Meeting the UK climate change challenge: the contribution of resource efficiency
This is the UK’s first research into how resource efficiency can help the UK meet its climate change targets. It shows that making better use of our natural resources could contribute as much as 10% of the target reduction in UK domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020.
Commissioned by WRAP, and conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute, the research covers UK domestic emissions and those related to our consumption of goods and services imported from abroad.
In terms of consumer emissions (including imports), resource efficiency could reduce these by 8% by 2050.
Importantly, resource efficiency can achieve all this with no negative impact on UK GDP.
In the run up to Copenhagen, this research has an important message. It shows that resource efficiency could prove a secret weapon as it allows immediate action to meet pressing and challenging targets.
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