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Report of the: Symposium on Sustainable Consumption

Author
various authors
Date
1994
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-051612)
Publisher | Place of publication
Ministry of Environment | Oslo, Norway
Pages
180 p.
Conference name | place | date
Symposium on Sustainable Consumption | Oslo | 19940119 -19940120
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Subsidy/incentive Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes External debt Transport/storage International trade
Abstract

Contents: (1) Foreword (2) Chairman's report (3) Summary of issues raised at the Symposium on Sustainable consumption (4) Opening address (5) Keynote address: The challenge of sustainable production and consumption patterns (6) The challenge of sustainable consumption as seen from the South (7) The challenge of sustainable production and consumptionn in the countries of Central Europe (8) The economic viability and necessity of sustainable consumption (9) How to achieve progress towards sustainability (10) Energy use and human activity: What's wrong and what can be done (11) Sustainable transport (12) Matters of trade and environment (13) Changing consumption patterns: The moral imperative (14) Environmental debt (15) Sustainable consumption through economic instruments (16) The role of the authorities; from pollution watchdog to catalyst for sustainable development (17) Information, a tool for change (18) UN as a cataclyst for sustainable consumption (19) How industry takes up the challenge (20) Public participation (21) Awareness campaigns and the role of NGOs; A Southern perspective (22) Advertising to sell less? (23) A sustainable future Background Papers: (1) Agenda 21, Chapter 4 (2) Elements for policies for sustainable consumption (3) Managing change: The challenge of sustainable consumption (4) IOCU and sustainable consumption (5) Demands from Norwegian NGOs