Anthropogenic chemical pollution has the potential to pose one of the largest environmental
threats to humanity, but global understanding of the issue remains fragmented. This article …

We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

Research on the environmental impacts from the global value chain of plastics has typically
focused on the disposal phase, considered most harmful to the environment and human …

Structural reforms are currently the key way to achieve emissions reduction targets. A
comprehensive investigation of the relationship between structural changes and carbon …

We analyze the environmental impact of household consumption in terms of the material,
water, and land‐use requirements, as well as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, associated …

In recent decades economic growth and increased human wellbeing around the globe have
come at the cost of fast growing natural resource use (including materials and energy) and …

The sustainability transformation calls for policies that consider the global consequences of
local lifestyles. We used stakeholders' visions of sustainable lifestyles across Europe to build …

Detailed and comprehensive accounts of waste generation and treatment form the
quantitative basis of designing and assessing policy instruments for a circular economy …

Measuring progress towards sustainable development requires appropriate frameworks and
databases. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) is undergoing …

Abstract The European Union (EU) has proposed in its Resource-efficiency roadmap a
'dashboard of indicators' consisting of four headline indicators for carbon, water, land and …