sustainable consumption Archives

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Animal welfare and sustainable development: key linkages, collective responsibilities and policy opportunities

Past event / Watch this webinar recorded on 25 May 2022 on the interdependence of animal welfare, public health and environmental conservation.

25 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance

Journal article / Ahead of Stockholm+50, more than 200 experts call for governments to account for animal welfare as part of a holistic sustainable development policy.

25 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Waterway with boats between tree-lined high-rises and green grassy park with commercial buildings and high-rises in background, Bangkok, Thailand

Improving urban water use can help address the problem of groundwater depletion

Perspective / Improving urban water systems' efficiency can help address the problem of excessive groundwater use in Southeast Asia.

20 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Cities, Climate policy and Public policy

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Sustainable consumption and production: The role of supply chains, decent work and digitalization

Other publication / Environmental governance of supply chains is growing in importance and can be improved by new global frameworks, better working conditions and digitalization.

18 May 2022 / About Innovation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

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Shifting policy gears to effect a global transition towards sustainable lifestyles

Other publication / Policies must change to tackle inequality and lead the global rich – and everyone – to live more sustainable lifestyles.

18 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Geopolitics and Sustainable lifestyles

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Making governance better for fair and sustainable consumption

Other publication / Governance can address fair and sustainable consumption through monitoring, support of policy experiments and more comprehensive policy packages.

18 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Urban garden growing out of skyscrapers, Singapore

Steel and cement can drive the decade of action on climate change. This is how

Perspective / How can the steel and cement industry reach net-zero by 2050? The Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative by UNIDO is driving industrial climate action.

17 May 2022 / About Business, Cities, Finance, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Supply chains

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Information as an enabler of sustainable food choices: A behavioural approach to understanding consumer decision-making

Journal article / A new study from SEI's CANDIES project looks at how consumer food choices can be influenced to become more sustainable.

16 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture and Sustainable lifestyles

Crop field under rainbow and cloudy skies at daytime, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada

SEI at Stockholm+50

Feature / Find SEI events, research and perspectives related to Stockholm+50, held on 2-3 June 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden.

13 May 2022 / About Business, Finance, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources