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Contributions to European Actions for sustainable energy use
The CSCP prepared a background paper entitled "Sustainable Energy Consumption" for the European Conference under the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). This event took place in Berlin on 13-14 December 2005 with attendance of 70 experts from around Europe. Aiming to move the Marrakech Process forward by concretising actions in European countries, the participants focused on SCP in the field of energy use, and shared information on ongoing activities and identify priority areas as well as potential gaps in policies and tools. The background paper provides an outline of the technical and economic potential for making energy consumption sustainable an [...] Read more
Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer opens the CSCP
The "UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production" (CSCP) started with an opening ceremony and a press conference on 25 November 2005. Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of UNEP, and Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke, President of the Wuppertal Institute, signed the Memorandum of Foundation. “We should not be afraid to wish that everyone in the world became a consumer. The poor need more than food and shelter. They ultimately need to be able to make choices for their material and immaterial well being, just like we all can do so. This is of course an enormous task. We call it the challenge of sustainable consumption and production. And not [...] Read more
Linking SCP to poverty alleviation
The integration of SCP into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers will at the focus of a guidance document currently being under development by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the CSCP.
The paper will lay the basis for implementation pilot projects undertaken by UNEP. Read more
Support for Costa Rica meeting
Among its first activities, the CSCP was involved in writing the Discussion Paper serving as the background document to the 2nd International Expert Meeting on The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production. This major event of the Marrakech process took place in San José, Costa Rica, from the 5th to the 8th of September 2005.
Titled "Making the Marrakech process work", the discussion paper gives an outline of recent developments in SCP activities worldwide. The paper was jointly prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Division for Sustainable Development of UN-DESA, and the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre [...] Read more
CSCP starting off
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Wuppertal Institute (WI) have established the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP). This new organisation is supported by the Business and Employment Support Agency, Wuppertal, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry for Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. The CSCP is a member of the international family of UNEP collaborating centres i.e. the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), the Global Resource Info [...] Read more
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