Strategic Opportunities for Sustainable Production and Consumption in North America
Washington, D.C. - 5 December 2013
This workshop was a sharing and strategy session among stakeholders engaged in advancing sustainable consumption and production (SCP), including US and Canada government representatives, civil society, academia, private sector and international organizations. This meeting was organized by the North American Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (NARSPAC) in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme – Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA). It included representatives of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption (GRF-SPaC) from the North American region. The workshop participants included members of the Strategic Working Group on Sustainable Production and Consumption in North America which was launched at the December 2012 workshop and which has been regularly interacting on conference calls and in-person meetings throughout the year.
The goals of this meeting were to:
The goals of this meeting were to:
- Share goals and activities of existing sustainable production and consumption initiatives in North America, including the Strategic Working Group on Sustainable Production and Consumption in North America,
- Explore opportunities to engage in the international implementation of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP Programmes, SCP Clearinghouse, post-2015 Agenda),
- Develop strategic plans with key actions in promising areas (e.g., Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Purchasing, Cities and SPAC, Sustainable / Green Building, Life Cycle Assessment, New Narratives, Communications), identify other strategic areas of collaboration, and clarify next steps.
The North American activities on sustainable consumption and production were further developed at the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption conference in June 2014 in Shanghai and at the workshops and events of the Sustainable Consumption Action and Research Initiative (SCORAI).
Workshop documents
- Workshop agenda
- Participant bios
- Background paper: "DRAFT Synthesis Document: Strategic Opportunities for Sustainable Production and Consumption in North America"
- Presentation by Jason Pearson
- Presentation by Erik Assadourian
- Presentation by CEC
- Presentation by Philip Vergragt
- Presentation by Adriana Zacarias, & 10YFP milestones
- Presentation by Alicia Culver
- Workshop report