Prof. Paul Ekins
Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
Prof. Paul Ekins is listed as Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. Paul is scheduled to speak at Resourcing Tomorrow 2026 on 3 December 2026.
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About
Paul Ekins has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London and is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London. From 2005-10 was Chairman of the UK’s National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), the country’s most effective initiative at promoting resource efficiency in industry. In 2013 he was appointed to UNEP’s International Resource Panel (IRP), for whom he was lead author of a major report on resource efficiency at the request of the German Government at the G7 Summit in 2015. He was also co-author of the National Government chapter of the UK Chief Scientific Advisor’s 2017 report From Waste to Resource Productivity: Evidence and Case Studies. For the IRP he was also a co-author of its 2020 report on Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century, and was coordinating lead author of the IRP report Financing the Responsible Extraction of Energy Transition Minerals for Sustainable Development, pu