Bendthetrend Pathwaystoaliveableplanetasresourceusespikes GlobalResourcesOutlook 2024 ©2024UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme ISBN:978-92-807-4128-5 Jobnumber:DTI/2618/NA DOI:wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/44901 Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducationalornon-profitserviceswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammewouldappreciatereceivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource. NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleoranyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Applicationsforsuchpermission,withastatementofthepurposeandextentofthereproduction,shouldbeaddressedtotheDirector,CommunicationDivision,UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,unep-communication-director@un.org. Disclaimers ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofmaterialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. MentionofacommercialcompanyorproductinthisdocumentdoesnotimplyendorsementbytheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeortheauthors.Theuseofinformationfromthisdocumentforpublicityoradvertisingisnotpermitted.Trademarknamesandsymbolsareusedinaneditorialfashionwithnointentiononinfringementoftrademarkorcopyrightlaws. TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Weregretanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenunwittinglymade. ©Maps,photosandillustrationsasspecified Suggestedcitation: UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(2024):GlobalResourcesOutlook2024:BendtheTrend–Pathwaystoaliveableplanetasresourceusespikes.InternationalResourcePanel.Nairobi.https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/44901 URL:unep.org/resources/Global-Resource-Outlook-2024resourcepanel.org/reports/global-resources-outlook-2024 GlobalResourcesOutlook2024 Bendthetrend Pathwaystoaliveableplanetasresourceusespikes Acknowledgements DevelopedundertheguidanceoftheInternationalResourcePanelCo-ChairsJanezPotoçnikandIzabellaTeixeira. LeadCoordinatingAuthor:HansBruyninckx LeadChapterAuthors:HansBruyninckx,SteveHatfield-Dodds,StefanieHellweg,HeinzSchandl. ContributingAuthorsbyChapter: Chapter1:HansBruyninckx,BeatrizVidal,HalaRazian,RebeccaNohl. Chapter2:HeinzSchandl,RaymundoMarcos-Martinez,JimWest,YingyingLu,AlessioMiatto,StephanLutter,StefanGiljum,ManfredLenzen,MengyuLi,LiviaCabernard,MarinaFischer-Kowalski. Chapter3:StefanieHellweg,LiviaCabernard,ViktorasKulionis,ChristopherOberschelp,StephanPfister. Chapter4:SteveHatfield-Dodds,YingyingLu,RayMarcos-Martinez,HeinzSchandl,EsterVanderVoet,DetlefvanVuuren,LiviaCabernard,SebastiaanDeetman,VassilisDaioglou,OreaneEdelenbosch,StefanFrank,PetrHavlik,StefanieHellweg,ManfredLenzen,MengyuLi,AmandaPalazzo,GeorgeVerikios,KajvanderWijst. Chapter5:HansBruyninckx,BeatrizVidal,RebeccaNohl,HalaRazian,PaulEkins,JuliusGatune,SteveHatfield-Dodds,StefanieHellweg,JeffHerrick,PederJensen,JoannaKulczycka,IrisLassus,ReidLifset,EevaPrimmer,JeannetteSanchez,HeinzSchandl,NamitaSharma,MarkSwilling,AndersWijkman,BingZhu,MikeAsquith,EliasAyuk,VeredBlass,ShaoFengChen,AkshayJain,AnaJesusandDiogoAparecidoLopesSilva. ThisreportwaswrittenundertheauspicesoftheInternationalResourcePanel(IRP)oftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP).ThanksareextendedtoJanezPotočnikandIzabellaTeixeira,co-chairsoftheIRP,andthemembersoftheIRPanditsSteeringCommittee. TheauthorsarethankfultotheWorkingGroupMembers,especially:AnthonyChiu,PaulEkins,JeffHerrick,JoannaKulczycka,MichaelObersteiner,EevaPrimmer,AnuRamaswami,MarkSwilling,EstervanderVoet,HelgaWeiszandAndersWijkman. TheauthorslikewiseexpresstheirgratitudefortheguidancereceivedbythePolicyResponseDraftingGroupconvenedtosupportdevelopmentofChapter5,including:EliasAyuk,JuliusGatune,MaartenHajer,ReidLifset,LourdesJeannetteSanchezZuritaandBingZhu,aswellastheGROWorkingGroupmembersEevaPrimmer,MarkSwillingandAndersWijkman. Theauthorsarealsothankfultothecontributorsofcountryprofiles(availableatwww.resourcepanel.org):Kwabena O.Asubonteng,EliasAyuk,ChikaAoki-Suzuki,JoannaKulczycka,ViktorasKulionis,PhilipNuss,CássiaUgayaandRanYagasa. TheauthorswouldliketothankRaymondBrandes,GarreteClark,SofieClausen,AndrewFanning,AndreaHinwood,PaoloMarengo,GiulioMattioli,MonaMohammed,JuliaOkatz,FabiennePierre,RulaQalyoubi,JuliaSteinberger,GinaTorregrozaandJinhuaZhangfortheirinputs. TheauthorsarethankfultotheReviewEditor,IRPmember,KeisukeNansaiforhisleadershipandsupportintheexternalreviewprocess.TheyarealsogratefulfortheExternalExpertReviewprovidedbyMeganCole,IchirDaigo,DamienGiurco,RyuKoide,DiagoAparecidoLopesSilva,PaulLucas,KateMeyer,ShinsukeMurakami,RüdigerSchaldach,JyriSeppälä,TomohiroTasaki,CarlosAndres TrujilloValencia,FrancescaVerones,HongxiaWang,RanranWangandYutaoWang,andotheranonymousexpertreviewers. Theauthorsalsowishtothank