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This is a report on the 2012 launch of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption and the many presentations and discussions which provided the initial foundation of ideas, research and vision for the future work of researchers, practitioners, policymakers and individuals participating in the global transition to… Read More

Leading the Way: Montgomery County Confronts Climate Change outcome document
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Outcome document highlighting discussion points and recommendions from the thematic working groups at the August 14 “mini” summit held as one of the affiliate events of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS). Using the themes for discussion and action from GCAS as a guide, the mini-summit organized on August 14th provided for small group… Read More

Overarching goal
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Statement of support for the UN and member governments to re-affirm the commitment they have voiced over the years to the goal of sustainable production and consumption as one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This statement was prepared by Integrative Strategies Forum for the ICSPAC-GRF Working Group on the SDGs… Read More

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Assessing the range of ecological and socio-economic threats afflicting the planet, the causal chain eventually leads back to various underlying configurations of unsustainable production and consumption practices, policies and systems. Awareness of these drivers and the need to address them has evolved over the past four decades, resulting in… Read More

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Presented at the 1st Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption conference, Rio de Janeiro, June 9, 2012

This paper explores the challenge of mapping the many practices and approaches aimed at achieving sustainable production and consumption (SPC). Over the past forty years an expanding spectrum of actions and… Read More

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ISF, CitNet, NRDC the Baha'is of the U.S. and Canadian organizations WE CANADA and One Earth Initiative Society organized a North American regional consultation at at the UN on March 8, 2011. A successful outcome at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 depended in large part on the contributions of civil society groups… Read More

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Presented at the 18th Session of the United Nations Commission of Sustainable Development, 2010

The 18th UN Commission on Sustainable Development called for a review of progress on the implementation of 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development’s mandate to develop a 10- year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and… Read More