Tag Archives: Bruckner M.
Report on resource efficiency indicators and targets for the EU
In a new report, BIO Intelligence Service, the Institute of Social Ecology and SERI present a basket of resource use indicators and corresponding targets for the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative on Resource Efficiency. The researchers suggest a set of consumption and production based indicators that covers both, the environmental pressures and impacts from material, energy, [...]
Europe’s global land demand – A study on the actual land embodied in European imports and exports of agricultural and forestry products
Lugschitz, B., Bruckner, M., Giljum, S. (2011)
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue [...]
A life in abundance at the cost of evermore agricultural land outside Europe
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue whether arable land should be used for [...]
New project: Europe’s global land demand
Fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet. The global distribution of those products, produced on those areas, is an issue with increasing political importance. This study will investigate the direct and indirect land required to satisfy the final demand of agricultural and forestry products in Europe.
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New SERI-Highlight Online: Companies Producing and Users Consuming in a Sustainable Way: Vision or realistic option?
The new SERI Highlight is online. The working group “sustainable consumption and production” describes what SCP means, what SERI does in that field and what we all can or could do. An interesting article that activates to think about our patterns of consumption and production.
Read the full article here [...].
European resource use and resource productivity in a global context
Title: European resource use and resource productivity in a global context
Authors: Stefan Giljum, Christian Lutz, Ariane Jungnitz, Martin Bruckner and Friedrich Hinterberger
Year: 2011
In: Paul Ekins, Stefan Speck (Eds): Environmental Tax Reform (ETR). A Policy for Green Growth. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
This chapter presents global patterns of material flows and analyses resource [...]
New SERI project: Assessing resource indicators and targets for the Europe 2020 strategy
Resource efficiency is a key part of the Europe 2020 strategy which aims to transform Europe into a knowledge-based, resource-efficient economy. Natural resources provide raw materials, energy, food, water and land, as well as environmental and social services. With the project “Assessment of Resource Efficiency Indicators and Targets” for DG Environment, SERI contributes to the [...]
