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
How can civil society organisations further their activities on SCP? What new insights can research gain on how to support CSOs? How to foster knowledge transfer between CSOs and researchers?
Numerous ideas and answers to these questions were discussed and identified at a support workshop organised by the Action Town project for civil society organisations (CSOs) active in the field of SCP. The workshop took place early February 2010 in Vienna, Austria, with participants from a selected group from civil society organisations working on SCP as well as academics and researchers working with policy instruments, assessment tools and indicators for SCP. An overview as well as more details of the outcomes are now available for download in the workshop report.
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 [...] 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 [...] Read more
Recent Publications
Integrating Sustainability Themes into Media
Tools for the Public Sector (2010)
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Satisfying Basic Needs
Respecting the Earth's Limits (2009)
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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