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Changing Consumption Patterns CommitmentsAgenda 21: Chapter 4 and UN Commission on Sustainable Development

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Contents:

1. Stakeholders: Governments and/or private research and policy institutes with the assistance of regional and international economic

and environmental organizations

1.1 Focusing on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption1.1.1 Activities

1.1.1.1 Data and Information1.1.1.2 International cooperation and coordination

2. Stakeholders: Governments working with appropriate organizations

2.1 Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption patterns2.1.1 Activities

3. Stakeholders: Governments in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups


3.1.1.1 Encouraging greater efficiency in the use of energy and resources3.1.1.2 Assisting individuals and households to make environmentally sound purchasing decisions

4. Stakeholders: Government together with industry, households and the public

4.1 Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption patterns 4.1.1 Activities

4.1.1.1 Minimizing the generation of wastes

5. Stakeholders: Governments and international organizations, together with the private sector


5.1.1.1 Assisting individuals and households to make environmentally soundpurchasing decisions

6. Stakeholders: Governments


6.1.1.1 Exercising leadership through Government purchasing




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7. Stakeholders: Governments and private-sector organizations


7.1.1.1 Reinforcing values that support sustainable development

8. Stakeholders: Governments along with consumers and producers

8.1 Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption patterns8.1.1 Means of implementation

9. Stakeholder: United Nations system9.1.1 Activities

10. Stakeholders: Various organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations, the

secretariats of the various international conventions, and major groups, particularly local authorities, business and industry10.1.1 Activities

11. Stakeholders: Governments, international organizations, legislative bodies, research and scientific institutions, business andindustry, and consumer organizations and other non-governmental organizations

11.1.1 Activities

12. Stakeholder: International institutions12.1.1 Activities

13. Stakeholders: Business and industry13.1.1 Activities

14. Stakeholder: Commission on Sustainable Development

14.1.1 Activities

15. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups15.1.1 Activities

15.1.1.1 Natural resource management and cleaner production

15.1.1.2 Globalisation and its impacts on consumption and production patterns15.1.1.3 Urbanization and its impacts on consumption and production pattern




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1. Stakeholders: Governments and/or private research and policy institutes, with the assistance or regional and international economic and

environmental organizations

1.1 Focusing on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption

1.1 Activities

1.1.1.1 Data and information

Source

Recommendation Target Group

Target Date

Reference

Has the government (and/or private research and policy institutes, with the assistance or regional and international economic and environmental

organizations) expanded or promoted databases on production and consumption and developed methodologies for analysing them?

Agenda 21

Art 4.10 (a)

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?

b.) What was the impact?

c.) How was it measured?

2.) If not: Why not?

Source


Target Date

Reference


organizations) assessed the relationship between production and consumption, environment, technological adaptation and innovation, economic growth and

development, and demographic factors?

Agenda 21

Art 4.10 (b)

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?b.) What was the impact?



Source


Target Date

Reference


organizations) examined the impact of ongoing changes in the structure of modern industrial economies away from material-intensive economic growth?

Agenda 21

Art 4.10 (c)





Source


Target Date

Reference


organizations) considered how economies can grow and prosper while reducing the use of energy and materials and the production of harmful materials?

Agenda 21

Art 4.10 (d)


b.) What was the impact?c.) How was it measured?


Source


Target Date

Reference

Agenda 21

Art 4.10 (e)


organizations) identified balanced patterns of consumption worldwide that the earth can support in the long-term?




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Source


Target Date

Reference


organizations) considered the present concepts of economic growth and the need for new concepts of wealth and prosperity which allow higher standards of living through changed lifestyles and are less dependent on the Earth’s finite resources and more in harmony with the Earth’s carrying capacity.

Has this been reflected in the evolution of new systems of national accounts and other indicators of sustainable development?

Agenda 21

Art 4.11





2. Stakeholders: Governments working with appropriate organizations

2.1 Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption patterns

2.1.1 Activities

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) promoted efficiency in production processes and reduced wasteful consumption in the process

of economic growth, taking into account the development needs of developing countries?

Developing

countries

Agenda 21

Art 4.17 (a)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) developed a domestic policy framework that will encourage a shift to more sustainable patterns

of production and consumption?

