IRP Presentation to U.S. Government Agencies
Agenda
0-5:
Buffer, brief intro to the webinar (Jeff Herrick – USDA-ARS)
5-20:
IRP welcome, objectives, structure, function and brief overview of the Global Resource Outlook (Merlyn Van Voore and Maria Jose Baptista – IRP Secretariat)
20-25:
Clarification questions/comments
25-40:
Highlights of 5 reports that have been recently published or are in preparation by US lead or co-lead authors. Options include:
- Re-defining Value – The Manufacturing Revolution: Remanufacturing, Refurbishment, Repair and Direct Reuse in the Circular Economy (2018 - Nabil Nasr – Rochester Institute of Technology – Lead)
- Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future (2021 - Reid Lifset – Yale – co-lead)
- Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization (2019 – Anu Ramuswami – Princeton - Co-Author)
- Role of Resources in Environmental Displacement and Migration (In preparation – Saleem Ali – U Delaware – lead)
- Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (2019 – Jeff Herrick – USDA-ARS – lead)
40-55:
Questions/discussion