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Factor X

Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Michael Angrick

    1. Sustainable Production and Products Recycling Management, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

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  2. Andreas Burger

    1. Economic and Social Environmental Issues Sustainable Consumption, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

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  3. Harry Lehmann

    1. Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

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  • Thoroughly describes the coming collision as a growing, demanding population faces the depletion of earth’s natural resources
  • Offers practical recommendations and develops proposals to improve resource efficiency
  • Benefits researchers, policy makers and politicians working on resource efficiency and sustainable resource use

Part of the book series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science (ECOE)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Proposals for Implementation

    1. From Resource Efficiency to Responsible and Dematerialized Societies

      • Matthias Koller, Jens Günther
      Pages 283-298

    2. About the Need of Resource Efficiency Programs: The Editors’ View

      • Michael Angrick, Andreas Burger, Harry Lehmann
      Pages 299-301

  2. Back Matter

    Pages 303-311
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The editors of Factor X explore and analyze this trajectory, predicting scarcities of non-renewable materials such as metals, limited availability of ecological capacities and shortages arising from geographic concentrations of materials. They argue that what is needed is a radical change in the ways we use nature’s resources to produce goods and services and generate well-being. The goal of saving our ecosystem demands a prompt and decisive reduction of man-induced material flows. Before 2050, they assert, we must achieve a significant decrease in consumption of resources, in the line with the idea of a factor 10 reduction target. EU-wide and country specific targets must be set, and enforced using strict, accurate measurement of consumption of materials. Their arguments are drawn from empirical evidence and observations, as well as theoretical considerations based on economic modeling and on natural science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sustainable Production and Products Recycling Management, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Michael Angrick

  • Economic and Social Environmental Issues Sustainable Consumption, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Andreas Burger

  • Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Harry Lehmann

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