Global Resources Outlook 2024
- March 2, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Global Resources Outlook 2024
Subject: IR
Section: Reports and Indices
Context: Global Resources Outlook 2024, released on final day of assembly, reveals shocking statistics
What is Global Resources Outlook?
- It is a flagship report of International Resource Panel
What is International Resource Panel (IRP)?
- The International Resource Panel (IRP) was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2007 to build and share the knowledge needed to improve our use of resources worldwide. The International Resource Panel is a scientific panel of experts that aims to help nations use natural resources sustainably without compromising economic growth and human needs. It provides independent scientific assessments and expert advice on a variety of areas, including:
- The volume of selected raw material reserves and how efficiently these resources are being used the lifecycle-long environmental impacts of products and services created and consumed around the globe options to meet human and economic needs with fewer or cleaner resources.
- The Secretariat of the IRP is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) through its office in Paris, France.