SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INDICATORS FOR THE FUTURE SDGS

The report provides a framework for measuring the transition to sustainable consumption and production (SCP) by identifying specific indicators for SDG 12 and related targets in other SDGs. It organizes these indicators into six domains: scale of resource use, decoupling, environmental impact, technology and lifestyles, financing and investing, and policy support. The document emphasizes the need for 'positive indicators' to show the return on investment in SCP and highlights significant data gaps, particularly in developing countries, while suggesting a set of headline indicators to serve as proxies for global progress.

• The report identifies six core domains to support the shift to sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns: scale of resource use, decoupling, environmental impact, technology and lifestyles, financing and investing for SCP, and policy support for SCP.
• Global natural resource use is currently approximately 70 billion tonnes per year and is projected to reach 180 billion tonnes by 2050 if current trends persist.
• To maintain sustainability, per capita global resource use should ideally remain within 8–10 tonnes, which is significantly lower than the 25–30 tonnes currently consumed in OECD countries.
• Food waste and loss have severe environmental and economic impacts, with an estimated annual direct economic cost of USD 750 billion and a carbon footprint of 3.3 Giga tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
• Fossil fuel subsidies are estimated at US$548 billion as of 2013, dwarfing renewable energy subsidies which amounted to approximately $121 billion in the same year.
• Air pollution is identified as the world's largest single environmental health risk, causing an estimated 7 million premature deaths per year in 2012.
• The tourism economy represents approximately 9% of global GDP and contributes to 8.7% of total employment, with 261 million employees.
• There is a critical lack of data availability for measuring SCP progress, particularly in developing countries, necessitating a strengthened role for national statistical offices and Ministries of Environment.
• The report suggests that a 30% improvement in material efficiency by 2030 is an ambitious but achievable goal to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2015). SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INDICATORS FOR THE FUTURE SDGS. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/sustainable-consumption-production-indicators-future-sdgs_0.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INDICATORS FOR THE FUTURE SDGS. 2015. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/sustainable-consumption-production-indicators-future-sdgs_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2015sustainable, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INDICATORS FOR THE FUTURE SDGS}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2015}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/sustainable-consumption-production-indicators-future-sdgs_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }