Bungwe la United Nations (UN) latulutsa lipoti lomwe likuwonetsa kuti zomangamanga zamatawuni zobiriwira zitha kupititsa patsogolo chuma komanso kugwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe zochepa.
Lipoti la 'City-Level Decoup-ling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions' linaphatikizapo milandu makumi atatu yosonyeza ubwino wokhala wobiriwira. Lipotilo linalembedwa m’chaka cha 2011 ndi Bungwe la International Resource Panel (IRP), lomwe limayendetsedwa ndi UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Zomwe zapezazi zikuwonetsa kuti kuyika ndalama pazomangamanga zokhazikika komanso matekinoloje ogwira ntchito m'mizinda kumapereka mwayi wopititsa patsogolo chuma, ndikuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, kuchepetsa umphawi, kutsika kwa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha komanso moyo wabwino.