Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP) Knowledge-Action Network (KAN) is a global network of researchers and practitioners interested in ways that systems of sustainable consumption and production can be created, nurtured and contribute to a more sustainable world. SSCP KAN works to advance a more systemic approach to SCP, and to encourage and enable an urgent transformation in theory and practice to SCP systems.

2. What is Future Earth?
A global network of scientists, researchers, and innovators
collaborating for a more sustainable planet.
Mission: To accelerate
transformations to global
sustainability through
research and innovation.
Vision: for people to thrive
in a sustainable and
equitable world.
• Officially announced at the UN Conference on Sustainable
Development (Rio+20, 2012), to be created as a global initiative to
strengthen the interface between policy and science.
• Builds on more than three decades of global environmental change
research by Global Research Projects.
• Became fully operational at the end of 2015.
• Currently governed by the International Science Council, the Belmont
Forum of funding agencies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization(UNESCO), the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the United Nations University (UNU), the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Science and Technology in Society
(STS) Forum.
History

3. Strategy
How Future Earth Works
• Focus on a systems-based approaches to understanding complex Earth systems and human
dynamics across different disciplines.
• Use this understanding to underpin evidence-systems-based policies and strategies for sustainable
development.
Mechanism
Develop the knowledge and tools that
government, communities, and companies
need to meet the United Nations’ 17
Sustainable Development Goals.
By understanding connections among environmental, social and economic
systems, Future Earth works to facilitate research and innovation, build and
mobilize networks and shape the narrative, turning knowledge into action.
• Knowledge-Action Networks x 8
• Global Research Projects x20 (climate change, atmosphere, land, ocean, bio-diversity, risk, health, governance, model, etc.)
• Other Initiatives

4. FUTURE EARTH GLOBAL NETWORKS
Global Hubs
1. Canadian Global Hub
2. French Global Hub
3. Japanese Global Hub
4. Swedish Global Hub
5. U.S. Global Hub
Regional Centers and Offices
1. Africa Regional Office
2. Asia Regional Center
3. Middle Eastern & North Africa Regional Center
4. South Asia Regional Office
National and Local Organizations
1. Australia
2. China
3. Finland
4. Germany
5. India
6. Ireland
7. Japan
8. Mongolia
9. Philippines
10. Republic of Korea
11. Romania
12. Spain
13. Sweden
14. Switzerland
15. Taipei
16. United Kingdom
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5. KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORKS
Collaborative frameworks that facilitate highly integrative sustainability research,
aimed to generate the multifaceted knowledge needed to inform solutions for complex societal issues.
• Emergent Risks and Extreme Events
• Finance and Economics
• Health
• Ocean
• Natural Assets
• Systems of Sustainable Consumption
and Production
• Urban
• Water-Energy-Food Nexus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3RBGdhkWxs

6. KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on
Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
Goal:
Promote a more systemic approach to sustainable consumption and
production and enable a transformation in theory and practice.
Challenge:
- Address whole provisioning systems:
• consumption practices
• production conditions
• life-cycle impacts
• economic, political, social, and cultural imperatives that
impel consumerist lifestyles
- Strengthen collaboration between research and
practice to move toward more holistic and systemic
approaches and solutions.
Status:
Completed development stage ― Research and Engagement Plan
approved by the Future Earth Executive Team in August 2018.
SCP Evolving and Inter-related Fields

7. KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on
Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
Structure
• Management Team: 7 members
• Steering Committee: 23 members
• Task Forces
• Affiliated Projects
• Supported by Regional Center
for Future Earth in Asia (Kyoto)
• Working Groups
(Each has concept paper and welcomes new members.)
- Political Economy of Sustainable Consumption and
Production
- Sustainable Consumption and Production in Cities
- Social change beyond consumerism
- Communicating for Sustainable Consumption and
Production
- Global Value Chains
- Circular Economy

8. Activities
• Journal: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (Taylor & Francis)
• Concept papers and articles
• Grant applications
• Research and Engagement Plan
• Policy engagement (eg. United Nations High-Level Political Forum)
• Workshops/Conferences (eg. ERSCP, GRF )
• Webinars
• Website & Open Network (SNS by Future Earth)
KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on
Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
https://sscp.futureearth.org/

9. KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on
Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production
Key Publications
 Advancing sustainable consumption and production in cities - A transdisciplinary research and
stakeholder engagement framework to address consumption-based emissions and impacts
(Journal of Cleaner Production)
 Degrowth within – Aligning circular economy and strong sustainability narratives Resources,
Conservation and Recycling (Resources, Conservation and Recycling)
 Transforming systems of consumption and production for achieving the sustainable
development goals: moving beyond efficiency (Sustainability Science)
 Why achieving the Paris Agreement requires reduced overall consumption and production
(Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy)
 Circular economy and power relations in global value chains: Tensions and trade-offs for lower
income countries (Resources, Conservation and Recycling)

10. Thank you for your attention!
You are most welcome to join the SSCP KAN