SDG 12 title " Responsible Consumption and Production" is one of the 17 sustainable development golas established by the United Nation in 2015. SDG 12 has 11 targets. Four of them are to be achieved by the year 2030, one by the year 2020, and six have no target years. The targets address different issues ranging from implementing the 10‑Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (Target 12.1), achieving the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources (Target 12.2), having per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels (Target 12.3), achieving the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle (Target 12.4), substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse (Target 12.5), encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices (Target 12.6), promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities (Target 12.7), ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development (12.8), support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capabilities (Target 12.a), develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable grouwth (Target 12.b), rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions (Target 12.c).
2. List of contents
• Introduction of SDG
• History
• SDG 12
• SDG 12 Conceptual Framework
• Importance of SDG 12
• Target of SDG 12
• Links with others SDGs
• References
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3. Introduction
• According to UN, “Sustainable development has been defined
as development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.”
• It calls for concerted efforts towards building an inclusive,
sustainable and resilient future for people and planet.
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5. History
1992
Earth Summit
2000
Millennium Summit
2002
World summit on SD
2012
UN conference on
SD
2013
Open Working
Group
2015
Post-2015
Development Agenda
March, 2015
Sendai Framework
for DRR
Sept. 2015
2030 Agenda, 17
SDGs
Dec. 2015
Paris Agreement on
Climate Change
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7. Introduction of Consumption and Production
Excess gradually begins to take the place of
thrift
Supply has increased, demand needs to move in
line
Act of creating use value or utility that can satisfy
a want or need
Consumption
Production
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8. Cont…
• Recognized in the Johannesburg plan of implementation
• According to UNEP, it refers to “ the use of services and related
products, which respond to basic needs and bring a better
quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources and
toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants
over the life cycle of the services or products so as not to
jeopardize the needs of future generations.”
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10. Ensure Sustainable Production and
Consumption
• Unsustainable patterns of Consumption and Production are the root
cause of
Fig. Biodiversity loss
Source: nytimes.com
Fig. Impacts of Climate
change
Source: Foodsystemprimer.org
Fig. Pollution
Source: dosomething.org
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11. Sustainable Consumption and Production
Conceptual Frame
• Promoting resource and energy efficiency
• Sustainable infrastructure
• Providing access to basic services
• Better quality of life for all
• Helps to achieve overall development plans
• Reduce future economic,
• environmental and social costs
• Strengthen economic competitiveness
• and reduce poverty
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12. Importance of SCP
• Each year, an estimated one third of all food produce ends up
rotting in the bins
• Switched to energy efficient light bulbs save US$120 billion
annually
• In 2050, global population reach 9.6 billion required natural
resources to sustain their lifestyles (UNDESA,2019)
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equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices.