Resources

The availability and efficient use of resources are crucial for the development and functioning of our society. Sustainable management of resources is essential to mitigate environmental issues and ensure the needs of current and future generations.

Here you can find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on resources.

Recent Articles on Resources

Blick auf ein Kraftwerk in Mariupol, 2018

Procedure for Distribution of 5% Revenue of Natural Resources for Provincial Development

Investment in infrastructure and channeling the revenues for equal development and enabling economic factors that would precipitate long-lasting and sustaining economic growth is important for making the best use of natural resources.

REDD+: A lost decade for international forest conservation

REDD+ was praised as a tool that could quickly and cheaply reduce emissions. This prediction has not been fulfilled. Instead, global emissions and deforestation are increasing.

By Jutta Kill

All Articles on Resources

Thematic Focuses on Resources

Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery

The Ocean Atlas

New Economy of Nature

All Thematic Focuses on Resources

Publications on Resources

Transformation by design, not by disaster

Report

Four areas of application show: Our current consumption of raw materials is globally and socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. We need a raw material transition towards truly circular and sustainable producttion and consumption patterns.

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Another Lost Decade or a Decade of Action?

Policy Brief

Climate-related shocks are becoming more frequent and severe. More than ever, countries must invest in climate resilience and just transitions, but for many emerging market and developing economies, high debt burdens put achieving climate and development goals out of reach. A new policy brief explains the proposal advanced by the Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project.

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Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery