Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Social Innovation Resources

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Decoupling economic growth from resource use is one of the most critical and complex challenges facing humanity today. Doing so effectively will require policies that create a conducive environment for such change, social and physical infrastructure and markets， and a profound transformation of business practices along global value chains.

Source: United Nations. (2015, September 26). Fostering sustainable economic growth, transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akG_50JwUJQ

General information:

• Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
• Global Waste Management Outlook (UNEP)
• Goal 12: Targets & Indicators
• The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (10YFP)

Consumption Data:

• ECOLEX Environmental Law
• FAOSTAT
• SDG Goals - UN Statistics Division
• World Bank - Global Consumption Database

Global Organization and Goal 12:

• Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)
• Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
• International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
• ITU (United Nations)
• Open SDG Data Hub
• UNEP Resource Efficiency
• United Nations Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Yale School of the Environment: Center for Industrial Ecology

News:

• Goal 12 in the news

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