Agenda 21

Art 4.17(b)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) reinforced both values that encourage sustainable production and consumption patterns and

policies that encourage the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries?

Developing

countries

Agenda 21

Art 4.17(c)





Source


Target Date

Reference




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Has the government (working with appropriate organizations):

(i) Intensified and expanded their efforts to collect relevant data at the national and subnational levels?

(ii) Undertaken projections and prospective studies so as to better appreciate the consequences of present policy stances and the possible impact

of changing those policies?

CSD II

50



c.) How was it measured?2.) If not: Why not?

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) considered using pricing policies to internalise the costs of risk and damage to the environment,

to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the varying circumstances of developed and developing countries and countries with economies in transition and to

consider reporting on the action taken to the Commission on Sustainable Development in 1997?

GovernmentsCSD II

54





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) made ongoing efforts to introduce mechanisms , particularly in developed countries , to

internalise external costs, especially regarding all greenhouse-gas emissions?

Developed

countries

CSD II

49




Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (working with appropriate organizations) undertaken national and regional studies of environmental, social and economic trends and

damage from present patterns of consumption and production to assess their sustainabili ty and their repercussions on other countries, particularly developing

countries, and on the world economy?

Have the results of these studies helped the government set national priorities to address the most damaging effects of unsustainable consumption patterns and

to assist developing countries to this effect?

Developing

countries

CSD II

53





3. Stakeholders: Governments in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups


3.1.1 Activities

3.1.1.1 Encouraging the greater efficiency in the use of energy and resources




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Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) encouraged the dissemination of existing environmentally sound technologies?Agenda 21

Art 4.18 (a)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) promoted research and development in environmentally sound technologies?Agenda 21

Art 4.18 (b)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) assisted developing countries to use these technologies efficiently and to

develop technologies suited to their particular circumstances?

Developing

countries

Agenda 21

Art 4.18 (c)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) encouraged the environmentally sound use of new and renewable resources of

energy?

Agenda 21

Art 4.18 (d)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) considered measures to achieve the following objectives:

(i) Encouraging greater efficiency in the use of energy and resources ?

(ii) Minimizing waste?

(iii) Assisting individuals and households to make environmentally sound purchasing decisions?

(iv) Exercising leadership through government purchasing?

(v) Moving towards environmentally sound pricing?

(vi) Reinforcing values that support sustainable consumption and production. In this connection, exchange of experience should be encouraged?

CSD II

52





Source


Target Date

Reference

Agenda 21

Art 4.18 (e)

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) encouraged the environmentally sound and sustainable use of renewable natural

resources?




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Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) identified the policy implications of projected trends in consumption and

production patterns?

Have the projections covered, inter alia, resource consumption and associated environmental, social and economic impacts, with particular reference to

developing countries' efforts at meeting basic needs, eradicating poverty and achieving economic growth?

Have such studies built upon the existing work of the United Nations system and other international organizations, and made use of global models designed

to project a number of indicators on environmental stress and its impact on the environment and human health?

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) assessed the impact on developing countries, especially the least developed

countries and small island developing States, of changes in consumption and production in developed countries?

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) evaluated the effectiveness of policy measures intended to change consumption

and production patterns, such as command-and-control, economic and social instruments, government procurement policies and guidelines?

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) elicited time-bound voluntary commitment from countries to make measurable

progress on those sustainable development goals that have an especially high priority at the national level?

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) revised the guidelines for consumer protection?

Developing

countries andsmall island

developing

states

1997CSD III

45





3.1.1.2 Assisting individuals and households to make environmentally sound purchasing decisions

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) encouraged expansion of environmental labelling and other environmentally

related product information programmes designed to assist consumers to make informed choices?

ConsumersAgenda 21

Art 4.21





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) provided information on the consequences of consumption choices and

behaviour so as to encourage demand for environmentally sound products and use of products?

ConsumersAgenda 21

Art 4.22 (a )





Source


Target Date

Reference




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Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) made consumers aware of the health and environmental impacts of products,

through such means as consumer legislation and environmental labelling?

ConsumersAgenda 21

Art 4.22 (b)





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with industry and other relevant groups) encouraged specific consumer-oriented programmes, such as recycling and

deposit/refund system?

