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Dematerialization, degrowth, and climate change agenda

Abstract: 
“Dematerialization has many advantages. Even people who maintain that growth may not be feasible or even necessarily desirable—or, at the other end of the political spectrum, deny that global climate change exists—are likely to support measures that improve the efficiency of processes; create lighter, smaller, and less polluting products; and shift to an economy in which products are replaced by services. The international development institutions may want to consider mainstreaming resource efficiency into their development assistance programs.”
Author: 
Michael M. Lokshin
Institution: 
World Bank
Year: 
2021
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Industry Focus: 
Extraction & Processing
Manufacturing
Datatype(s): 
Theory/Definition