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Transitions to sustainable lifestyles in Europe in a 2050 perspective
Almut Reichel Project Manager SCP and waste, European Environment Agency
Collaboration for Sustainable Lifestyles through Business and Social Innovations, 4-5 November 2013
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Key messages
Global megatrends are increasing pressures on the environment
Europe: technological improvements are outweighed by growing consumption
Vision 2050: a sustainable world needs major changes
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Global developments
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Population growth
EEA SOER2010
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Continued economic growth
Past and projected global economic output (2005 USD PPP), 1996–2050
Note: gross domestic product expressed in billion 2005 US dollars at purchasing power parity. Source: OECD 2013: 'All Statistics - OECD iLibrary'.
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Middle class population by world regions, 2009 and 2020
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Asia Pacific Sub-SaharanAfrica
Middle East andNorth Africa
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Global resource use
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Metals
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Note: *projection Source:SERI (2013): SERI Global Material Flows Database. 2013 Edition. Available at: www.materialflows.net
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European developments
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Material use decoupling: EU statistics
Source: EEA 2012: Material resources and waste – 2012 update
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EU materials trade balance
EEA 2012
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Europe’s ecological footprint and biocapacity
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Stock and energy efficiency of selected household appliances
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Stock TV
total consumption allappliances
Stock washing machine
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Specific consumptionTV
Specific consumptionwashing machine
Specific consumptionrefrigerator
Source: SCP023 indicator (draft)
index
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We need to address all stages of the life-cycle
Production Improving the eco-efficiency of
production of goods and services
Consumption
Reducing consumption levels and/or changing consumption patterns
away from eco-intensive goods and services
Products/Services
Improving products and services using eco-design and other measures
End-of-life
Improving the eco-efficiency of waste management including reuse and
recycling
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The EU vision for 2050
‘Our prosperity and healthy environment stem from an innovative, circular economy were nothing is wasted and where natural resources are managed in ways that enhance our society‘s resilience.
Our low carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global sustainable economy.‘
‘Our prosperity and healthy environment stem from an innovative, circular economy were nothing is wasted and where natural resources are managed in ways that enhance our society‘s resilience.
Our low carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global sustainable economy.‘
EU‘s 7th Environmental Action Programme
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Transition needed to meet the 2050 vision
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Almut Reichel
Project Manager, Sustainable Consumption & Production and Waste
www.eea.europa.eu
Thank you!