ConsumersAgenda 21

Art 4.22 (c)





4. Stakeholders: Governme nts together with industry, households and the public


4.1.1 Activities4.1.1.1 Minimizing the generation of wastes Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (together with industry, household or the public) encouraged recycling in industrial processes and at the consumer level? Industr y and

consumers

Agenda 21

Art 4.19 (a)






Has the government (together with industry, household or the public) reduced wasteful packaging of products?Agenda 21

Art 4.19 (b)





Has the government (together with industry, household or the public) encouraged the introduction of more environmentally sound products?Agenda 21

Art 4.19 (c )








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5 Stakeholders: Governments and international organizations, together with the private sector


5.1.1 Activities

5.1.1.1 Assisting individuals and households to make environmentally sound purchasing decisions Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government and international organizations, together with the private sector, developed criteria and methodologies for the assessment of

environmental impacts and resource requirements throughout the full life cycle of products and processes?

Agenda 21

Art 4.20





6. Stakeholders: Governments


6.1.1 Activities

6.1.1.1 Exercising leadership through Government purchasing Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government reviewed the purchasing policies of agencies and departments so that they may improve, where possible, the environmental content of

government procurement policies, without prejudice to international trade principles?

Agenda 21

Art 4.23






CSD III

31

CSD 19th

Special

Has the government endeavoured to promote the internalisation of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, as appropriate, taking into

account the polluter-pays principle?

Has the government promoted measures to internalise environmental costs and benefits in the price of goods and services, while seeking to avoid potential

negative effects for market access by developing countries, particularly with a view to encouraging the use of environmentally preferable products and

commodities?

Developing

countries




10

Session

28 (a)





Source Recommendation Target Grou p Target Date Reference

Has the government continued to improve their decision-making so as to integrate environmental, economic and social considerations, which involves the use

of a range of different policy approaches and instruments?

Has the potential been recognised for using economic instruments that can both generate revenue for financing sustainable development and send signals to

the market to help change unsustainable consumption and production patterns?

CSD III

32

CSD IV

1 (t)1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Has there been additional substantial efforts and real pr ogress by governments, in particular the developed countries, in changing their unsustaina ble

production and consumption patterns, and in assisting in redressing the present imbalances obtaining between industrialized and developing nations?

Developed

countries

CSD III

33





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas sustainability, including equity concerns, continued to be addressed by the government, the Commission, and other forums in their deliberations on how

changing production and consumption patterns will affect environmental, social and economic conditions in and among countries at all levels of

development?

Has the government taken the lead in changing consumption patterns by improving their own environmental performance with action-oriented policies and

goals on procurement, the management of public facilities and the further integration of environmental concerns into national policy-making developed

countries?

Governments

and the

Commission on

Sustainable

Development

CSD III

34

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (g)






Has there been additional substantial efforts and real progress by States, in particular the developed countries, in changing their unsustainable production and

consumption patterns, and in assisting in redressing the present imbalances obtaining between industrialized and developing nations?

Industrialized

and developing

countries

CSD III

33









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Has sustainability, including equity concerns, continued to be addressed by the government, the Commission, and other forums in their deliberations on how

changing production and consumption patterns will affect environmental, social and economic conditions in and among countries at all levels of

development?

Has the government taken the lead in changing consumption patterns by improving their own environmental performance with action-oriented policies and

goals on procurement, the management of public facilities and the further integration of environmental concerns into national policy-making developed

countries?

Governments

and the

Commission on

Sustainable

Development

CSD III

34

CSD IV

19

th

SpecialSession

28 (g)1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Has the government provided an overall framework, including the regulations, economic incentives and infrastructure required to create the necessary

conditions and facilities for business, industry and households to move towards sustainable production and consumption patterns?

Has the government given balanced consideration to both the demand side and the supply side of the economy in matching environmental concerns and

economic factors?

In this regard, have public awareness campaigns, education and community-based voluntary action contributed to fostering changes in lifestyles?

Has the government encouraged the development and strengthening of educational programmes to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns?

Business,

industry and

households

CSD III

36

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (l)

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (k)





Has the government taken into account the linkages between urbanization and the environmental and developmental effects of consumption and production

patterns in cities, thus promoting more sustainable patterns of urbanization?

