Why socio-metabolic studies are central to ecological economics
Global material extraction has tripled since the 1970s, with more than 100 billion tonnes of materials entering the world economy each year. Only 8.6% of this amount is recycled, while 61% ends up as waste and emissions, the leading cause of global warming and large-scale pollution of land, rivers,...
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Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)
2021
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