The study gives an overview of the international debate on issues related to green jobs and the green economy and the associated definitions, concepts and measurement approaches.
Transforming the linear economy, which has remained the dominant model since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, into a circular one is by no means an easy task.
The environmental and health sciences have brought important insights into the connection of environmental pressures and ecosystem damages.
The analysis in this report focuses on selected production-consumption systems, which link environmental, social and economic systems across the world - generating earnings, supporting ways of living, and meeting consumer demands - and also account for much of humanity's burden on the environment
As the financial and environmental costs of resource depletion and negative ecological impacts begin to affect economic growth, countries around the world need to find ways to manage finite resources while meeting the needs of a growing and increasingly urban world population.
This report was produced by the Decoupling Working Group of the International Resource Panel.