Urban

populations

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (e) 1.) If yes: a.) How and When?








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Has the government at all levels, business and industry, and consumers intensified efforts at reducing the energy and material intensities of production and

consumption, through improving energy efficiency, taking energy-saving measures, technological innovations and transfer, increased waste recovery, and

reusing and recycling of materials?

Has the government taken advantage of opportunities for further improving efficiency in resource consumption and for reducing environmentally harmful by-

products of current consumption and production patterns in accordance with national priorities and international agreements, for example, by promoting the

use of renewable energy sources?

Has the government promoted international and national programmes for energy and material efficiency with timetables for their implementation, as

appropriate?

Has attention been given to studies that propose to improve the efficiency of resource use, including consideration of a 10-fold improvement in resource

productivity in industrialized countries in the long term and a possible factor-four increase in industrialized countries in the next two or three decades?

Has further research studied the feasibility of these goals and the practical measures needed for their implementation?

Have relevant bodies adopted measures aimed at assisting developing countries in improving energy and material efficiency through the promotion of their

endogenous capacity-building and economic development with enhanced and effective international support?

Has the government effectively continued efforts to reduce pollution and the generation of waste and increased efforts to promote continuous improvements inthe energy and materials intensities of production and consumption?

Has the government shared information on their experience with such policies, and ensured the full participation of major groups?

Governments

2017-2027

CSD III

35

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (f)

CSD IV

2 (b) 1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Has the government reviewed the purchasing policies of their agencies and departments so that they may improve, where possible, the environmental content

of government procurement policies, without prejudice to international trade principles?

Has the government and intergovernmental organizations, through appropriate mechanisms, exchanged information and experiences consistent with national

laws and regulations in the area of their procurement policies?

CSD III

37





CSD III

42

Has the government emphasized strengthening international cooperation in harmonizing criteria for the setting of voluntary product standards, with due regard

to the specific environmental, social and economic conditions in developing producer/exporting countries, and have they taken into account concerns about

market access and the competitiveness of products and services?

Has the government intensified efforts to encourage the transfer of appropriate technology? Developing

countries




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Has the government continued their efforts at achieving more sustainable patterns of production and consumption, taking into account the particular needs and

conditions of the developing countries?

Has the government continued to take the lead in promoting and achieving more sustainable production and consumption patterns?

Developing

countries

CSD IV

2 (a)






Has the government given more attention, in conjunction with major groups, business and industry, to the role that media, advertising and marketing play in

shaping consumption and production patterns, and reported findings and national experience to the Commission at its fifth session, in 1997?

Has the government encouraged business and industry to develop and apply environmentally sound technology that should aim not only at increasing

competitiveness but also at reducing negative environmental impact?

Business and

industry

1997CSD IV

2 (d)

CSD IV

28 (l)









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Have medium- and long-term studies, been launched to monitor and track the evolution of production and consumption patterns as well as associated

environmental, social and economic impacts, both within and among nations?

Have the studies covered technological innovation and transfer, economic growth and development, and demographic factors?

Have they produced quantifiable and measurable indicators so as to facilitate policy analysis and debate on relevant issues and trends?

Has the government developed core indicators to monitor critical trends in consumption and production patterns, with industrialized countries taking the lead?

In undertaking these studies, has attention been paid to the various effects, including the potential trade effects and in particular the effects on developing

countries and countries with economies in transition, of new measures and policy stances to be adopted in promoting sustainable production and

consumption?

Has the government explored the implications of eco-efficiency for policy development and implementation, in particular in combination with priority

identification and goal-setting?

Has the government fostered a dialogue with relevant non-governmental organizations, for example national consumer organizations, and the business

community?

Has the government facilitated the participation of major groups, in particular non-governmental organizations, women, youth and trade unions, in developing

and implementing policies for promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns?

Has the government identified the best practices through evaluations of policy measures with respect to their environmental effectiveness, efficiency and

implications for social equity, and disseminating such evaluations?

