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Foreword; Contents; Part I: Challenges; Chapter 1: Factor X - 25 Years - "Factor X Concept" Is Essential for Achieving Sustainable Development; 1.1 The Beginning - A Systemic Approach to "Earth Systems Policy"; 1.2 How Big Is the X? - "An Eco Safety Factor"; 1.3 Today's Options - Rethink, Redesign, Refuse, Repair, Reduce, Remanufacture, Reuse, Remodel, Recycle, Recover and Increase the Lifetime of Products; 1.4 Tomorrow - Urgent Policy Mix for "System Earth"; 1.4.1 Some Indispensable Elements of a Policy Mix Are; 1.4.2 Happiness, a New Leitmotif; References
Chapter 2: Necessities for a Resource Efficient Europe2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Europe's Share; 2.2.1 Measuring Our Consumption: Key for Decision Making; 2.2.2 What Is the European Commission Doing?; 2.2.3 A New Framework for Europe: The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda; 2.2.4 Time to Go Beyond Resource Efficiency; 2.3 Tackling the Root Causes of Overconsumption; 2.3.1 Governance; 2.3.2 Financial Tools; 2.3.2.1 Stop Harmful Subsidies and Tax the Bads, Not the Goods; 2.3.2.2 Public Money Versus Private Money; 2.3.3 Money Makes the World Go Down; 2.3.4 Social Innovation and Behaviour Change
2.3.5 Other Business Models2.3.6 Legal and Regulatory Frameworks; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Global Megatrends and Resource Use - A Systemic Reflection; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Root Cause of Observed Megatrends; 3.3 Megatrends from 2015 and Beyond; 3.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Data, Indicators and Targets for Comprehensive Resource Policies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Resource Accounting and Modelling Methodologies; 4.2.1 Resource Accounting; 4.2.2 Methodologies to Calculate Upstream Resource Flows and Footprints; 4.2.2.1 Bottom-Up Approaches; 4.2.2.2 Top-Down Approaches
4.2.2.3 Mixed Approaches4.2.2.4 Calculations Based on Physical and/or Monetary Units; 4.3 Empirical Trends; 4.4 Decoupling; 4.5 Requirements and Outlook; 4.6 Targets for Sustainable Resource Use?; References; Chapter 5: The Critical Raw Materials Concept: Subjective, Multifactorial and Ever-Developing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods of Criticality Analysis; 5.3 Criticality Analysis According to VDI 4800 II; 5.3.1 Supply Risk: Geological, Technical and Structural Criteria; 5.3.1.1 Static Lifetime; 5.3.1.2 Co-production/Auxiliary Production; 5.3.1.3 Recycling; 5.3.1.4 Logistical Restrictions
5.3.1.5 Restrictions Imposed by Natural Phenomena5.3.2 Supply Risk: Geopolitical and Regulatory Criteria; 5.3.2.1 Concentration of Reserves by Country; 5.3.2.2 Concentration of Production by Country; 5.3.2.3 Geopolitical Risks of Global Production; 5.3.2.4 Regulatory Situation for Raw Material Projects; 5.3.3 Supply Risk: Economic Criteria; 5.3.3.1 Enterprise Concentration of Global Production; 5.3.3.2 Global Demand Impulse; 5.3.3.3 Substitutability; 5.3.3.4 Raw Material Price Volatility; 5.3.4 Interpretation of the Results Using Phosphate as a Case Study; 5.3.4.1 Vulnerability
Chapter 2: Necessities for a Resource Efficient Europe2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Europe's Share; 2.2.1 Measuring Our Consumption: Key for Decision Making; 2.2.2 What Is the European Commission Doing?; 2.2.3 A New Framework for Europe: The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda; 2.2.4 Time to Go Beyond Resource Efficiency; 2.3 Tackling the Root Causes of Overconsumption; 2.3.1 Governance; 2.3.2 Financial Tools; 2.3.2.1 Stop Harmful Subsidies and Tax the Bads, Not the Goods; 2.3.2.2 Public Money Versus Private Money; 2.3.3 Money Makes the World Go Down; 2.3.4 Social Innovation and Behaviour Change
2.3.5 Other Business Models2.3.6 Legal and Regulatory Frameworks; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Global Megatrends and Resource Use - A Systemic Reflection; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Root Cause of Observed Megatrends; 3.3 Megatrends from 2015 and Beyond; 3.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Data, Indicators and Targets for Comprehensive Resource Policies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Resource Accounting and Modelling Methodologies; 4.2.1 Resource Accounting; 4.2.2 Methodologies to Calculate Upstream Resource Flows and Footprints; 4.2.2.1 Bottom-Up Approaches; 4.2.2.2 Top-Down Approaches
4.2.2.3 Mixed Approaches4.2.2.4 Calculations Based on Physical and/or Monetary Units; 4.3 Empirical Trends; 4.4 Decoupling; 4.5 Requirements and Outlook; 4.6 Targets for Sustainable Resource Use?; References; Chapter 5: The Critical Raw Materials Concept: Subjective, Multifactorial and Ever-Developing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods of Criticality Analysis; 5.3 Criticality Analysis According to VDI 4800 II; 5.3.1 Supply Risk: Geological, Technical and Structural Criteria; 5.3.1.1 Static Lifetime; 5.3.1.2 Co-production/Auxiliary Production; 5.3.1.3 Recycling; 5.3.1.4 Logistical Restrictions
5.3.1.5 Restrictions Imposed by Natural Phenomena5.3.2 Supply Risk: Geopolitical and Regulatory Criteria; 5.3.2.1 Concentration of Reserves by Country; 5.3.2.2 Concentration of Production by Country; 5.3.2.3 Geopolitical Risks of Global Production; 5.3.2.4 Regulatory Situation for Raw Material Projects; 5.3.3 Supply Risk: Economic Criteria; 5.3.3.1 Enterprise Concentration of Global Production; 5.3.3.2 Global Demand Impulse; 5.3.3.3 Substitutability; 5.3.3.4 Raw Material Price Volatility; 5.3.4 Interpretation of the Results Using Phosphate as a Case Study; 5.3.4.1 Vulnerability