1. Resource Efficiency,
Sustainable Consumption and Production
and Green Economy
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou

2. Contents
Resource Efficiency
Medium Term Strategy SCP
Activities Green
Economy
Tools

3. Contents
Resource Efficiency
Medium Term Strategy SCP
Activities Green
Economy
Tools

4. Our mandate
Review World International Policy advise on sound Norms, standards, inter- Technology support and
Environment cooperation and action science linkages among MEAs capacity
RE/SCP Activities GE

5. Environmental problems
Global warming
Biodiversity loss
Resource depletion
Natural disasters
Ecosystem
degradation
Chemical pollution
RE/SCP Activities GE

6. UNEP MTS: Six Priorities
Climate Change
Disasters and Conflicts
Ecosystem Management
Environmental Governance
Harmful Substances
Resource Efficiency and SCP
RE/SCP Activities GE

7. UNEP MTS: One Programme
6 thematic priorities with
clear objectives
working together under a
common programme of work
RE/SCP Activities GE

8. Contents
Resource Efficiency
Medium Term Strategy SCP
Activities Green
Economy
Tools

9. The challenge
MTS Activities GE

10. Patterns?
Political
Financial
Combination Technological
of Choices
Behavioural
Market
MTS Activities GE

11. Resources’ cycles
Consumption of Production of
natural resources financial resources
•Resource use •Environmental
•Land, Water, conservation
•Development
Energy, Mate •Employment
rials, •Local income
•Waste
Production of Consumption of
goods & services goods & services
MTS Activities GE

12. What we need?
Strategies Practices Investments
Natural Capacity for CP Mobilising
Resources: Innovation Financial
Business assets Change of BAU Capital
Behavioral Change of
Consumption Styles
MTS Activities GE

13. Implementation Challenges
Corporate Inertia. Technology
culture. BAU and cost
Only focus: risks
profit
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14. Objective and accomplishments
Natural resources are produced, processed and
consumed in a more environmentally sustainable
way
Resource efficiency is increased and
pollution is reduced over product life cycles
and along supply chains
Investment in efficient, clean and safe
industrial production methods is increased
through public policies and private sector
action
Consumer choice favours more resource
efficient and environmentally friendly
products
MTS Activities GE

15. CSER, CP, D4S
MTS
Studies, research Capacity, pilots
Policy, MEA, SPP
Activities
Who we work with?
GE

16. Contents
Resource Efficiency
Medium Term Strategy SCP
Activities Green
Economy
Tools

17. Activity areas
Sustainable Sustainable
Recourse mgmt procurement
Responsible Sustainable
Production lifetyles
Design 4 Eco-
sustainability labels, standards
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18. Sectors
Buildings Waste Oil & Gaz Water
Tourism ICT Finance Retail
MTS RE/SCP GE

19. RE for Cleaner Production
1. RECP Service Delivery Network
1.1. Global networking
1.2. Expansion to new countries
1.3. Scaling up in existing countries
3. RECP Incentives 2. Thematic RECP
4. RECP Innovation
Applications
3.1. Policy for RECP 4.1. Environmentally Sound
 Flexible Framework 2.1. RECP for RE Technologies
 PRE-SME
3.2. Finance for RECP 4.2. Sustainable Product
2.2. RECP for Waste & Development
Emission Prevention  SPIN
 D4S
2.3. RECP for Safe &
Responsible Production
 RP toolkit
MTS RE/SCP GE

20. Responsible Production
A systematic, five-step model, for practical guidance and tools
for assisting SMEs in identifying and understanding the
hazards and risks related to company products and operations
on-site and along the value-chain
MTS RE/SCP GE

21. Sectoral focus
MTS RE/SCP GE

22. What is SCP finally?
MTS RE/SCP GE

23. OK tell us what is SCP!
• The creation and use of services and related
products, which respond to basic needs and
bring a better quality of life while minimising
the use of natural resources and toxic
materials as well as the emissions of waste
and pollutants over the life cycle of the
service or product so as not to jeopardise the
needs of future generation
MTS RE/SCP GE

24. Life-cycle approach
MTS RE/SCP GE

25. Resource Efficiency
Medium Term Strategy SCP
Activities Green
Economy
Tools

26. Green Economy
• A Green Economy is one that results in
increased human well-being & social
equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks & ecological scarcities.
• A Green Economy is one whose growth of
income and jobs is driven by investments that
reduce carbon emissions and
pollution, enhance efficiency and sustain
biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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27. UNEP’s Green Economy Report
• Investing or reallocating just 2% of global GDP
in 10 key sectors can kick-start a transition to
a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy.
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28. BAU vs Green Economy Scenario
Green Scenario
2 % of GDP or 1.3
trillion USD per year
invested in greening
Business as Usual 10 key sectors from
2010-2050.
Current trends assumed
to continue with 2% of GDP Policies adopted to
help reduce harmful
per year allocated in a BAU CO2 emissions and
across 10 key sectors from subsidies, and
2010-2050. incentives created to
increase
investments, i.e., in
Policies continue to natural capital and
support investment in non- energy efficiency.
green
infrastructure, harmful
fossil fuel and fishing
subsidies, etc.
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29. BAU vs Green Economy Scenario
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30. Enabling Conditions
• Innovative and imaginative public policies
create incentives for markets and direct
private sector investment.
Prioritize green
investments
Taxation,
Regulatory
Capacity-building, Smart market International
frameworks Training mechanisms Governance
MTS RE/SCP Activities GE

31. How to keep balance?
MORE
Green Growth Pollution
Social Progress Energy Use
Environmental Wasteful
conservation consumption
LESS

32. Thank you
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou
stefanos.fotiou@unep.org