Welcome to CSCP
The Centre provides scientific support to activities undertaken by UNEP and other organisations in the field of SCP. This support includes the development, testing, implementation and monitoring of concrete projects, especially in developing countries, which enables these countries to leapfrog to sustainable consumption and production patterns using life cycle thinking and regional perspectives as guiding principles.
Read the CSCP Vision and Development 2009/2010 (pdf; 0,25 MB).
LATEST NEWS
14th Eine-Welt-Netz Regional Conference – Solingen, Germany, 5th-6th March 2010
Apocalypse Now or Sustainable Gross National Happiness? - Good ideas in turbulent times
Today, humanity stands at a crossroad: are the apocalyptic prognosis right or do we manage to limit the global warming still in time by utilising global resources and living in a more sustainable way? Can we still hope for a peaceful, fair, ecologically and economically stable future? If so, how should this challenge be handled?
This year’s regional conference of the German association Eine-Welt-Netz will deal explicitly with the capabilities of our civilization to guarantee its future. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and look upon this central question from different angel [...] Read more
Save the Date: SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption
The CSCP will act as a co-organiser at the SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption on 15-16 June 2010 in Nürnberg, Germany.
In the biodiversity year of the United Nations (2010) the conference will focus on entrepreneurial solutions for biodiversity issues. Programme topics include:
• Business and biodiversity
• Certification and verification
• New business models and social entrepreneurship
• Lifestyle and consumption
• Offset programs and biodiversity protection
• Public Private Partnerships
Representatives from key international organisations, multinational, medium and small sized enterprises, NGOs, politicians, certifiers, media a [...] Read more
Reducing Poverty through SCP – International Conference to address the links
In today’s world there are over 1,2 billion people living from less then 1 US$ per day. The poor people are highly dependent on their environment and eco-system to generate their income. Reducing poverty in most cases means to expand consumption and production, which is linked to exploiting the natural resources and therefore harms the ecosystem. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) can break this cycle by taking these issues into account and therefore contribute to overcoming poverty. However, companies have to understand the markets and find ways on how to create value and meet the needs of the costumers in a sustainable way.
The "Impact of Base-of-the-Pyramid Ventures" [...] Read more
Recent Publications
Satisfying Basic Needs
Respecting the Earth's Limits
A Key Solution to Climate Change: SCP
Making the Link (2009)
Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption
DGCN Publication: Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption (2009)
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Study on Eco-Innovation
Putting the EU on the path to a resource and energy efficient (2009)
