Sustainable consumption progress: should we be proud or alarmed?
Författare
Summary, in English
Many environmental strategies relying on a mere improvement of resource productivity and eco-efficiency of processes and products are not able to fully address the environmental impacts induced by increasing consumption. In addition to these strategies, the concept of sustainable consumption calls for changing the levels and patterns of consumption, which require complimentary approaches. However, so far, there has been a noticeable lack of strategies that conceive ways of shifting from a material-intensive consumer culture to a society with less materialistic aspirations. This paper aims to provide a critical overview of the current debate, research trends and main outcomes relating to the area of sustainable consumption. It is based on the study commissioned by the Swedish EPA and focuses on current research streams and activities of main stakeholders. It identifies and discusses the gaps in the existing range of initiatives and policy instruments towards sustainable consumption.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
531-537
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Cleaner Production
Volym
16
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- Policy instruments
- Consumption patterns and levels
- Sustainable consumption
- Stakeholders
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0959-6526