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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06 Oct 2022

Call for submissions | Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

05 Oct 2022

Environment @ 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council

05 Oct 2022

Human Rights and the Environment

28 Sep 2022

Plastics and the Environment

Organizations

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

BRS

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Better Cotton Initiative

BCI

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Biovision Foundation

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CITES

Intergovernmental Organizations

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERN

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Global Footprint Network

Thematic Platforms

Green Growth Knowledge Partnership

GGKP

Intergovernmental Organizations

Group on Earth Observations

GEO

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

Intergovernmental Organizations

International Telecommunication Union

ITU

Intergovernmental Organizations

International Trade Center

ITC

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

UPOV

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

R20 Regions of Climate Action

R20

Thematic Platforms

SDG Lab

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Aarhus Convention

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

EIA Convention

Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch

Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Resources and Markets Branch

Thematic Platforms

United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

UN-REDD

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Development Programme Office in Geneva

UNDP Geneva

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE

Thematic Platforms

United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards

UNFSS

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRISD

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WBCSD

Experts

Alastair Macfarlane

Alastair Macfarlane is an International Fisheries Management Expert at the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand

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.

Christophe Bellmann

Christophe Bellmann is the Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).

Claudia Ten Have

Claudia ten Have is a Senior Policy Coordination Officer at Minamata Convention on Mercury Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme.

David Ogden

David Ogden is the Chief of the Governance Branch, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat, at the UN Environment Programme.

Delphine Garin

Delphine Garin is the manager of Plastics & Packaging at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Duarte Bué Alves

Duarte Bué Alves is the Consul General of Portugal in Manchester.

Elisa Tonda

Elisa Tonda is the Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch at the UN Environment Programme, effective 1 September 2022.

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 Senior Programme Management Officer for Interagency Affairs at the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Ivo Mulder

Climate Finance Unit Head, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Jacqueline Alvarez

Jacqueline Alvarez is the Chief of the UNEP Economy Division’s Chemicals and Health Branch, effective 1 October 2022.

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).

Joy Kim

Joy Kim is Programme Officer at UNEP's Economic Research Unit.

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.