Demand for water, food, energy, land and minerals is rising substantially, making natural resources increasingly scarce and more expensive.
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energy consumption management of resources
By 2040, more than 1 billion households and 11 billion smart appliances could be part of the interconnected electricity systems. The digitalization of the energy system can considerably...
The share of renewables in the power mix could rise from 25% today to 40% or even 66% in 2040. In 2017, only 12.1% of global power came from clean sources...
If present trends continue, human demand on the Earth's ecosystem is projected to exceed nature's capacity to regenerate by about 75% by 2020, and by 100% (meaning that we would...
EU Sustainable Development Goals - European Commission portal EC Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre, (BKC) Critical Raw Materials portal EU Methodology for Critical...
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Research for less polluting, abundant and more efficient alternative materials should be encouraged.
Virtual water and other natural resources consumption, as well as pollution impacts should be factored into the price of products (most of all imported products, which should...