Tag Archives: Giljum S.
New project: European Environmental Pressure Index
Content of the project “Environmental Pressure Index” is the construction of a composite indicator that describes the pressure for the environment on EU territory. It will comprise the major strands of European environmental policy: climate change and energy use, nature and biodiversity, air pollution and health impacts, water use and pollution, waste generation and use [...]
(Deutsch) Neuer Ansatz des Umweltrechnungswesens
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Under Pressure. How our material consumption threatens the planet’s water resources
Lutter S., Polzin, C., Giljum, S., Pálfy, T., Patz, T., Dittrich, M., Kernegger, L., Rodrigo, A. (2011)
This report looks at material consumption and water use and how they are interrelated. An increasing number of studies look at the levels of material extraction, trade and consumption. Yet, so far, the connection between materials and other [...]
New report: Europe’s water use putting world under pressure
Europe’s material consumption is threatening the world’s water supply, according to new research launched this thursday by Friends of the Earth Europe and the Sustainable Europe Research Institute in the new resource report “Under Pressure. How our material consumption threatens the plantes water resources”.
Europe’s high levels of water use [...]
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 [...]
European Commission adopts SERI suggestion on resource use indicators
On Tuesday, 20th of September, the European Commission presented its new “Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe”. It is the detailed EU policy implementation plan in the area of resource efficiency for the coming years. In this document the EU adopts the suggestion of SERI and Friends of the Earth (FoE) to [...]
SERI @ the World Resources Forum (2): First results from new SERI study on global material flows
Together with our German colleague Monika Dittrich, SERI researcher Stefan Giljum presented the first results of the upcoming new study “Green economies around the world? Implications of resource use for the environment and development”. The study analyses patterns of material extraction, trade, consumption and resource productivity for all countries world-wide during [...]
UNIDO invites SERI to present work on „sustainable resource use“
Since more than 2 years, SERI has a successful cooperation with the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in the area of resource use and resource efficiency. On 14th of September, UNIDO organised a dedicated workshop, in which SERI was invited to present its work on “sustainable resource use”.
Around 20 participants from [...]
(Deutsch) WAS VERTRÄGT UNSERE ERDE NOCH? – Wege in die Nachhaltigkeit
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