DESIRE (Development of a System of Indicators for a Resource efficient Europe)

Type Research Project

Funding Bodies
  • EU - European Commission

Duration Oct. 1, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2016

http://fp7desire.eu/
  • Institute for Ecological Economics IN (Details)

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Abstract (German)

DESIRE develops and applies an optimal set of indicators to monitor European progress towards resource-efficiency. A combination of time series of environmentally extended input output data (EE IO) and the DPSIR framework to construct the indicator set is proposed. This approach will use a single data set that allows for consistent construction of resource efficiency indicators capturing the EU, country, sector and product group level, and the production and consumption perspective including impacts outside the EU. The project significantly contributes to the further development of multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis.
Role and responsibilities of the WU team in the project:
• Analysis of resource efficiency policies
• Development of an indicator framework for resource efficiency
• Calculate material and land footprint indicators with MRIO methods

Abstract (English)

DESIRE develops and applies an optimal set of indicators to monitor European progress towards resource-efficiency. A combination of time series of environmentally extended input output data (EE IO) and the DPSIR framework to construct the indicator set is proposed. This approach will use a single data set that allows for consistent construction of resource efficiency indicators capturing the EU, country, sector and product group level, and the production and consumption perspective including impacts outside the EU. The project significantly contributes to the further development of multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis.
Role and responsibilities of the WU team in the project:
• Analysis of resource efficiency policies
• Development of an indicator framework for resource efficiency
• Calculate material and land footprint indicators with MRIO methods

Partners

  • Commission of the European Communities - European Union

Publications

Journal article

2019 Marques, Alexandra, Martins, Ines, Kastner, Thomas, Plutzar, Christoph, Theurl, Michaela, Eisenmenger, Nina, Huijbregts, Mark, Wood, Richard, Stadler, Konstantin, Bruckner, Martin, Canelas, Joana, Hilbers, Jelle, Tukker, Arnold, Erb, Karlheinz, Pereira, Henrique. 2019. Increasing impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration driven by population and economic growth. Nature Ecology & Evolution. (Details)
2018 Wood, Richard, Stadler, Konstantin, Simas, Moana, Bulavskaya, Tatyana, Giljum, Stefan, Lutter, Franz Stephan, Tukker, Arnold. 2018. Growth in Environmental Footprints and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Resource Efficiency Indicators from EXIOBASE3. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22 (3), 553-564. open access (Details)
  Tukker, Arnold, Giljum, Stefan, Wood, Richard. 2018. Recent Progress in Assessment of Resource Efficiency and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: An Introduction to this Special Issue. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22 (3), 489-501. open access (Details)
  Tukker, Arnold, de Koning, Arjan, Owen, Anne, Lutter, Franz Stephan, Bruckner, Martin, Giljum, Stefan, Stadler, Konstantin, Wood, Richard, Hoekstra, Rutger. 2018. Towards Robust, Authoritative Assessments of Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Current State and Recommendations. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22 (3), 585-598. open access (Details)
2015 Bruckner, Martin, Fischer, Günther, Tramberend, Sylvia, Giljum, Stefan. 2015. Measuring telecouplings in the global land system: A review and comparative evaluation of land footprint accounting methods. Ecological Economics 114, 11-21. open access (Details)

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