The European economy needs huge amounts of resources to function. Apart from consuming minerals, metals, concrete and wood, Europe burns fossil fuels and uses land to satisfy the needs of its citizens. Demand for materials is so intense that between 20 and 30 % of the resources we use are now...

This technical report, prepared within the broad framework of EEA work on environmental accounts, presents and describes the tool of environmentally‑extended input-output analysis and illustrates its potential uses. The analysis was conducted by the European Topic Centre on Sustainable...