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.

Updates

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COVID-19 and the Environment

24 Feb 2021

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Towards UNEA-5

23 Feb 2021

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World Wildlife Day

23 Feb 2021

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Plastics and the Environment

23 Feb 2021

Organizations

Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

BRS

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Better Cotton Initiative

BCI

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 | Intergovernmental Organizations

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERN

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Global Footprint Network

Organization | Thematic Platforms

Green Growth Knowledge Partnership

GGKP

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

Group on Earth Observations

GEO

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

International Telecommunication Union

ITU

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

International Trade Center

ITC

Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

UPOV

Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

R20 Regions of Climate Action

R20

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 | 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 Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG

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

Alessandra Roversi

Alessandra Roversi works in Sustainable Consumption and Communications at Biovision Foundation.

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck is a Senior Researcher at the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre.

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 Scheng

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.