All stakeholder

groups

(especially

NGO’s,

women, youth,and trade

unions)

Developing

countries

NGO’s,

national

consumer

organizations

and the

business

community

CSD III

39

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (c)

CSD IV

2 (c)

CSD IV

2 (h)

CSD IV

19th

Special

Session

28 (d)1.) If yes: a.) How and When?








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Has internalisation of environmental costs been promoted, taking into account the polluter-pays principle, with due regard to the public interest and without

distorting international trade and investment?

Have command-and-control measures and social and economic instruments played a role in changing production and consumption patterns?

Has the government taken into account local and national conditions in designing and implementing such instruments?

Has the government considered introducing economic measures, including tax and subsidies reform designed to reduce negative environmental impacts and

support employment?

Has the government considered shifting the burden of taxation onto unsustainable patterns of production and consumption?

Have such tax reforms included a socially responsible process of reduction and elimination of subsidies to environmentally harmful activities?

Has the government established and implemented policies for the procurement of environmentally sound and otherwise sustainable products and services for

use within governments, and have governments reported to the Commission at its fifth session on their experiences in this regard with a view to their inclusion

in the review to be conducted at the 1997 special session of the General Assembly?

Has the government promoted the role of business in shaping more sustainable patterns of consumption by encouraging, as appropriate, the voluntary

publication of environmental and social assessments of its own activities, taking into account specific country conditions, and actions as an agent of change inthe market, and actions in its role as a major consumer of goods and services?

Business and

governments

1997CSD III

40

CSD IV

SpecialSession

28 (a)

CSD VII

7 (b)

CSD IV

2(g)

CSD IV

Special

Session

28 (b) 1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Has the government promoted efforts aimed at integrating natural resource accounting into standard systems of national accounts?CSD III

41





7. Stakeholders: Governments and private-sector organizations


7.1.1 Activities

7.1.1.1 Reinforcing values that support sustainable development Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference




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Has the government and private-sector organizations promoted more positive attitudes towards sustainable consumption through education, public awareness

programmes and other means, such as positive advertising of products and services that utilize environmentally sound technologies or encourage sustainable

production and consumption patterns?

Agenda 21

Art 4.26





8. Stakeholders: Governments along with consumers and producers


8.1.1 Means of implementation


Has the government along with consumers and producers paid to the significant role played by women and households as consumers and the potential impacts

of their combined purchasing power on the economy?

Consumers,

producers,

women and

households

Agenda 21

Art 4.27




9. Stakeholder: United Nations system

9.1.1 Activities


Has the United Nations system, as well as regional and international organizations, assessed and reported on how they may promote sustainable consumption

and production patterns through their own activities?

Has the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United

Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and OECD, considered undertaking, within existing resources, policy-relevant studies of the possible impacts fordeveloping countries of changes in consumption and production patterns in developed countries?

Has this work focused on the two aspects of:

(i) Assisting Governments in identifying impacts and options for the mitigation of adverse environmental, social and economic impacts?

(ii) Identifying and stimulating new trade and investment opportuniti es?

Developed

countries

CSD II

55

CSD IV

3 (b)








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Has the Secretary-General requested the views of Governments in order to formulate elements of a possible work programme for sustainable consumption and

production patterns by the third session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in 1995?

Has preparatory work included the inter-sessional organization of workshops and other forms of information-exchange on the relative effectiveness of a

spectrum of instruments for changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns in all groups of countries?

Has this been done in continuous consultation with representatives from non-governmental organizations, business and industry from all regions?

Governments,

NGO’s,

business and

industry

1995CSD II

56






Has the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization through their cleaner production centres,

enhanced their support to enterprises, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, in developing countries and countries with economies in transition,

especially in the areas of auditing and certification, loan applications and financing, and the marketing of their products on international markets as well as

dissemination of information on environmentally sound technology and technical know-how?

Developed

countries

CSD VII

10


b.) What was the i mpact?



Source

Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the Secretary-General prepared an analytical report on the use of economic instruments and other policy measures for changing consumption patterns in

developed countries, with special reference to the sectoral issues on the agenda of the Commission at its third session, as an input to the Ad Hoc Open-ended

Working Group on Finance?

