Global Resources Outlook 2024

Outlook to 2060 for land, water and materials (biomass*, fossil fuels, metals and nonmetallic minerals), using two scenarios.

* Crops, grazed biomass, fodder crops, wood, wild catch and harvest.

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Contents

  1. Introduction – Transformation in resource consumption and production is possible and requires immediate and decisive action.
  2. Drivers, pressures, and natural resource use trends.
  3. Given that resource use is driving the triple planetary crisis, sustainable resource management is urgently needed.
  4. Scenario outlook.
  5. Call to action for sustainable resource use – Sustainable prosperity only possible with immediate transformative action.

Scenarios

  1. Historical trends.
  2. Sustainability transition.