DYNAMIX aim was to identify dynamic and robust policy mixes that can lead to decoupling the environmental impact of EU resource use from economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To do so, the project team tackled four main sets of questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Where do inefficiencies in resource use and resource policies currently occur? What are the underlying drivers? Are there any examples of policy mixes successfully tackling these inefficiencies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. How do underlying paradigms affect resource use? How can new paradigms (e.g. cradle to cradle or product to services) be translated into concrete policy making?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. What could be three to five most promising policy mixes for achieving absolute decoupling? What potential impacts can we see as a result of state-of-the-art environmental and economic modelling and qualitative analysis, including an analysis of factors influencing human behaviour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. How can we initiate mutual and lasting learning processes with policy-makers, practitioners and other experts to improve our work toward a resource-efficient EU?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project resulted in clear policy recommendations to provide EU and national policy-makers with tangible support towards implementing powerful resource efficiency policies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The paper has received funding from the European Union\u2019s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 308674 and from the scientific budget for the years 2012-2015 for supporting co-financed projects. Usual disclaimers apply. All errors are ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2459,"template":"","research_category":[140],"class_list":["post-2702","research","type-research","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","research_category-archive-project"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n