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Growth in global materials use, GDP and population during the 20th century

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In this paper, the authors present an assessment of the global use of materials since the beginning of the 20th century based on the conceptual and methodological principles of material flow accounting (MFA).
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This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2009-08-15. It has received 944 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Material flow accounting.

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Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry

TL;DR: The main conclusions of an analysis of low-CO2, eco-efficient cement-based materials, carried out by a multi-stakeholder working group initiated by the United Nations Environment Program Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) are presented, based on the white papers published in this special issue as discussed by the authors.
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Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize knowledge and methods to classify and value ecosystem services for urban planning and identify analytical challenges for valuation to inform urban planning in the face of high heterogeneity and fragmentation characterizing urban ecosystems.
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The material footprint of nations.

TL;DR: The most comprehensive and most highly resolved economic input–output framework of the world economy together with a detailed database of global material flows are used to calculate the full material requirements of all countries covering a period of two decades and demonstrate that countries’ use of nondomestic resources is about threefold larger than the physical quantity of traded goods.
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A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

Derek P. Tittensor, +56 more
- 10 Oct 2014 - 
TL;DR: A comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade is provided using 55 indicator data sets and pinpoints the problems and areas that will need the most attention in the next few years.
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Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future

TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options.
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The Anthropocene: are humans now overwhelming the great forces of Nature?

TL;DR: This work uses atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration as a single, simple indicator to track the progression of the Anthropocene, the current epoch in which humans and the authors' societies have become a global geophysical force.
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Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth's terrestrial ecosystems

TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of global HANPP based on vegetation modeling, agricultural and forestry statistics, and geographical information systems data on land use, land cover, and soil degradation that localizes human impact on ecosystems suggests large-scale schemes to substitute biomass for fossil fuels should be viewed cautiously.
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TRENDS '90: A compendium of data on global change

TL;DR: The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIC) as discussed by the authors is a source of frequently used global change data, including estimates for global and national CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and from the production of cement, historical and modern records of atmospheric CO 2 and methane concentrations, and several long-term temperature records.
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The environmentalism of the poor : a study of ecological conflicts and valuation

TL;DR: Martinez-Alier as mentioned in this paper analyzed several manifestations of the growing environmental justice system, and also of popular environmentalism and the "environmentalism of the poor", which will be seen in the coming decades as driving forces in the process to achieve an ecologically sustainable society.
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