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In general terms, describes the overarching goals of decoupling, increasing human well-being and economic growth while lowering the amount of resources required and negative environmental impacts associated with resource use. Source: International Resource Panel glossary (2021).), available at https://www.resourcepanel.org/glossary.* *This term is included in the glossary of key terms prepared for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, under the category 'Terms used in Environment Assembly resolution 5/14 that have definitions adopted or endorsed by an intergovernmental process'. See UNEP/PP/INC.1/6. 

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