The UN Environment International Resource Panel (IRP) has found that the global extraction and processing of natural resources such as metals, biomass and minerals accounts for almost one quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. While the benefits of resource efficiency are increasingly recognised in national policies and international agreements – with many governments setting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets – action is now needed in order to achieve those targets. The flyer describes in a short and concise way a procedural model for the development of policy instruments for resource efficiency for manufacturing industries. Based on five principles of action: docking, impact, urgency, prioritization and integration and a phase model, the concrete results of the application in the Argentine metal processing industry are described.
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