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

Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Equalization of Import Charges, 1963

1963 T g

Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Equalization of Import Charges, 1965

1965 T g

Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Fiscal Incentives to Industrial Development, 1966

1966 T g

Protocol to the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts

1982 T g

Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment

2001 T g

Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Space Assets

2012 T g

Protocol to the Convention Relating to the Limitation of Liability of Owners of Inland Navigation Vessels

1978 T g

Protocol to the European Convention on the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage, on the Protection of Television Productions

2001 Strasbourg France T g

Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1976

1976 London UK T g

Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992

1992 London UK T g

Protocole D'accord entre les Pays Producteurs de Café de la Zone Franc

1960 T g

Provisional Agreement Respecting the Whangpoo Conservancy

1912 T g

Provisions for a Unit of Account and Adjustment of Limitations of Liability

1982 T g

Proyectos de Innovación IBEROEKA

IBEROEKA 1991 Madrid Spain K g

PTA Reinsurance Company

ZEP-RE 1990 Nairobi Kenya F eg

Public Eye

1968 Zurich Switzerland G

Publish What You Pay Coalition

PWYP London UK F

Pulp and Paper Products Council

PPPC Montréal QC Canada F

Pure Earth

1999 New York NY USA F j

Purple Martin Conservation Association

1986 Erie PA USA N

PYXERA Global

1990 Washington DC USA G

Qorus

1971 Paris France D

Quadrilateral Group of Industrialized Economies

Quad Group F gt

QUALICOAT

1986 Zurich Switzerland D t

Quest International Users Group

1995 Lexington KY USA E

R and TTE Compliance Association

R and TTE CA Weybridge UK D

r3.0

Berlin Germany F

Rainbow Warriors International

RWI 1995 Oranjestad Aruba E

Rainforest Action Network

RAN 1985 San Francisco CA USA F

RAND Corporation

1948 Santa Monica CA USA G

Rare

1973 Arlington VA USA G

Raymond Lemaire International Centre for the Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings

RLICC 1976 Leuven Belgium G

RCAR

1972 Selkirk MB Canada C

Re-Use and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises

RREUSE 2001 Brussels Belgium D

Re:wild

Austin TX USA G

Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas de América Latina

RAP-AL 1983 Santiago Chile E

Red de Bolsas Agropecuarias de las Américas

INTERBOLSAS 2001 Coronado Costa Rica K

Red de Fondos Ambientales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe

RedLAC 1999 Santa Tecla El Salvador F y

Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe

J y

Red Latinoamericana de Composición de Alimentos

LATINFOODS Concepción Chile E

Red Latinoamericana de Quimica

RELAQ 1995 Mexico City Mexico F

Red Panda Network

RPN 2007 Eugene OR USA F

ReGeneration 2030

Mariehamn Finland F

Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production

SCP/RAC 1995 Barcelona Spain E g

Regional Agreement on the Temporary Importation of Vehicles by Highway

1956 T g

Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development

RCMRD 1975 Nairobi Kenya E g

Regional Conference on Migration

RCM 1996 San José Costa Rica E g

Regional Convention for the Management and Conservation of the Natural Forest Ecosystems and the Development of Forest Plantations

1993 T g

Regional Maritime University, Accra

RMU 1983 Accra Ghana E g

Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements

CITYNET 1987 Seoul Korea Rep F y

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