DYNAMIX Policy Report Nr. 1

What Creates a Successful Resource Efficiency Policy?

Publication: Policy Brief
Citation: Ecologic Institute, IEEP, Bio Intelligence Services, PSI and IVL (2013). What creates a successful resource efficiency policy? DYNAMIX Policy Brief No. 1. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

Ecologic Institute, IEEP, Bio Intelligence Services, PSI and IVL (2013). What creates a successful resource efficiency policy? DYNAMIX Policy Brief No. 1. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

A Policy Mix Aimed at Reducing Impacts of Agricultural Production and Consumption

Synthesis of Potential Impacts

Year 2016

Publication:Policy Brief

As part of the DYNAMIX project, three policy reports that synthesised the assessments of three policy mixes (a land use policy mix; a metals and materials use policy mix; and an overarching policy mix) were written in order to support the pathway to absolute decoupling in the EU. These policy mixes were designed to specifically address the use of virgin metals, the use of arable land and freshwater, the input of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus and emissions of greenhouse gases. The policy brief is available for download.

An Overarching Policy Mix for Fostering Sustainable Consumption and Production

Synthesis of Potential Impacts

Year 2016

Publication:Policy Brief

A Policy Mix for Dematerialisation

Assessing instruments for metals and materials use reduction

Year 2016

Publication:Newsletter

Ecologic Institute (2012-2016): Decoupling Growth from Resource Use and Its Environmental Impacts (DYNAMIX) Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

Decoupling Growth from Resource Use and Its Environmental Impacts (DYNAMIX) Newsletter

Year 2012 - 2016

Publication:Article

Increasing material use efficiency is important to mitigate future supply risks and minimize environmental impacts associated with the production of materials. The policy mix presented in this paper aims to contribute to reducing the use of virgin metals in the EU by 80% by 2050 without significantly shifting burdens to other material resources, the environmental or other parts of the world. The article, which was written with the collaboration of Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers (Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute), is available for download.

A Systemic and Systematic Approach to the Development of a Policy Mix for Material Resource Efficiency

Year 2016

Publication:Document

This document contains details and additional information about the use and dissemination of foreground developed in the course of the DYNAMIX project. They will be valid for the entire project duration and for three years after termination of the DYNAMIX project for publishing any related project foreground.

Plan for the Use and Dissemination of Foreground (DYNAMIX)

Year 2013

Publication:Article

Prevailing resource use patterns of the global socio-industrial metabolism are unsustainable. For effective resource policies, drivers for such unsustainable resource use and their effects need to be better understood and mapped. In the context of the FP7 research project DYNAMIX, Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers and co-authors identified by means of meta-analysis a set of ten driver categories that affect unsustainable resource use.

Key Drivers for Unsustainable Resource Use

Categories, Effects and Policy Pointers

Year 2015

Publication:Infographic

This infographic was developed within the project "DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)". It proposes to reframe the decoupling concept and thus presents a key assumption developed in DYNAMIX. Different versions of the infographic were developed for use in online and print media, as well as a version with reduced text for PowerPoint presentations.

Decoupling Concepts

Year 2013

Publication:Infographic

This infographic was developed within the project "DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)". It communicates 5 key targets regarding resource use and visualizes that there are different pathways to an economy that respects planetary boundaries. Different versions of the infographic were developed for use in online and print media, as well as a version with reduced text for PowerPoint presentations.

Respecting Planetary Boundaries

EU policy pathways to DYNAMIX 2050 vision

Year 2013

Language: English
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Year: 2014
Dimension: 5 pp.
Project: DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)
Project ID: 2714
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1. Investigating what works
2. Seeing the inefficiencies
3. What did we learn about successful and ineffective policy - mixes?
4. Auhtors and References
Keywords: Agriculture

Biodiversity

Consumer Policy

EU

resource consumption, absolute decoupling, sustainable development, Europe, land use, freshwater use, virgin metals, nutrients, emissions, sustainable consumption, sustainable production, dematerialization, policy brief, assessment.

Further Links

Ecologic project website: Dynamix

ProjectFP 7DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)

At the end of March 2016, the European Union FP7 research project DYNAMIX came to a close. DYNAMIX aimed at proposing policy mixes that can foster shifting the EU onto a pathway where its resource use and the associated environmental impacts decline in absolute terms... Read more

DYNAmic policy MIXes for Absolute Decoupling of Environmental Impact of EU Resource Use from Economic Growth (DYNAMIX)

Duration: Sep 2012 - Mar 2016
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International

NewsDYNAMIX Policy Briefs on Absolute Decoupling in the EU

PublicationPolicy BriefAn Overarching Policy Mix for Fostering Sustainable Consumption and Production

DYNAMIX Policy Report Nr. 4

Hirschnitz-Garbers, Martin (2016): A policy mix for sustainable consumption and production. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 4. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

PublicationPolicy BriefA Policy Mix Aimed at Reducing Impacts of Agricultural Production and Consumption

DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 2

Hinzmann, Mandy (2016): A policy mix aimed at reducing impacts of agricultural production and consumption. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 2. Berlin: Ecologic Institute

PublicationPolicy BriefA Policy Mix for Dematerialisation

DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 3

Langsdorf, Susanne (2016): A policy mix for dematerialisation. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 3. Berlin: Ecologic Institute

PublicationArticleA Systemic and Systematic Approach to the Development of a Policy Mix for Material Resource Efficiency

| Quelle: Ekvall, T. et. al. (2016): Development of DYNAMIX Policy Mixes – Deliverable D4.2, revised version. Gothenburg, Sweden: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.

Ekvall, T., Hirschnitz-Garbers, M., Eboli, F. and Śniegocki, A. (2016). A Systemic and Systematic Approach to the Development of a Policy Mix for Material Resource Efficiency. Sustainability 2016, 8(4), 373; doi:10.3390/su8040373.