Indicators for a Resource Efficient and Green Asia and the Pacific : Measuring Progress of Sustainable Consumption and Production, Green Economy and Resource Efficiency Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region / UNEP.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United Nations Environment Programme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report paints a clear picture of the path taken by the countries in the region over the past 40 years in their resource use. Today, the region dominates global resource use, comprising more than 50 per cent and consumption is rapidly rising as economies grow, infrastructure is built and the middle class expands. But even accounting for economic growth, resource efficiency in the region lags far behind the rest of the world, and varies dramatically between countries. As an illustration, developing countries in the region use an average of 5kg of resources for every dollar they produce, ten times that used by industrialized countries. This begs the question of where we should seek the fastest and best improvements in efficiency and where the Asia Pacific region can find the "low-hanging fruit" to achieve resource efficiency in this high-tech age.

Contents:

Foreword

Highlights for policymakers

Introduction

Indicators for natural resource use

Trade dependency

Resource efficiency

Resource use in major sectors

Consumption-based indicators for natural resource use

Resource efficiency revisited

Resources and human development

The use of indicators in policy making

Country profiles

Reference list.

ISBN:

9789210602242

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.