A new report commissioned by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and produced by the Stockholm Environment Institute explores the the contribution that material resource efficiency (and material sufficiency) can make to meeting the UK's GHG 80% BY 2050 reduction target.
The report investigates strategies for making the supply of, and demand for, materials and products in the UK more efficient, looks at historical trends in UK GHG emissions from 1991 to 2004 and quantifies global supply chain greenhouse gas impacts of all goods and services consumed in the UK over the past two decades.
The report develops four resource efficiency scenarios (Reference, Quick Win, Best Practice, Beyond Best Practice), based upon a combination of different supply and demand side strategies, and explores what GHG reductions could be achieved from a resource efficiency perspective under these scenarios by 2050. The scenarios look at possible reductions in all emissions attributable to UK consumption in the UK, rather than just those that the UK produces.
The report concludes that a focus on material resource efficiency alone cannot achieve the 80% target, but can be one element of a reduction strategy.
To read the press release see here.
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