Developed

countries

CSD II

57





10. Stakeholders: Various organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations, the secretariats of

the various international conventions, and major groups, particularly local authorities, business and industry

10.1.1 Activities

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHave the various organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations, the secretariats of the various international

conventions, and major groups, particularly local authorities, business and industry, undertaken specific elements of the Commission's work programme on

changing production and consumption patterns?

CSD III

46








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11. Stakeholders: Governments, international organizations, legislative bodies, research and scientific institutions, business and industry, and

consumer organizations and other non-governmental organizations

11.1.1 Activities

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government, international organizations, legislative bodies, research or scientific institution, business or industry, or consumer organization and other

non-governmental organizations joined in concerted efforts to provide comprehensive information son the status of, and changes and projected trends in, the

environment, ecosystems and the natural resources base at the national, regional and global levels?

CSD III

38






Has the government, international organizations, legislative bodies, research or scientific institution, business or industry, or consumer organization and other

non-govern mental organizations supported an appropriate balance in the attention given to both the supply side and the demand side in the context of changing

unsustainable consumption and production patterns?

Have changes in use and consumer lifestyles been applied, especially in industrialized nations?

Industrialized

nations

CSD IV

1(e)







non-governmental organizations undertaken at the international level for the protection and enhancement of the environment that take fully into account the

current imbalances in the global patterns of consumption and production, and that changing consumption patterns will require a multipronged strategy focusing

on demand, meeting the basic needs of the poor, and reducing wastage and the use of finite resources in the production process?

CSD IV

1(j)







non-govern mental organizations supported efficiency in energy use and meas ures to promote the use of renewable energy, and has there been enhanced

international cooperation to support national actions in this regard?

CSD IV

1 (l)





CSD IV

1 (u)


non-governmental organizations stressed the importance of the contribution made by major groups and the private sector towards more sustainable patterns of

consumption and production worldwide?

Major groups




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non-governmental organizations made efforts to change patterns of consumption and production taken into account developing countries' sustainabledevelopment strategies, including economic, social and environmental aspects of growth?

Developing

countries

CSD IV

1 (m)







non-governmental organizations developed measures for changing worldwide consumption and production patterns taken into account, as appropriate, the need

for improved market access, particularly for developing countries and countries with economies in transition, for more sustainably produced goods and

services?

Developing and

transitional

countries

CSD IV

1 (o)






Has the government, international organizations, legislative bodies, research or scientific institution, business or industry, or consumer organization and othernon-governmental organizations used policy instruments proposed by the Commission and supported exchanges of experiences in that field?

CSD IV1 (p)







non-governmental organizations striven to promote sustainable consumption patterns, and have developed countries continued to take the lead in promoting

and achieving more sustainable consumption patterns?

Has progress been achieved by countries, in particular the developed countries, in changing their unsustainable consumption and production patterns and in

assisting to redress the present imbalances between industrialized and developing countries and within themselves?

Developed

countries

CSD IV

1 (q)





CSD IV

1 (r)


non-governmental organizations implemented eco-efficiency as well as product-related strategies been useful in reducing the energy and materials intensities of

production and consumption, and have such concepts as energy and materials intensity, carrying capacity, eco-space and ecological footprints been analysed

for further development and use?




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non-govern mental organizations supported procurement policies that address the issue of the purchase and maintenance of goods and services of hospital andschool equipment and vehicle fleets, and that of the use of environmentally sound products?

Public servicesCSD IV

1 (s)







non-governmental organizations recognised the use of economic instruments that can both generate revenue for financing sustainable development and send

signals to the market to help change unsustainable consumption and production patterns?

International

institutions

CSD IV

1 (t)






Has the government, international organizations, legislative bodies, research or scientific institution, business or industry, or consumer organization and othernon-governmental organizations stressed of the contribution made by major groups and the private sector towards more sustainable patterns of consumption

and production worldwide?

Major groupsand the private

sector

CSD IV1 (u)





12. Stakeholders: International institutions

12.1.1 Activities


CSD IV

3 (a)

Has your international organizations strengthened its work in support of national initiatives by undertaking sound analyses on:

(i) Projected trends in consumption and production patterns and their policy implications?

(ii) The implications of eco-efficiency for policy development?

(iii) The merits and drawbacks of the different types of instruments available to achieve changes in consumption and production patterns?




