Material stocks: Destination and source of raw materials
- Why material stocks matter
- How to quantify material stocks
- Global material stocks
- How stocks are hindering sustainable material use
The role of coal in the global economy – a “Raw Material Profile”
- Global trends of coal extraction
- International coal trade
- Global fossil fuel consumption
- Impacts of coal along its life cycle
Global trends of material use
- Types of raw materials
- The geographical distributions of material extraction
Decoupling material use and economic performance
- What is decoupling and why is it important
- How is decoupling measured
- Decoupling around the World?