Global Scans · Responsible Consumption and Production · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

• [New] The UAE Water Security Strategy 2036 emphasizes improving efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing infrastructure resilience across water production and distribution systems. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Battery manufacturing capacity is set to more than triple by 2030, while EV production capacity could rise more than tenfold, driven by strong industrial policy and increasing foreign investment, including from China. IEA
• [New] Electricity makes up almost a quarter of total final consumption today and rises rapidly to 2050 across all scenarios: over the next decade alone, demand increases by an amount equivalent to Japan's total electricity generation today. IEA
• [New] The Construction category is expected to exhibit a CAGR of approximately 3.7% over the forecast period, supported by the housing development sector, which accounts for 40% of global concrete consumption. Claight Corporation (Expert Market Research)
• [New] Governments are spending heavily on domestic production, and Forrester expects chip manufacturing scores to rise sharply in several countries by 2030. theregister
• [New] The EVERY Company has agreed a manufacturing expansion with Bulgarian pharmaceutical group Huvepharma that will quadruple production capacity for OvoPro, its precision-fermented ovalbumin protein, following a period of sharp commercial growth. vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
• [New] We expect Asia to maintain its position as the global leader in lithium concentrate production for years to come due to Australia's dominance of absolute global supply. Fitch Solutions
• [New] We expect mineral and metal production growth in most markets in the Asia-Pacific region to continue, although the lower price outlook for some major commodities, including iron ore, will weigh on mining value growth in 2026. Fitch Solutions
• [New] If 2026 production finishes near the May USDA NASS estimate and U.S. tomato product disappearance remains relatively steady, inventories could decline by approximately one to two months before the start of the 2027 crop. Tomato News
• [New] The US-Iran war has wrought wide-ranging disruptions to the Middle East oil and gas sector, collapsing exports and shuttering production. Fitch Solutions
• [New] The expansion of premium cultivars such as RubyRed and Red80 is expected to increase global kiwi consumption, enhance export opportunities, and support long-term revenue growth, positioning the kiwi fruit production for sustained expansion. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Increasing health awareness, expansion of modern retail and e-commerce channels, and rising demand for functional foods are expected to support broader global consumption. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] The UK will invest £50 mn to boost domestic production of critical minerals, in a bid to reduce reliance on increasingly pressurised global supply chains. Emperor
• [New] Low-emissions hydrogen production reached almost 1 Mt in 2025 and is expected to register record growth in 2026, accounting for more than 1% of global production, strongly concentrated in China, Europe and North America. IEA
• [New] One of the key findings: at higher production volumes, hydrogen pipelines become significantly more cost-effective than conventional transmission lines - with up to 28% lower specific CAPEX per ton of green ammonia by 2050. ILF.com
• [New] With a planned annual production of around 26,000 tons of green hydrogen, the production plant in Emden shall contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gases from 2027 on. ILF.com
• [New] Currently, various actors in Alaska's energy sector have warned about the risk that local production will not be sufficient to meet the future needs of homes, industries, and public services. Inspenet
• [New] Tower Semiconductor will invest approximately $3 billion to expand its production capacity for silicon photonics and silicon-germanium semiconductors in Japan. note
• [New] Data centers accounted for approximately 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2024, with their energy demand projected to more than double by 2030. Nature
• [New] Knorr-Bremse is putting a redundant braking and steering architecture into series production in 2027, giving Level 4 trucks a fail-active foundation validated through the ATLAS-L4 project. Self Drive News
• [New] The $50 trillion in annual costs of production currently flowing to wages will then accrue to the owners of AI infrastructure - the companies controlling models, chips, data centers, robotics, energy, metals, and more. Unlimited Hangout
• [New] After an upgrade of the muon source within the framework of the IMPACT project in the coming years, muon beams hundreds of times more powerful will be available (IMPACT stands for: Isotope and Muon Production using Advanced Cyclotron and Target technologies). EurekAlert!

Last updated: 20 July 2026