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Have international institutions supported governments' initiatives to improve their environmental performance, with regard to materials and energy efficiency,

waste management and pollution prevention, procurement and investment policies, and the continued integration of environmental policy with economic andother policies?

Have international organizations used high environmental performance standards in the day-to-day management of their own facilities and operations?

CSD IV

3 (e)





13.Stakeholders: Business and industry

13.1.1 Activities


Has business and industry:

(i) Continued to exercise environmental responsibility, inter alia, by developing and implementing the concept of eco-efficiency, and in

particular to assess its potentials and limitations in terms of achieving sustainable development, without reducing profitability?

(ii) Helped to design optimal mixes of instruments for achieving more sustainable patterns?

(iii) Has special attention been given to the obstacles and opportunities, and the costs and benefits, of implementing voluntary initiatives,

partnerships and agreements, incorporating extended and shared producer responsibility and adopting environmental management systems

such as the International Organization for Standardization series, ISO 14000?

CSD IV4 (c)





14. Stakeholder: Commission on Sustainable Development

14.1.1 Activities


CSD VI

D

Has the Commission on Sustainable Development organized, within existing resources, open-ended consultations among governments and reported thereon to

the Inter-sessional Ad Hoc Working Group for its consideration, having regard to the report of the Secretary-General?




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Has the Commission reported to the Council at its substantive session of 1999 on guidelines for sustainable consumption? 1999CSD VI

E






Have the Commission’s follow-up reports evaluated the performance of command-and-control, social and economic instruments in country-specific situations

with a view to facilitating a better understanding of the policy options that are available to policy makers in all countries?

Policy makers

in

governments

1999CSD VI

19th

Special

Session

28 (f) 1.) If yes: a.) How and When?




15. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups

15.1.1 Activities


Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, further developed and implemented policies

for promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns, including affordable, more eco-efficient consumption and production, through disincentives

for unsustainable practices and incentives for more sustainable practices?

CSD VII

7 (a)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, promoted measures to internalise

environmental costs and benefits in the price of goods and services, while seeking to avoid potential negative effects for market access by developing

countries, particularly with a view to encouraging the use of environmentally preferable products and commodities?

CSD VII

7 (b)









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Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, worked to increase understanding of the

role of advertising and mass media and marketing forces in shaping consumpt ion and production patterns, and enhanced their role in promoting sustainab le

development, inter alia, through voluntary initiatives and agreed guidelines?

Advertising,

media and

marketing

organizations

1999CSD VII

7 (c)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, developed and implemented public

awareness programmes with a focus on consumer education and access to information, in particular addressing youth, through, inter alia, integrating the issue

of sustainable consumption and production into teaching curricula at all levels, as appropriate, and taking into account gender perspectives and the special

concerns of older people?

Older peopleCSD VII

7 (d)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, improved the quality of information

regarding the environmental impact of products and services encouraged the voluntary and transparent use of eco-labelling?

CSD VII

7 (e)





Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, further developed, tested and improved the

preliminary set of indicators for sustainable consumption and production developed under the Commission's work programme, focusing on the practical use of

the indicators for policy development, taking into account the special needs and conditions of developing countries?

Developing

countries

1999CSD VII

7 (f)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, developed and implemented public

awareness programmes with a focus on consumer education and access to information, in particular addressing youth, through, inter alia, integrating the issue

of sustainable consumption and production into teaching curricula at all levels, as appropriate, and taking into account gender perspectives and the special

concerns of older people?

Youth and

older people

CSD VII

7 (g)





CSD VII

7 (h)

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, ensured that implementation of measures

for the above take fully into account the ongoing deliberations in relevant international forums?




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Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, promoted and facilitated the transfer of

technical know-how, environmentally sound technologies and capacity-building for implementation to developing countries, in accordance with chapter 34 of Agenda 21, and also to countries with economies in transition so as to foster more sustainable consumption and production patterns?

Has the private-sector involvement also been encouraged and promoted?

Developing

countries

1999CSD VII

8





15.1.1.1 Natural resource management and cleaner production Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, developed and applied policies to promote

public and private investments in cleaner production and the sustainable use of natural resources, including the transfer of environmentally sound technologies

to developing countries, in accordance with chapter 34 of Agenda 21, and also to countries with economies in transition?

