Text about the projects that GRF is involved in, small features with links to major projects such as the 10YFP, Reductions, and the Marrakech Process.
10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
The 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10FYP) is a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate the shift towards SCP in both developed and developing countries. The framework supports capacity building, and facilitates access to technical and financial assistance for developing countries for this shift. The 10YFP aims at developing, replicating and scaling up SCP and resource efficiency initiatives, at national and regional levels, decoupling environmental degradation and resource use from economic growth, and thus increasing the net contribution of economic activities to poverty eradication and social development. The framework is meant to encourage innovation and cooperation among all stakeholders. Read more...
Absolute Reductions
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. Read more...
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. Read more...
Sustainable Development Goals
A Sustainable Development Goal on SPC
One of the main outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference was the agreement by member States to launch a process to develop a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post 2015 development agenda (click here for information on different work streams). It was decided to establish an "inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly". GRF is advocating for the inclusion of an SDG that explicitly incorporates sustainable production and consumption patterns. Read more...
One of the main outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference was the agreement by member States to launch a process to develop a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post 2015 development agenda (click here for information on different work streams). It was decided to establish an "inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly". GRF is advocating for the inclusion of an SDG that explicitly incorporates sustainable production and consumption patterns. Read more...