EEA: Resource Efficiency

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report on approaches to resource efficiency in Europe, based on a survey of individual countries’ policies in 31 member and cooperating countries of the EEA network (Eionet). Among the conclusions, the EEA highlights that:
- global environmental impacts of a country's consumption are increasingly the focus of policy debate and initiatives;
- resource efficiency could be strengthened through an increased focus on products (and thus also on consumption); and
- economic instruments should be used to change consumption behavior.