Against this background, G7 Leaders launched an Alliance on ResourceEfficiency at their Summit in Schloss Elmau on 7-8 June 2015. This initiative builds on the commitments laid out within the 2008 Kobe 3R Action Plan and broadens them in several ways, including through a stronger involvement of the private sector. In their declaration at Schloss Elmau, G7 Leaders also called upon the UNEP International Resource Panel (IRP) and the OECD to develop a synthesis report and policy guidance on resource efficiency, respectively.
This policy guidance responds to the request by G7 Leaders and complements the report produced by the IRP. It presents the key trends and outlooks related to resource efficiency in the G7 and beyond, and distils policy guidance by focusing around four main areas: the choice and design of policy instruments; how to combine instruments into an effective policy mix; integration of resource efficiency into cross-cutting and sectoral policies; and strengthening of data ...
