Policy guidance on resource efficiency

Policy guidance on resource efficiency

This report responds to the request by G7 Leaders at the Schloss Elmau Summit in June 2015, for the OECD to develop policy guidance on resource efficiency. Establishing a resource efficient economy is a major environmental, development and macroeconomic challenge today. Improving resource efficiency...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author (author), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, issuing body (issuing body)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [2016]
Materias:
Natural resources > Government policy.
Waste minimization.
Sustainable development.
Environmental economics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Key recommendations
  • Summary and policy guidance
  • 1. Key trends and outlook
  • 2. To realise these benefits, resource efficiency policies need to be further developed and mainstreamed
  • 2.1. Apply mixes of policy instruments so as to provide a coherent set of incentives for resource efficiency along the product value chain
  • 2.2 Implement policies that promote resource efficiency across the lifecycle of products
  • 2.3. Treat resource efficiency as an economic policy challenge and integrate it into cross-cutting and sectoral policies
  • 2.4. Strengthen policy development and evaluation through better data and analysis
  • 3. Strengthen co-operation at the international level, including among the G7
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Resource efficiency initiatives at the international level
  • Box 1.1. Kobe 3R Action Plan
  • Box 1.2. G7 country initiatives on resource efficiency
  • 1.2. Definitions
  • Chapter 2. Trends and outlook
  • 2.1. Trends
  • Figure 2.1. Global material extraction 1900-2009
  • Figure 2.2. Progress in decoupling materials consumption from economic activity
  • Figure 2.3. Material productivity in selected countries
  • Figure 2.4. Trends in municipal solid waste in the OECD
  • Figure 2.5. Trends in municipal solid waste management by country
  • Figure 2.6. Material consumption per capita: Production- and consumption-based estimates (2010)
  • Box 2.1. Trends in the use of renewable resources
  • 2.2. Outlook
  • Figure 2.7. Projections for real gross domestic product to 2050
  • Figure 2.8. UNEP IRP scenarios on global resource consumption to 2050
  • Box 2.2. UNEP IRP scenarios for resource consumption to 2050
  • Figure 2.9. Water stress by river basin
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3. Policy guidance for resource efficiency.
  • 3.1 Apply mixes of policy instruments so as to provide a coherent set of incentives for resource efficiency throughout the product lifecycle
  • Box 3.1. Waste prevention in OECD countries
  • Box 3.2. Policy mixes for critical metals in mobile phones
  • Table 3.1. Some examples of policy instruments applied at different stages of the product lifecycle
  • Policy guidance on designing mixes of policy instruments
  • 3.1.1. Economic instruments
  • Table 3.2. Taxes: strengths and weaknesses
  • 3.1.2. Regulatory instruments
  • Table 3.3. Standards: Strengths and weaknesses
  • 3.1.3. Information-based approaches including environmental labelling
  • Figure 3.1. Evolution of the number of ELIS by modes of governance and ownership (1970-2012)
  • 3.1.4. Voluntary approaches
  • Box 3.3. Collection of mercury switches in the US
  • 3.1.5. Public financial support
  • Box 3.4. Financing the circular economy in Europe: Co-operation between the European Commission and the European Investment Bank
  • Policy guidance on individual policy instruments
  • 3.2. Implement policies that promote resource efficiency across the lifecycle of products
  • 3.2.1. Extended producer responsibility
  • Box 3.5. Japanese EPR for home appliances
  • Policy guidance on strengthening extended producer responsibility
  • 3.2.2. Green public procurement
  • Box 3.6. Integrating lifecycle analysis in green public procurement: The case of the Netherlands
  • Policy guidance on strengthening green public procurement
  • 3.2.3. Partnerships with business and other stakeholders
  • Box 3.7. Phosphate value chain agreement in the Netherlands
  • Policy guidance on partnerships with the private sector and other stakeholders
  • 3.3. Treat resource efficiency as an economic policy challenge and integrate it into cross-cutting and sectoral policies.
  • 3.3.1. Align sectoral policies with resource efficiency objectives
  • Box 3.8. Policy misalignments in the context of sustainable mobility
  • Policy guidance on mainstreaming resource efficiency in public policy
  • 3.3.2. Integrate resource efficiency into cross-cutting policy domains
  • Box 3.9. Green Action Plan for SMEs in Europe: Main objectives and actions
  • Box 3.10. Promoting resource efficiency innovation in Canada
  • Figure 3.2. Disruptive technologies used by pioneers to launch and operate circular business models with speed and scale
  • Policy guidance on resource-efficient innovation
  • Table 3.4. Examples of policy misalignments that undermine low-carbon investment
  • Policy guidance for promoting investment in low-carbon, resource‑efficient infrastructure
  • Policy guidance on job skills for the transition to a resource efficient economy
  • Box 3.11. Resource governance in resource-rich countries
  • Policy guidance on effective governance for resource efficiency
  • 3.4. Strengthen policy development and evaluation through better data and analysis
  • 3.4.1. Strengthen data collection and analysis of resource efficiency
  • 3.4.2. Establish objectives and targets based on good data and robust analysis
  • Table 3.5. Summary of target types and key advantages and disadvantages
  • Policy guidance on strengthening policy development and evaluation through better data and analysis
  • 3.5. Strengthen co-operation at the international level, including among the G7
  • Notes
  • References
  • Annex A. Sustainable development goals and resource efficiency
  • Annex B. A snap-shot of G7 countries and EU initiatives on resource efficiency
  • Canada
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Union
  • Annex C. OECD policy guidance on extended producer responsibility
  • 2001 guidance (OECD, 2001).
  • 2015 guidance (OECD, forthcoming a)
  • On the design and governance of EPRs
  • On financing, free-riding and orphan products
  • To further promote the integration of competition policy and EPRs
  • On incentives for design for environment
  • For integrating informal workers in EPRs in emerging and developing economies.

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