ICSPAC PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

Production, Consumption and the WSSD [PDF]

This paper traces the evolution and the importance of the of the concept of "sustainable production and consumption in the 10 years between the UNCED and the WSSD.

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Waiting for Delivery [PDF]

With a global perspective of 17 authors from around the globe, Waiting for Delivery surveys several of the tools and policies used for implementing sustainable production and consumption, and examines specific sectors and issues. The report, published for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, closes with a proposal for a new civil society initiative to monitor and assess progress towards sustainable production and consumption.

The SPAC Watch Initiative: A civil society assessment of progress towards sustainable production and consumption [PPT]

This power point presentation was given during the side event at WSSD PrepCom 3 - 5 April 2002. the presentation explains the SPAC Watch Initiative, its goals and its strategies.

Forests, consumption and trade

This paper identifies unsustainable consumption and related trade as one of the biggest causes of deforestation and environmental degradation. The paper is a Report on a workshop conducted by Friends of the Earth International in 2000.

The Sustainable Production and Consumption of Food

This working paper examines some of the crucial obstacles and opportunities requiring attention and action in the transition to a sustainable food system. The analysis is broken down by the SPAC cycles of consumption, investment, production, and distribution.

Military Production and Consumption: The consequences for sustainable development

This paper examines the sector of the economy that caters to military production and consumption. It exposes the unsustainability of such consumption and lays down the consequences in economic, social and environmental terms.

This section includes documents that have been put out by the UN ECOSOC, the OECD, the UNCSD, the UNEP and the UN General Assembly.

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NGO DOCUMENTS

This Section includes NGO declarations made around the world, as well as policy papers brought out on topics ranging prom production and consumption, advertising, pollution, corporate accountability etc.

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SPAC CAUCUS DOCUMENTS

This section includes documents put out and presentations made by the NGO Caucus on Sustainable Production and Consumption (a part of the Sustainable Development Issues Network)

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INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS

This section contains a collection of international resources that form the basis of law and policy making relating to sustainable production and consumption.

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NEWSLETTERS

Getting the Goods, April 2004

SPAC Updates May 2003 [PDF]

SPAC Updates November 2000

SPAC Updates February 1999

SPAC Updates October 1998