This study by external experts (commissioned by DG ENV) takes stock of knowledge relevant for identifying commodities imported into the EU with significant negative impacts (direct or indirect) on biodiversity...
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degradation of the environment management of resources
Demand for water, food, energy, land and minerals is rising substantially, making natural resources increasingly scarce and more expensive.
The majority of resources used today are non-renewable and are set to become increasingly scarce given rising demand and unsustainable consumption patterns. Global material extraction...
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...
Increasing rate of desertification reduces the amount of farming land.| Related Megatrends: Climate and environment In China, soil erosion is of about 5 billion tonnes annually affecting...
Despite the international efforts, the world hunger has been on the rise for the past three years. The absolute number of undernourished people (those facing chronic food deprivation)...
Desalination only provides 1% of the world's drinking water via 18,000 desalination plants using either thermal evaporation or membrane separation. New technologies create lower...
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...
E3ME - energy-environment-economy is a macroeconometric model for Europe, widely used for policy assessment, forecasting and research purposes Co-extinction - simulated scenrios assessing co-extinction potential...
EU Sustainable Development Goals - European Commission portal EC Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre, (BKC) Critical Raw Materials portal EU Methodology for Critical...