UNEP International Resource Panel (IRP)

UNEP International Resource Panel (IRP)

logo international resource panelLogo UN international programmeThe Panel provides advice and connections between policymakers, industry and the community on ways to improve global and local resource management. The Panel includes scientists and governments from both developed and developing regions, civil society, industrial and international organizations.

Professor Edgar Hertwich has been a member of the IRP since its founding in 2007 and has led the work on three reports:

Resource efficiency and climate change (2020)

Resource efficiensy and climate change repost Main pageThis report conducts a rigorous assessment of the contribution of material efficiency to GHG abatement strategies. More concretely, it assesses the reduction potential of GHG emissions from material efficiency strategies applied in residential buildings and light duty vehicles, and reviews policies that address these strategies. It shows that increasing material efficiency is a key opportunity to achieve the aspirations of the Paris Agreement.

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Green Energy Choices: the Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production (2016)

Green Energy Choices: the Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production (2016)

Green energy choice report main pageRising energy demand and efforts to combat climate change require a significant increase in low-carbon electricity generation. Yet concern has been raised that rapid investment in some novel technologies could cause a new set of environmental problems. This report aims to support policy-makers in making informed decision about energy technologies, infrastructure and optimal mix. 

 

 

 

 


Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production (2010)

Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production (2010)

Assessing the Environmental Impac main pageThis report gives a scientific assessment of which global environmental problems present the biggest challenges, and weighs up the impacts of various economic activities to identify priorities for change.