SDG12: Responsible consumption and production
Consumption and production patterns are not currently sustainable: water and land use, greenhouse gases emissions, waste generation and management, as well as of disposal of toxic waste are still having enormous ecological footprints. Achieving this objective requires bold action to halve food waste, to ensure the sound management of chemical waste, to curb wasteful consumption, and to promote green tourism.
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Organizations
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Biovision Foundation
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Global Footprint Network
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
International Organization for Standardization
ISO
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
UPOV
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Organization | Thematic Platforms
SDG Lab
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Aarhus Convention
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
EIA Convention
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
UNEP Resources and Markets Branch
Organization | Thematic Platforms
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
UN-REDD
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCTAD
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Development Programme Office in Geneva
UNDP
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNITAR
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRISD
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD
Experts
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck is a Senior Researcher at the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre and Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Charlotte Pavageau
Charlotte Pavageau works as an advocacy and policy at Biovision Foundation.
Felix Wertli
Felix Wertli is the Head of the Global Affairs Section of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
Fulai Sheng
Sheng Fulai is the Head of the Economic and Trade Policy Unit at UNEP Resources and Markets Branch.
Isabella Marras
Isabella Marras is the Coordinator of SUN Facility at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Jacqueline Alvarez
Jacqueline Alvarez is the Head of Knowledge and Risk Unit at UNEP's Chemicals and Health Branch.
João Sousa
João Sousa is the Senior Programme Officer of Marine Plastics, Global Marine and Polar Programme at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Liesbeth Casier
Liesbeth Casier is a Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Martine Rohn-Brossard
Martine Rohn-Brossard is the Head of Europe, Trade and Development Cooperation Section and Deputy Head of International Affairs Division of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment.
Nalini Sharma
Nalini Sharma is the Senior Coordinator of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker is the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Steven Stone
Steven Stone is the Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Teresa Moreira
Teresa Moreira is the Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).Events
Event | Exhibition
Plastic Waste Partnership Photography Exhibit | Plastic is Forever
03 – 29 Jul 2021
Rotonde du Mont-Blanc
BRS
Event | Virtual
Celebrating 20 years of the Stockholm Convention: looking into the next 20 years | BRS COPs Side Event
27 Jul 2021 14:00 – 15:00
Online
BRS
Event | Virtual
Strengthening Food Systems Transformation Through Agroecology
27 Jul 2021 19:30
Online
Biovision Foundation
Event | Virtual
Introduction to the new website | Minamata Online 2
16 Aug 2021 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
Mercury in the Southern Hemisphere | Minamata Online 2
23 Aug 2021 11:00 – 12:30
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Body Meeting
Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
01 – 02 Sep 2021
Germany
Event | Virtual
Information session on the proposals to amend Annexes A and B of the Convention | Minamata Online 2
01 Sep 2021 13:00 – 14:30
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
Plastique et climat, même combat? | Alternatiba Léman
01 Sep 2021 19:45 – 20:45
Maison Internationale des Associations | Salle Rachel Carson & Online
Event | Virtual
Getting prepared for full National Reports | Minamata Online 2
07 Sep 2021 13:00 – 14:00
Online
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
EMG Nexus Dialogue | Sustainable Recovery through Sustainable Fashion: A Focus on the Environmental Dimensions
07 Sep 2021 14:00
Online | Zoom
UN EMG
Event | Virtual
Reporting guidance and online reporting tool, part 1 | Minamata Online 2
14 Sep 2021 13:00 – 14:00
Online
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
Global distribution of ASGM practices and emissions, with focus on Africa | Minamata Online 2
22 Sep 2021 14:30 – 16:00
Online
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
40 days to go on National Reports: Check-in on any questions | Minamata Online 2
22 Nov 2021 09:00 – 16:00
Online
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Learning
Learning | Course in Geneva
CAS | Développement durable: horizon 2030
01 Feb – 30 Nov 2021
Université de Genève
UNIGE
Learning | Online Course
Sustainability Transitions & Resilience: Design, Diplomacy and Data
06 – 17 Sep 2021
UNIGE
Learning | Online Course
International Executive Programme on Sustainable Sourcing & Trade
08 Sep – 14 Oct 2021
ITC
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
InforMEA
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
InforMEA
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course to the International Legal Framework on Ozone Depletion
InforMEA
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course on the International Legal Framework on Transboundary Air Pollution
InforMEA
Publications
Publication | Reports
An Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
2020
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Publication | Reports
An Assessment of Options for Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface at the International Level for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
2020
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Publication | Reports
Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change
2020
ITU
Jobs
Job | Consultant
Environmental Sustainability Consultant | Green to Compete Programme
30 Jul 2021
ITC
Job | Consultant
PRB Capacity on Target Setting Roadmap Consultant (Biodiversity, Resource Efficiency, Circular Economy, Pollution)
03 Aug 2021
UNEP FI
