SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
European Union

Looking for answers

During the past two decades an enormous amount of research has been carried out on a wide spectrum of issues concerning SCP.  The Global Research Forum on SCP and its partners - among them the SWITCH-Asia Network Facility - will take stock of this research by asking the question: what have we learned about creating sustainable production and consumption patterns? What works? Where does it work? When does it work?

 

To stake stocks the Global Research Forum on SCP and partners organize a workshop titled Global and Regional Research on Sustainable Consumption & Production Systems: Achievements, Challenges, and Dialogues from June 13-15, 2012 in Rio.

 

The workshop aim at the following seven objectives

  • To identify some of the most critical research questions to be investigated in the next 5-10 years, from the perspective of researchers as well as practitioners, educators, and policy makers.
  • To review and assess the current state of knowledge on SCP around the globe, particularly in different regions.
  • To create a bridge between researchers and practitioners from different regions around the world in a creative process of exchange of information, knowledge, and perspectives on sustainable production and consumption.
  • To review the state-of-the-art concerning how change is achieved and what mechanisms are effective to achieve a switch to sustainable consumption and production patterns.To explore how to effectively communicate SCP research and findings to users and the general public, especially in different global regions.To formulate and send a clear message on the role of SCP research and practice as it applies to the global policy debate at the UN Rio+20 conference.

 

This workshop brings this literature and experience together through review papers from various perspectives, make this available to practitioners and the wider public, including RIO+20 participants, and promote support for new research based on practitioners’ research needs. Keynote speakers will include Tim Jackson, Chandran Nair, Peter Victor, Inge Røpke, and Juliet Schor.