Developing

nations

CSD VII

9 (a)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, collected and disseminated cost-effective

best practice experiences in cleaner production and environmental management?

CSD VII

9 (b)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, undertaken further analysis of the costs and

benefits of demand-side management, and where there is still insufficient information, of supply-side management, including cleaner production and eco-

efficiency, and assessed the positive and negative impacts on developing and developed countries and countries with economies in transition?

Developing

and developed

counties and

counties with

economies in

transition

1999CSD VII

9 (c)









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Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, further developed and implemented, as

appropriate, cleaner production and eco-efficiency policy approaches, through, inter alia, environmental management systems, integrated product policies, life-

cycle management, labelling schemes and performance reporting, and in this context, taken fully into account the national circumstances and needs of the

developing countries as well as the relevant ongoing deliberations of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade and the Committee on Trade and

Environment of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Have best practices and results been shared within the wider community and used for capacity-building, in particular in small and medium-sized enterprises,

including in developing countries and countries with economies in transition?

Developing

and

transitional

countries

CSD VII

9 (d)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, engaged industries and economic sectors, in

both public and private sectors, and all other major groups at the national and international levels, as appropriate, in activities relating to sustainable

consumption and production with the objective of developing optimal strategies and/or programmes, including targets and timetables, at the appropriate levels

for more sustainable consumption and production, including cleaner production and affordable eco-efficiency?

All major

groups, the

public and

private sectors

1999CSD VII

9 (e)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, recognized that the implementation of cleaner production and eco-efficiency approaches can lead to reduced costs and improved competitiveness, as well as reduced environmental impacts?

Has business and industry been encouraged to implement these approaches as a contribution to the achievement of sustainable production?

Business andindustry

CSD VII11





15.1.1.2 Globalization and its impacts on consumption and production patterns Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, undertaken studies of the impacts of

globalisation, including both positive and negative impacts of trade, investment, mass media, advertising and marketing in all countries, in particular

developing countries?

Have the studies examined ways and means to mitigate negative impacts and use opportunities to promote more sustainable consumption and production

patterns and open and non-discriminatory trade?

Developing

countries

1999CSD VII

12 (a)






CSD VII

12 (b)

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, undertaken studies on the role of the

financial sector in promoting sustainable consumption and production, and further encouraged voluntary initiatives suited to national conditions for sustainable

development by that sector?

1999




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Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, increased their efforts to make policies on

trade and policies on environment, including those on sustainable consumption and production, mutually supportive, without creating disguised barriers totrade?

1999CSD VII

12 (c)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, studied the benefits of traditional values

and local cultures in promoting sustainable consumption?

Local culturesCSD VII

12 (d)





15.1.1.3 Urbanization and its impacts on consumption and production patterns Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, while particularly taking into account thework of the Commission on Human Settlements, assessed and addressed, in the context of sustainable development, the impacts of urbanization, in particular

those related to energy, transport, sanitation, waste management and public fitness?

Stakeholders 1999CSD VII13 (a)






Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, while particularly taking into account the

work of the Commission on Human Settlements, increased efforts to address the critical issues of fresh water and sanitation in human settlements in

developing countries through, inter alia, the transfer of environmentally sound technologies and the provision of financial resources for implementation?

Developing

countries

1999CSD VII

13 (b)





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, whi le particularly taking into account the

work of the Commission on Human Settlements, assessed and addressed the impacts of urbanization on economic, environmental and social conditions?

Have in-depth studies on the key determining factors of quality of life been undertaken and used to strengthen appropriate human settlement development

strategies suited to national conditions, in the context of urbanization?

1999CSD VII

13 (c)








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Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, studied the benefits of traditional values

and local cultures in promoting sustainable consumption?

Indigenous

cultures

CSD VII

12(d)




2.) If not: Why not? Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with relevant international organizations and in partnership with major groups, engaged industries and economic sectors, in

both public and private sectors, and all other major groups at the national and international levels, as appropriate, in activities relating to sustainable

consumption and production with the objective of developing optimal strategies and/or programmes, including targets and timetables, at the appropriate levels

for more sustainable consumption and production, including cleaner production and affordable eco-efficiency?

1999CSD VII

9(e)





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