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2610372018 What is SCP? | One Planst Network (hitps://sustainabledevelopment,un,org/sd 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 8 1972: Limits to Growth }y Te.achieve this change would mean thatthe globe's people establish their ve aN status, derive satisfaction, and challenge themselves with goals other than ever- Gaor® increasing production and ever-accumulating” hitpzlwwwoneplanetnetwork rglaboutwhat-scp 35 1987: UN World Commission on Environment and Development 2610372018 RIO+20 @ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS itp oneplanetnetwork orglaboutwhat-scp Watis SCP? | One Panat Network “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 Share OOMOQE Related content 45

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