Editor:InternationalResourcePanelWorkingGrouponDecoupling
Leadauthors:
MarinaFischer-Kowalski,InstituteofSocialEcologyVienna,Alpen-AdriaUniversity,Austria,withthesupportoftheLebensministerium,AustriaandMarkSwilling,SustainabilityInstitute,SchoolofPublicLeadership,UniversityofStellenbosch,SouthAfrica
Contributingauthors:
ErnstUlrichvonWeizsäcker(ChairpersonoftheDecouplingWorkingGroup),YongRen,YuichiMoriguchi,WendyCrane,FridolinKrausmann,NinaEisenmenger,StefanGiljum,PeterHennicke,ReneKemp,PatyRomeroLankao,AnnaBellaSiribanManalangJeffMcNeelyprovidededitorialsupportforthefullreportandsummarybrochure.Thereportwentthroughseveralroundsofpeer-reviewcoordinatedinanefcientandconstructivewaybyJeffMcNeelytogetherwiththeInternationalResourcePanelSecretariat.Valuablecommentswerereceivedfromseveralanonymousreviewersinthisprocess.Thepreparationofthisreportalsobenetedfromdiscussionswithmanycolleaguesatvariousmeetings.SpecialthanksgotoErnstUlrichvonWeizsäckerandAshokKhoslaasCo-ChairsoftheInternationalResourcePanel,themembersoftheInternationalResourcePanelanditsSteeringCommitteefortheirdedicationandcommitment.JanetSalem,UNEP,providedvaluableinputandcomments;theInternationalResourcePanel’sSecretariatcoordinatedthepreparationofthisreport.JaapvanWoerdenandStefanSchwarzerofUNEP/DEWA/GRID–Genevaprovidedscienticdatasupportindevelopingthegures.Themainresponsibilityforerrorsremainswiththeauthors.ISBN:978-92-807-3167-5JobNumber:DTI/1388/PAThefullreportshouldbereferencedasfollows:UNEP(2011)Decouplingnaturalresourceuseandenvironmentalimpactsfromeconomicgrowth,AReportoftheWorkingGrouponDecouplingtotheInternationalResourcePanel.Fischer-Kowalski,M.,Swilling,M.,vonWeizsäcker,E.U.,Ren,Y.,Moriguchi,Y.,Crane,W.,Krausmann,F.,Eisenmenger,N.,Giljum,S.,Hennicke,P.,RomeroLankao,P.,SiribanManalang,A.Copyright©UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,2011Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducationalornonprotpurposeswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.UNEPwouldappreciatereceivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource.NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleorforanyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Design/layout:L'IVComSàrl,LeMont-sur-Lausanne,Switzerland.Coverphotos©:OlegRomanciuk/DreamstimeandDonHammond/DesignPics/Corbis.
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