Austria on the path to a sustainable and circular society - The Austrian Circular Economy Strategy

The 21st century presents enormous ecological challenges to humanity. A rapidly growing global population, the rapid increase in the material prosperity level in the developing economies, and our subsistence strategy and way of life permanently increase the pressure on our planet. The “planetary limits” defined by science have already been exceeded many times and thus severely threaten our ecological livelihood.

A significant cause of this is the rapidly increasing consumption of natural resources. The global material footprint has more than doubled from 43 billion tonnes in 1990 to 92 billion tonnes in 2017. In this century in particular, the growth curve is pointing sharply up. The growth was 70% from 2000 to 2017. Without concerted measures, the global consumption of resources such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is anticipated to grow to 190 billion tonnes1 by 2060, and the annual waste volume is expected to rise by 70% by 20502

Herausgeber:

Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Ausgabejahr:

2022

Ausgabeort:

Vienna

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Kategorie:

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Seitenanzahl:

84