strategy
Achieving sustainable production and consumption
Synonyms:
Reducing unsustainable patterns of production and consumption Description:
Focusing on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption.
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends providing for incentives to reduce unsustainable patterns of production and consumption.
Broader:
ChangingDecreasing consumptionBuilding a sustainable societyEnabling planning of future consumption Narrower:
Changing consumption patternsIncreasing sustainable food productionEnsuring sustainable personal consumptionEnsuring sustainable industrial developmentStudying causes of poor consumption practicesProviding new data on consumption requirementsReducing international disparity in the consumption of resourcesAvoiding unsustainable consumption patterns in developing countriesAssessing impact of unsustainable production and consumption patternsPublicizing services supporting sustainable production and consumptionImproving participation of women on sustainable consumption and productionAssessing relationships between production-consumption and sustainable development Facilitates:
Reducing waste Facilitated by:
Monitoring industriesCoordinating production research and developmentExpanding databases on production and consumption patternsAssessing urban energy production and consumption patternsRevealing imbalances in priorities for resource consumptionAssessing costs and financing to change consumption patternsSupporting research on traditional and sustainable production methods Subjects:
Amenities → ConsumptionDesign → Patterns
Development → Sustainable development
Industry → Production
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
