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IES / IEEP Environmental Policy Forum

Sustainable Consumption & Production Action Plan: Some comments based on preliminary results from the ASCEE research project 24 October 2008 Katja Biedenkopf. IES / IEEP Environmental Policy Forum. ASCEE Research Project.

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IES / IEEP Environmental Policy Forum

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  1. Sustainable Consumption & Production Action Plan: Some comments based on preliminary results from the ASCEE research project 24 October 2008 Katja Biedenkopf IES / IEEP Environmental Policy Forum

  2. ASCEE Research Project • Assessing the potential of various instruments for sustainable consumption practices and greening of the market • February 2007 - January 2009 • 1st step: Identification of innovative approaches to SC policy • 2nd step: In-depth analysis of 9 case studies • 3rd step: Policy recommendations

  3. Partners • Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Berlin & Heidelberg • National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Oslo • Institute for European Studies (IES), Brussels

  4. Preliminary Recommendations (I) General: • Understand SC as policy field in its own right Organisational / structural level: • Flexible role for public administration • Appropriate multi-stakeholder approaches • Suitable institutional framework

  5. Preliminary Recommendations (II) Policy instrument level: • Adaptable • Evidence-based • Environmental & social sustainability Monitoring & dissemination: • Common indicators • Dissemination of successful approaches

  6. SCP Action Plan • Stakeholder involvement • Public administration as regulator and facilitator • Flexible / dynamic policy instruments • Focus on products and supply side • Focus on consumer information tools

  7. SCP Action Plan What is needed for better SC policy? • Consideration of consumer abilities and opportunities to consume sustainably • Great evidence base, need for data on consumption behaviour and patterns to effectively change consumption

  8. Innovative Solution?

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