MFA) for the future”
- Date: 7-9 November 2010
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Deadline of abstract submission: [...]
Traisentaler Winzer auf dem Weg in eine nachhaltige Weinbauzukunft
This entry is available in German here.
A comprehensive set of resource use indicators from the micro to the macro level
Giljum, S., Burger, E., Hinterberger, F. & Lutter, S.
Due to growth of world population, continued high levels of consumption in the developed world, combined with the rapid industrialisation of countries such as China, India and Brazil, worldwide demand on natural resources and related pressures on the environment are steadily increasing. Renewable resources, and the ecological [...]
Establishing thresholds and indicators for environmental sustainability
The European Commission has repeatedly underlined the need to respect the limits of the planet’s natural resources, including the capacity to provide renewable resources and absorb pollutants. So where are the “danger zones” before the tipping points (thresholds) that lead to potential long-term or irreversible consequences? While numerous indicators of sustainability exist, very few of [...]
Call for Applications – 2010 EXIOPOL Summer School, July 11-17, Venice, Italy
Just recently FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei), project leader of the EU FP6 project EXIOPOL published the call for application to the EXIOPOL Summer School on Environmental Accounting: Externality Valuation and Input-Tools for Policy Analysis, 11-17 July 2010, Venice, Italy. The Summer School is targeted to postgraduate students.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS EXIOPOL SUMMER SCHOOL [...]
New project for Eurostat on water and energy accounting methods
SERI develops water and energy accounting methods for Eurostat
Last week the kickoff meetings for a new project for Eurostat – the Statistical Office of the European Community – were held in Luxembourg and Wiesbaden. SERI is leading a highly qualified consortium working in this 2-years project, providing assistance to the methodological development of water (Activity [...]
