Less consumption, more recycling needed to meet climate goals, ministers say
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries worldwide will not meet their targets to slash planet-warming emissions unless they cut unnecessary consumption and shift urgently to circular economies that reuse resources, environment ministers and top executives said this week. In a circular economy, materials – such as metals, minerals and plastic – are recycled to cut back […]
World risks “disaster” as reuse of natural resources declines
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The proportion of raw materials the world is reusing has fallen, researchers said on Tuesday, warning of a “global disaster” as annual consumption of natural resources rose to 100 billion tonnes for the first time. Just 8.6 per cent of the 100 billion tonnes of materials – including minerals, metals, […]
To meet climate goals, world urged to reuse natural resources
Thomson Reuters Foundation More of the billions of tonnes of materials the world uses each year must be recycled and reused to keep climate change in check, researchers said on Tuesday. Only about a tenth of the nearly 93 billion tonnes of materials utilised annually – including minerals, metals, fossil fuels and biomass – are […]