Consumption Patterns

Emerging Issues

• Reducing consumption
  

Major Assessments

• ENERGY AND TRANSPORT - Report of the Secretary-General (PDF)
  E/CN.17/2001/PC/20. Prepared by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat as task manager for the areas of energy and transport, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations. March 2001.

• CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERNS - Report of the Secretary-General (PDF)
  E/CN.17/2001/PC/8. Prepared by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat as task manager for chapter 4 of Agenda 21, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations.

• Consumption Opportunities: Strategies for Change -- A report for decision-makers - 2001 (PDF)
  UNEP, 2001.
  69 pages. ISBN: 9280720716
  This Report presents UNEP's policy responses to the challenge of sustainable consumption. It has been prepared in part as a contribution to the implementation of Agenda 21 Chapter 4, and is aimed at decision-makers in government, business and civil society in general.

• WEHAB FRAMEWORK PAPER ON ENERGIE - 2002 (PDF)
  Prepared by WEHAB for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. August 2002.

• WORLD ENERGY ASSESSMENT: ENERGY AND THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABILITY - 2000
  United Nations Development Programme, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and World Energy Council
  United Nations Development Programme, New York, 2000. 508 p.

• BREAKING NEW GROUND: Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development - 2002
  IIED; 2002. 450p. ISBN: 1853839078.
  This report presents an analysis of a large and heterogeneous sector through the many stages of minerals and metals exploration, production, use, re-use, recycling, and final disposal.

• STATE OF THE WORLD 2004
  January 2004.
  Special Focus: The Consumer Society.
  ISBN: 0-393-32539-3. 245 pages.

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	Resources
	Agenda 21, Chapter 4 UNEP/DTIE Non-UN resources IIED-MMSD