Core unit 3: Global resource consumption & security

  • Global trends in consumption

Poverty reduction

Trends in consumption

Global patterns & trends for: water, land/food & energy availability & consumption

  • Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption

The water-food-energy nexus

Implications of climate change for the water-food-energy nexus [case study 1]

Disposal & recycling of consumer goods (including international flows of waste)

  • Resource stewardship

Divergent thinking on population & resources

Resource stewardship strategies