Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Responsible Consumption & Production


Goal 12 is about ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, which is key to sustain the livelihoods of current and future generations.

Our planet is running out of resources, but populations are continuing to grow. If the global population reaches 9.8 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets will be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.

We need to change our consumption habits, and shifting our energy supplies to more sustainable ones are one of the main changes we must make if we are going to reduce our consumption levels. However, global crises triggered a resurgence in fossil fuel subsidies, nearly doubling from 2020 to 2021.

We are seeing promising changes in industries, including the trend towards sustainability reporting being on the rise, almost tripling the amount of published sustainability over just a few years, showing increased levels of commitment and awareness that sustainability should be at the core of business practices.

Food waste is another sign of over consumption, and tackling food loss is urgent and requires dedicated policies, informed by data, as well as investments in technologies, infrastructure, education and monitoring. A staggering 931 million tons of food is wasted a year, despite a huge number of the global population going hungry.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean

 1992 T g

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

 CCAS 1972 T g

Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean

 1982 T g

Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

 1993 T g

Convention for the Conservation of the Biodiversity and the Protection of Wilderness Areas in Central America

 1992 T g

Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment

 Jeddah convention 1982 Jeddah Saudi Arabia T g

Convention for the Establishment of Stations for Agricultural Experiments and Animal Industries

 1923 T g

Convention for the Maintenance, Preservation and Reestablishment of Peace

 1936 T g

Convention for the Mutual Recognition of Inspections in Respect of the Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products

 PIC 1970 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa

 1900 T g

Convention for the Protection of Commercial, Industrial, and Agricultural Trade Marks and Commercial Names

 1923 T g

Convention for the Protection of Patents of Invention, Designs and Industrial Models

 1910 T g

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

 Geneva Convention 1971 Paris France T g

Convention for the Regulation of Transit and Communications on the System of the Danube-Save-Adriatic Railway Company

 1923 T g

Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in Connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

 1930 T g

Convention for the Unification for the Law of Bills of Exchange and Cheques

 1912 T g

Convention Internationale sur la Responsabilité et L'indemnisation pour les Dommages Liés au Transport par Mer de Substances Nocives et Potentiellement Dangereuses

 Convention SNPD 1996 T g

Convention Limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week

 1919 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention of Independent Financial Advisors

 CIFA 2001 Geneva Switzerland G f

Convention of Mutual Assistance in Respect of the Collection of the Turnover Tax, the Purchase Tax and other Similar Taxes

 1964 T g

Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods

 1983 Rome Italy T g

Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused During Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels

 CRTD 1989 T g

Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment

 1993 Strasbourg France T g

Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources

 1977 T g

Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific

 1976 T g

Convention on Export of Guano, 1857

 1857 T g

Convention on fisheries and the conservation of living marine resources in the Black Sea

 1993 J gp

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts

 Gdansk convention 1973 T g

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

 1958 T g

Convention on International Financial Leasing

 1988 Rome Italy T g

Convention on Inventions, Patents, Designs and Industrial Models

 1910 Washington DC USA T g

Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children

 1996 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims

 LLMC 1976 London UK T g

Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere

 1940 T g

Convention on Patents of Invention, Drawings and Industrial Models, Trademarks, and Literary and Artistic Property

 1906 Washington DC USA T g

Convention on Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality

 1963 Strasbourg France T g

Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects

 1995 Rome Italy T g

Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation on Personal Income and Property

 1977 T g

Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation on the Income and Property of Corporate Bodies

 1978 T g

Convention on the Ban of the Import of Hazardous Wastes into Africa and on the Control of Their Transboundary Movements within Africa

 Bamako Convention 1991 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean

 2001 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean

 2009 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

 Pacific tuna convention 2000 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock in the Central Bering Sea

 1994 T g

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

 CCAMLR 1980 Hobart TAS Australia T g

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

 Bern convention 1979 Strasbourg France T g

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

 Bonn Convention 1979 Bonn Germany T g

Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the Southeast Atlantic

 1969 Rome Italy T g

Convention on the International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects

 1972 T g

Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

 1986 The Hague Netherlands T g

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