Reducing Environmental Degradation & Unsustainable Consumption Trends & Impacts On Nature & Society (REductions)
A critical aspect of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is a global reduction (in quantity) of materials and energy consumption to within ecological limits. (Sustainable “non-use”, “capping”, “decoupling”, “sufficiency” are related concepts.)
This project has as objectives to identify, describe and analyse approaches to reduction in material throughput in production-consumption systems. The aim is to demonstrate material reduction that could be applied to as many sectors and through as varied intervention nodes as possible, to highlight effective characteristics and implementation mechanisms of reduction policies and/or practices, and suggest approaches on how to measure reduction. The project uses a SCP approach; for purposes of practical policy design, it would focus on three intervention nodes, namely: 1. Reduction in resource extraction and production (e.g. to achieve decoupling or resource efficiency, capping, non-use) 2. Reduction in (quantity of material) use and consumption (e.g. sustainable lifestyles, non-use) 3. Reduction of waste generation (e.g. through design for environment (DfE), or 3Rs) |
A project of the Global Research Forum on SPC
Towards REDUCTIONS is a project of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption with members from over 20 countries. Learn more about the GRF here.
2013 REDUCTIONS Workshop report
The 2013 Towards Reductions Workshop was held in Wuppertal. The workshop is described here. The full report can be downloaded as a PDF here.
Call for Abstracts due 30 JanuARY 2015
You are welcome to submit an abstract by 30 January 2015 for a Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production on the theme: Achieving Absolute Reductions in material throughput and energy use in society. The call for papers is here (PDF). For detailed instructions and editorial guidelines access and follow the instructions for authors for the “Journal of Cleaner Production,” which can be accessed from the website. With this CfPs, the REDUCTIONS consortium wishes to engage with other researchers who share an interest in exploring approaches to global downscaling of anthropogenic material throughput.
2014 Conference in Shanghai
Participate in the upcoming 2nd Biennial GRF-SPaC Conference on Global Transitions to Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems (June 8 - 11, 2014) at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Respond to the Call for Papers by December 15: English version (PDF); Bilingual version (PDF). Visit the Conference Website.
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A project of the Global Research Forum on SPC
Towards REDUCTIONS is a project of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption, whose mission is to strengthen the community of researchers and practitioners engaged in research on the worldwide transition to sustainable production and consumption systems.It builds on a 20+ year research tradition on SPC by numerous researchers, institutes, and networks around the world, and on many successful attempts to apply research findings into policy, civil society, and business. Visit the website at http://grfscp.wordpress.com/
2013 Workshop In WUPPPERTAL (Germany)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and One Earth convened a workshop at the Wuppertal Institute from the 18-19 March, 2013:
Towards reductions: Reducing Environmental Degradation & Unsustainable Consumption Trends & Impacts On Nature & Society: Research, Policy and Practice Workshop
The workshop report can be downloaded as a PDF here and outlines next steps for the project, which is a project of the Global Research Forum. A list of workshop participants can be found here.
Towards reductions: Reducing Environmental Degradation & Unsustainable Consumption Trends & Impacts On Nature & Society: Research, Policy and Practice Workshop
The workshop report can be downloaded as a PDF here and outlines next steps for the project, which is a project of the Global Research Forum. A list of workshop participants can be found here.