World Resources Forum 2017 Key Messages DR. MATHIAS SCHLUEP, PROGRAM DIRECTOR WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 1 Key Messages I 1. Accelerating the Resource Revolution is a multi-stakeholder challenge. Cooperating for resource-efficiency and decoupling is key. Science is essential for understanding the challenges in a systemic way, and communicating the solutions to society. 2. Sustainable Developments Goals and Paris Climate Agenda are calls for action. Rather than physical resource scarcity, climate change and poverty are the main challenges. Stop using and investing in coal, oil and gas. Make sure that resource productivity can help achieve the goals. Carbon-free products and housing need to be promoted. Better resource management can also bring about biodiversity conservation 3. Appropriate governance and leadership are essential to sustainable development. Waiting for economic development before protecting the environment is flawed thinking. We must grow without waste. To be considered: a UN convention on raw material resource efficiency, or other global agreements and rules. WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 2 Key Messages II 4. Transition to a circular economy is an important business opportunity. Metals and cement industries are, among other sectors, well placed for playing a role. Social dimension needs to be taken into account. An overarching policy framework on circular economy is needed to create a level playing field and allow internalization of costs. Secondary raw materials need to be cheaper than primary raw materials. 5. Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and product sustainability information can have a big impact and help scale up the circular economy. 6. Circular economy principles and rethinking and redesigning global plastic flows will reduce impacts on our oceans and health. WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 3 Key Messages III 7. Cooperation and partnerships with private sector are essential for making progress, provided that there are supportive legal and financial frameworks, and reliable key performance indicators. 8. There is no guarantee that good science will get uptake from policymakers. One needs to create its own demand. ”Science needs to ‘sell the sizzle not the sausage’: focus on the functional, emotional and social benefits for decision-makers and society at large. 9. Accurate, relevant and empowering science builds trust. Transparency and humility important for improving the relation between science and society. WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 4 SCIENTIFIC AWARDS Sonia Valdivia (Program Manager, WRF) Christian Ludwig (Group Head, Paul Scherrer Institute and EPFL) BEST SCIENTIFIC POSTER AWARD ICT for SDG2 – Reincarnating processes for a healthier world Harini Swaminathan Christian Ludwig Sonia Valdivia Xaver Edelmann Bas de Leeuw Chair Vice-Chair President Managing Director Scientific Committee WRF Scientific Committee WRF WRF WRF BEST SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD Resource Efficiency for a Circular Economy Raw Material Flow in Informal Sectors in India Lakshmi Raghupathy Christian Ludwig Sonia Valdivia Xaver Edelmann Bas de Leeuw Chair Vice-Chair President Managing Director Scientific Committee WRF Scientific Committee WRF WRF WRF BEST SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD Sustainable Construction and Smart Cities The Global Urban Metabolism Database Joao Meirelles Christian Ludwig Sonia Valdivia Xaver Edelmann Bas de Leeuw Chair Vice-Chair President Managing Director Scientific Committee WRF Scientific Committee WRF WRF WRF BEST SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD Renewable and Eco-efficient Energy Life cycle thinking for energy and urban sustainability assessment profiles in Guatemala Edgar Eduardo Sacayón Christian Ludwig Sonia Valdivia Xaver Edelmann Bas de Leeuw Chair Vice-Chair President Managing Director Scientific Committee WRF Scientific Committee WRF WRF WRF Scientific Contributions BOOSTING RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES – PRODUCTIVITY by Sustainable Targets, Adopting the Circular Technologies, Lifestyles Economy and Governance Christian Ludwig and Christian Ludwig, Cecilia Cecilia Matasci (Eds.) Matasci, Xaver Edelmann (Eds.) 2017 2015 ISBN 9783952140970 ISBN 9783952140963 WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 10 World Resources Forum 2017 Concluding Remarks DR. XAVER EDELMANN, PRESIDENT WORLD RESOURCES FORUM WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 11 I. Thanks to • Plenary Speakers • Professor Christian Ludwig, Professor Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Chair and Co-Chair • Scientific Committee Members • Session Chair Persons • Workshop Moderators, Organizers and Contributors • Authors of Posters • Board of the World Resources Forum Association • More than 400 participants from 50 countries WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 12 II. Thanks to our WRF2017 Partners WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 13 III. Thanks to the WRF Team • Bas de Leeuw, WRF Managing Director • Maria Lucia Hijar, Project Manager of the WRF2017 Conference with Team: Maria Sureda, Nicole Nussbaumer, Soner Avci, Thad Mermer, Rafael Widmer • Dr. Cecilia Matasci, Scientific Officer • SRI Team: Dr. Mathias Schluep, Dr. Sonia Valdivia, Anna-Katarina Hagedorn • Robert Stürmer, Associate Photographer WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 14 IV. Thanks to our Support Team • CICG Support Team (Cécilia Abramowitz, François Dricourt and everybody involved) • Volunteers (Sandra Müller, David Turner, Ankit Aggarwal, Catherine Guzman, Eya Damergi , Debora Foppiano, Cui Zhimin, Arthur Haarman, Gisela Herlein, Ruweyda Stillhart, Šana Rajković) • Reporting Team (Sandra Mendez, Phillip Strothmann, Claudia Frisch, Catalina Giraldo, Katharina Kummer) WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 15 V. CO2 Emissions Offset • 534 t CO2 emitted by conference participants were compensated via South Pole Group • Emissions offset though the Bac Lieu Windfarm Project in Vietnam WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 16 Impressions from WRF2017 WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 17 Impressions from WRF2017 WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 18 Impressions from WRF2017 WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 19 VI. Outlook Thank you for making WRF 2017 a success! See you again at the: European Resources Forum, 27 to 28 November 2018 in Berlin World Resources Forum, 24 to 27 February 2019 in …??? WORLD RESOURCES FORUM 20 World Resources Forum 24-27 February 2019 Welcome in Antwerp! Welcome in Flanders! Lieze Cloots – Head of International Policy Unit Jan Verheyen – Head of Press & Communication Unit Welcome in Flanders! • Public Waste Agency of Flanders • Competent authority for waste, materials and soil management in the Flanders region of Belgium • 35 years of expertise • One of Europe’s top recycling regions • Dense network of local, industrial and societal partners • High ambitions on achieving a circular economy 8/11/2017 │ 22 Welcome in Antwerp! 8/11/2017 │ 23 8/11/2017 │ 24 Welcome in Flanders Meeting & Conference Center- A room with a Zoo! Save the date: Sunday 24th – Wednesday 27th of February 2019 We hope to see you there! Thank You! See you soon! Lieze Cloots Jan Verheyen Government of Flanders Public Waste Agency of Flanders Stationsstraat 110 2800 Mechelen, Belgium T: 015 284 284 F: 015 203 275 www.ovam.be [email protected] VII. Goodbye, have a safe trip home! 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