Introducing resource efficiency into policymaking & the best metrics to use
4:00 p.m. (BST) / 11:00 a.m. (EDT) 22nd July 2010
Presenters
Dr Michael Warhurst - Senior Campaigner, Resource Use at Friends of the Earth
Description
Dr Michael Warhurst will showcase the work of Friends of the Earth on measuring our resource use. This is a vital tool in creating a resource-efficient EU.
According to the Friends of the Earth report, "Measuring our resource use," increasing Europe’s resource efficiency will help Europe to become less dependent on imports, save money for companies, and make our economy more resilient to fluctuations in the future price and availability of resources. Friends of the Earth Europe is calling on the European Union to measure its global resource use, so that we know what we are currently dependent on, and so we can create policies that will make us more resource efficient.
Friends of the Earth worked with the Sustainable Europe Research Institute in Vienna, to examine resource use measurement and identified four effective and achievable indicators: LAND, MATERIALS, WATER and CLIMATE.
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