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and as a central component of many of the 17 goals and 169 targets agreed in the agenda.
In highlighting the cross-cutting nature of SCP, the 2030 Agenda has also made clear the need for
robust, coordinated efforts to pool information, expertise and resources to scale up projects on the
ground
Bringing SCP to you
This platform attempts to take the broad and sometimes abstract concept of SCP and bring it
down to a level where individual stakeholders can take part. The principle vehicle this platform
uses to put faces and actions on the concepts of SCP is by giving stakeholders access to the > 10-
Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) (/what-
1Oyfp-0).
Please take a look at the different sectoral and thematic programmes (/about-1 Oyfp-programmes)
of the 10YFP, which are multi-stakeholder platforms built for action on the ground, and always
looking for new collaborators
The 10YFP. and all of the other tools for learning, exchanign and engaging at SCP are only a click
away (/about/clearinghouse-glance),
For your information - A brief history of SCP
In 1972, the UN Conference the Human Environment stated: “In our time, man’s capability to
transform his surroundings, if used wisely, can bring to all peoples the benefit of development and
the opportunity to enhance the quality of life. Wrongly or heed- lessly applied, the same power can
do incalculable harm to human beings and human environment”
Since then , anumber of important milestones have taken place with regards to SCP, which have
shaped the definition
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“Perceived needs are socially and culturally determined, and sustainable
development requires the promotion of values that encourage consumption
standards that are within the bounds of the ecologically possible and to which all
can reasonably aspire.”
1992: UN Conference on Environment and Development
“The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the
unsustainable pattern of consumption and production, particularly in
industrialized countries.”
2002: World Summitt on Sustainable Development
"Encourage and promote the development of a framework.... in support of
regional and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards sustainable
consumption and production”
2003: Launch of the Marrakech Process on SCP
A coalition of willing countries working to promote sustainable consumption and
production, especially through policy guidelines and in emerging economies.
2012: UN Conference on Sustainable Development
After nearly a decade of moving ahead without formal agreement by all UN
countries, the Marrakech Process 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) is
adopted as one of the few successes of a controversial Rio+20 Summit.
2015: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted
Goal 12 calls to “ensure sustainable consumption and production
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