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Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources

Green Week 2014

Christopher Manstein Federal Environment Agency, Germany Section I 1.1 Fundamental Aspects, Sustainability Strategies and Scenarios, Sustainable Resource Use 5 June, 2014, Brussels

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Decoupling waste volume from economic output

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Key figures – Environment, Germany, 2010/2011

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Source: Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), 2014

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Minerals and metals

Fossil resources

Land and soil

Food and feed

Biodiversity

Clean Water

Clean Air

Marine resources

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Waste as a resource !

5 June, 2014 / Green Week 4

Natural Resources

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

5 June, 2014 / Green Week 5

Material inputs compared to waste arisings

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Source: calculations - J. Günther/C. Manstein (UBA, 2013/14); data - SERI 2012, Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), 2012

Material input indicators:

DMI Direct material input

RMI

Raw material input

TMR

Total material requirement

(Germany, 2008, tonnes per capita)

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Socio-economic metabolism

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Source: Lebensministerium, Austria 2012

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Resource management - problems to be tackled…

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Environmental problems that arise from consumption of resources and put excessive strain on sinks

Social problems associated with resource extraction and exploitation, e.g. children working in mines, or working conditions harmful to health

Unfair distribution, e.g. between North and South and between generations

Resource scarcities, “critical” resources, conflicts over resources

Global price rises and fluctuations

Dependence on imports (e.g. restricting the export of critical resources)

Sets the main route on resource efficiency policy:

Decoupling of economic growth from resource consumption

and absolute reduction of resource use and its impact on

the environment

Doubling of the abiotic material productivity by 2020 based on 1994 (indicator GDP/abiotic DMI)

Doubling energy productivity by 2020 compared to 1990 (indicator GDP/TPES)

Reduction of land sealing to the daily growth of 30 ha in 2020 (indicator increase in sealed area per ha and day)

5 June, 2014 / Green Week 8

National Strategy for Sustainable Development „Perspectives for Germany“

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Adopted 29 February 2012 by entire government

Goals:

Decouple economic growth from resource use

Reduce environmental impacts of resource use

Improve the sustainability and competitiveness of the German industry

Impacts along the whole value chain

raw materials supply

production and product design

consumption

closed cycle management

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The German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess)

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

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German Resource Efficiency Programme: structure

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

5 June, 2014 / Green Week 11

Raw material productivity in Germany

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

Indicator: GDP/DMI Target: 1994 - 2020 + 100% Status: 1994 - 2012 + 48,4 %

MaRess – Material efficiency and resource conservation (2007-2010) Potentials of Increasing Resource Efficiency Target Group Specific Policy of Resource Efficiency Application, Agenda-Setting, Dissemination of Results

PolRess – Analysis of the political debate on natural resources and development of policy options (2012-2015)

BilRess – Identification and development of offers for schools, vocational schools and the continuing education (2012-2016)

SimRess – Models, potentials and long term scenarios for resource efficiency (2013-2016)

IntRESS - Scientific discussion and stakeholder process for the advancement of international targets and processes on sustainable resource use (2012-2016)

ÖkoRess – Discussion of ecological limits of primary raw material production and development of a method to evaluate ecological criticality (2013-2016)

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Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

UBA research - the X…Ress projects

5 June, 2014 / Green Week

Short film „Beyond Climate Change – FLOW“

About using natural resources the right way

in English, French, Chinese, German, Russian

www.uba.de („Factor X“)

Series of Factor X publications

Volume 1: Policies – Strategies – Instruments

Volume 2: Design – Products – Companies

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UBA - awareness raising

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

5 June, 2014 / Green Week

Save the Date: Monday Nov. 10, 2014 – Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014

Venue: Berlin, conference centre “Event Passage” Conference programme:

• Policy: Europe’s responsibility for a sustainable use of natural resources • Targets for a sustainable resource use • Natural resources – to whom do they belong? • Resources for the “Energiewende” • Session by UNEP’s International Resource Panel • Sustainable resource use and the financial system • Resource efficiency in business – experiences from EU member states • The “Berlin Declaration for Sustainable Resource Use” ERF `12: 440 participants from 40 countries, 40 speakers Information/registration: www.resourcesforum.eu

5 June, 2014 / Green Week 14

Circular Economy - Improving the Management of Natural Resources, Christopher Manstein (UBA)

UBA - European Resources Forum (ERF 2014)

05.06.2014 / Hier steht der Veranstaltungstitel in 12 Punkt 15

Many thanks for your attention ! Christopher Manstein

christopher.manstein@uba.de

www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/waste-resources

www.resourcesforum.eu