10-05-07TraduccionInformeIndicadores-RevisionLiliane

This report by Friends of the Earth International argues that the European Union lacks the necessary metrics to track and reduce its consumption of natural resources. It proposes a framework of four specific indicators to measure resource use both within and outside the EU to improve economic resilience, protect human rights, and ensure environmental sustainability.

• The European Union is highly dependent on imported resources, which increases its economic vulnerability to price fluctuations and availability, while contributing to global environmental degradation.
• Europe is wasting significant economic value through poor waste management, with an estimated 5 billion euros of valuable resources being buried or incinerated annually.
• The EU's current environmental policies are criticized for failing to measure resource use or set reduction targets, and for prioritizing access to new resources in developing countries over improving efficiency within Europe via the Raw Materials Initiative.
• Resource overexploitation has direct human rights impacts, exemplified by palm oil production in Indonesia where indigenous communities lose land and water, and face violence and poverty.
• To address these issues, Friends of the Earth and the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) propose four specific indicators to measure the EU's total resource footprint, including impacts outside its borders: land (hectares), materials (tonnes of biological and mineral resources), water (litres), and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalent).
• The report asserts that integrating these indicators into impact assessments would have revealed that the EU's 10% biofuel target in the Renewable Energy Directive would significantly increase the union's land-use footprint.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). 10-05-07TraduccionInformeIndicadores-RevisionLiliane. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Medir_nuestros_recursos.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. 10-05-07TraduccionInformeIndicadores-RevisionLiliane. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Medir_nuestros_recursos.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalnd100507traduccioninformeindicadoresrevisionliliane, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{10-05-07TraduccionInformeIndicadores-RevisionLiliane}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Medir_nuestros_recursos.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }