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TO REGISTER: Webinar on Raw Material Consumption and a European target for resource efficiency
Webinars on resource efficiency policies and instruments are organized by the EEA and the ETC/WMGE for the Eionet network, to support exchange of information and sharing of experience. Their main objective is to keep countries informed about upcoming EU policy initiatives on the one hand, as well as to provide a forum where countries themselves can present examples of policy initiatives which they adopt under the heading of resource efficiency.
Raw Material Consumption was recently identified as a candidate for indicator to measure resource productivity. The European Resource Efficiency Platform called for the adoption of a target based on RMC to encourage further action. In October 2014 the Council of the European Union embraced that recommendation and stressed that such a target “would provide the much needed link between the measures dealing with economic policies and those addressing natural resource challenges.”
Eurostat has developed a model to estimate the raw material equivalents (RME) of imported and exported goods for the aggregated EU-27 economy (i.e. extra-EU trade). For 2012, Eurostat estimates the exports in RME to amount to 4.6 tonnes per capita which is almost four times the simple weight of exported products. The import of goods in RME is estimated at 7.2 tonnes per capita which is over twice as much as the simple weight of imported products. While Eurostat has compiled RMC time series for the EU27, it is currently envisaged that national statistical offices will compile national RME and RMC data (in the interim continuing to use DMC to monitor resource productivity). At present, six countries are working to develop - on a pilot basis – RME and RMC national figures. They are: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
The webinar will begin with a policy update by Mr. Werner Bosmans from the European Commission, covering recent initiatives and outlook for the theme of resource efficiency and circular economy, and in particular discussions related to resource productivity indicators and a target. This will be followed by a presentation by Mr. Stephan Moll from Eurostat, who will introduce the concept of raw material equivalents and the Raw Material Consumption indicator, discuss its policy significance and reflect on trends that emerge when using RMC and DMC. Finally, Mr. Harry Lehmann from UBA will present experience in Germany with using RMC for guiding resource efficiency policies.
| Period | 05/12/2014, 11:30 - 05/12/2014, 13:00 |
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| Organization/Building/Room | EEA |
| Contact person | Marco Veneziani |
| Release date | 18/11/2014 |
| Contributor | venezmar (disabled) |
| Keywords | webinar; RMC; resource efficiency |
