🌍 Our #MaterialFootprint is shrinking — but not fast enough.

Each person in the EU uses 14 tonnes of materials per year — 5% less than in 2010, but still well above sustainable levels.

🔗 Read more in the new EEA indicator: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

#MaterialFootprint #CircularEconomy

A chart about how many planets we would need if all the countries would behave like a given ones, featuring many different countries going from 5 for U.S.A. to 0.7 for India.

"humanity is currently using nature 1.75 times faster than our planet’s ecosystems can regenerate. "

Currently we are globally using over 100 billion tonnes of material every year.

#sdg12 #materialfootprint #earth #sdgs

Read:
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/pre...

Are you interested in the role of Critical Raw Materials for the EU transition to Net-zero ! Then this new publication from @ieep.bsky.social is for you !

#CRM #climate #energy #justtransition #CriticalRawMaterials #resourceuse #materialfootprint #footprint