Eighth Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
May, 2011, Helsinki, Finland

Seventh Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
22-25 November, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

Launch of the Resource Panel report: Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Production and Consumption
2 June, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

• Press release
• Report

Sixth Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
30 May - 1 June, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Side Event on the Resource Panel at the 26th Session of the UNEP Governing Council
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 13.00-14.30, Hibiscus Room

• Building knowledge and partnerships to deliver
  resource efficiency for a green economy (PDF - 57 KB)

Fifth Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
8-11 November 2009, Beijing, People's Republic of China

World Resource Forum
15-16 September 2009, Davos, Switzerland

• Flyer (PDF - 242 KB)

Fourth Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
2-5 June, 2009, Paris, France (By invitation only)

• Introduction to the Resource Panel (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• Terms of Reference (PDF - 1.025 MB)
• Peer Review Guidelines (PDF - 389 KB)

Asia Seminar for Sustainable Resource Management
10-11 March 2009, Tokyo, Japan

• Agenda
• Presentation by Bas de Leeuw, Head of the Secretariat of the Resource Panel
  • "Sustainable Resource Management - Introducing key UNEP activities" (PDF - 476 KB)
• Co-Chair's summary (PDF - 66 KB)

Side Event on the Resource Panel and the Marrakech Process at the 25th Session of the UNEP Governing Council
18 February, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

• Side Event flyer (PDF - 193 KB)
• Agenda (PDF - 181 KB)
• Background paper (PDF - 241 KB)

Third Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
19-21 November 2008, Santa Barbara, USA

The Resource Panel and Steering Committee convened to review work conducted, including the first draft assessment reports of the Working Groups and to come to agreement on the work plan, budget and procedural issues.

• Meeting highlights (PDF - 88 KB)
• Agenda (PDF - 64KB)
• Achieving synergies for resource efficiency - A global perspective (PDF - 1.3MB)
• Introducing the Resource Panel (PDF - 103KB)
• Photo gallery

Metals working group workshop
15-16 August 2008, Yale University, New Haven, USA (by invitation only)

Green Week 2008
3-6 June 2008, Brussels, Belgium

The Green Week 2008 conference was organised by the European Commission and included sessions on the role of the Resource Panel.

• Speech by Angela Cropper, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP
  • "Decoupling Economic Growth from Environmental Degradation - The Crucial Role of Resource Efficiency" (PDF - 28 KB)
• Presentations by Thomas Graedel, Member of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management and Professor, Industrial Ecology, Yale University
  • "Is Sustainable Resource Management Possible?" (PDF - 373 KB)
  • "Are Non-Renewable Resources Critical?" (PDF - 1,1 MB)
• Videostream of the session on identifying priority natural resources, chaired by Bas de Leeuw (UNEP), Head of the Secretariat of the Resource Panel
• Photo gallery

Second Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
19-20 May 2008, Rome, Italy

During the two day meeting, the Resource Panel and Steering Committee convened to review work conducted and to come to agreement on the work plan, budget and procedural issues.

• Meeting highlights (PDF - 85 KB)
• Agenda (PDF - 51 KB)
• Setting Priorities for 2008 - 2009 (PDF - 415 KB)
• Achieving synergies in 2010-2011 (PDF - 424 KB)
• Photo gallery
  

Workshop on the prioritisation of products and resources from an environmental sustainability point of view
25 April 2008, Paris, France (by invitation only)

OECD-UNEP Conference on Resource Efficiency
23-25 April 2008, Paris, France

The joint conference between UNEP and the OECD addressed how improved resource efficiency can reduce the negative environmental impacts of resource extraction, processing, use and disposal, while securing adequate supplies of materials to sustain economic activity.

• Conclusions by the conference co-chairs (PDF - 91 KB)
• Photo gallery

First Meeting and launch of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
on the occasion of the World Science Forum
8-10 November 2007, Budapest, Hungary

• Press release
  
• Background Paper (PDF - 1,6 MB)
  
• Speech by Ms Sylvie Lemmet, UNEP DTIE Director (PDF - 99 KB)
  
• Speech by Mr Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment (PDF - 57 KB)
  
• Meeting Highlights (PDF - 119 KB)
  
• Photo gallery

UNEP International Workshop on Resource Efficiency and the Environment: Identifying Key Resource Flows
25 September 2007, Tokyo, Japan

• Background (PDF - 72 KB)
  
• Agenda (PDF - 97 KB)
  
• List of Participants (PDF - 69 KB)
  
• Summary of Workshop Sessions (PDF - 156 KB)
• Presentations

Special Event at the 24th Session of UNEP Governing Council
8 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

• UNEP Presentation (PDF - 1,33 MB)
  
• EC Presentation (PDF - 1,03 MB)

Pre-Panel Meeting
8 December 2006, Brussels, Belgium

• Pre-Panel Meeting summary report (PDF - 117 KB)

Sustainable Resource Management, Raw Materials Security, Factor-X Resource Productivity
6-7 December 2006, Bruges, Belgium

• Introductory presentation by the College of Europe (PDF - 1,5 MB)
  
• Keynote presentation by the European Commission (PDF - 414 KB)
  
• Keynote presentation by UNEP (PDF - 451 KB)
  
• Results of the survey on the planned Resource Panel by the College of Europe (PDF - 176 KB)