Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) for Rio+20 and beyond: A practical step towards global sustainability

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Munasinghe
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Folke ◽  
Stephen R. Carpenter ◽  
Francis Chapin ◽  
Owen Gaffney ◽  
Victor Galaz ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Lima (Universidade Católica de Santos/SP) ◽  
Alcindo Gonçalves (Universidade Católica de Santos/SP)

As normas socioambientais privadas são construídas através de princípios balizadores do Direito Ambiental Internacional e se estabelecem na perspectiva do desenvolvimento sustentável, buscando contribuir para o enfrentamento de questões globais, através de um processo normativo mais dinâmico e flexível para suprir lacunas da governança tradicional. Este artigo analisa o papel das normas privadas no contexto da Governança Ambiental Global, considerando-as como instrumentos capazes de contribuir para a solução de problemas comuns. A proposta é identificar como esses instrumentos, mesmo não vinculantes, podem possibilitar a construção e implementação de um processo de governança global na persecução dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável. O presente estudo foi realizado através de pesquisa bibliográfica fundamentada em trabalhos científicos e doutrina, relacionando os elementos estruturantes da governança global com os constitutivos das iniciativas normativas socioambientais. A delimitação deste estudo se deu pela análise de normas socioambientais ISO, consideradas como instrumentos soft law pelo seu caráter voluntário. Conclui-se que as normas socioambientais privadas são capazes de influenciar e direcionar ações organizacionais, de maneira a fornecer efetividade ao processo de governança global estabelecido no seu processo de construção.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñigo Capellán-Pérez ◽  
David Álvarez-Antelo ◽  
Luis J. Miguel

There is a general need to facilitate citizens’ understanding of the global sustainability problem with the dual purpose of raising their awareness of the seriousness of the problem and helping them get closer to understanding the complexity of the solutions. Here, the design and application of the participatory simulation game Global Sustainability Crossroads is described, based on a global state-of-the-art energy–economy–environment model, which creates a virtual scenario where the participants are confronted with the design of climate mitigation strategies as well as the social, economic, and environmental consequences of decisions. The novelty of the game rests on the global scope and the representation of the drivers of anthropogenic emissions within the MEDEAS-World model, combined with a participatory simulation group dynamic flexible enough to be adapted to a diversity of contexts and participants. The performance of 13 game workshops with ~420 players has shown it has a significant pedagogical potential: the game is able to generate discussions on crucial topics which are usually outside the public realm such as the relationship between economic growth and sustainability, the role of technology, how human desires are limited by biophysical constraints or the possibility of climate tipping points.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1631-1647
Author(s):  
Sooa Hwang ◽  
Hyunah Park ◽  
Kyunghui Oh ◽  
Sangwoong Hwang ◽  
Jaewoo Joo

We investigated whether adding product information in mobile commerce improved consumers’ attitudes toward a product and whether this relationship was moderated by consumption goals. We conducted two field experiments in which we recruited parents in Korea and the USA and asked them how they evaluated two childcare hybrid products (HPs) newly developed by Samsung Electronics designers. The results revealed that participants exposed to additional information about the HPs evaluated them more favorably than those who were not exposed. However, this relationship disappeared when a consumption goal was activated. Our findings establish a dynamic relationship between information seeking and consumption goals, asking designers to rethink their rule of thumb in the mobile commerce context.


2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 102272
Author(s):  
Benjamin K. Sovacool ◽  
Andrew Hook ◽  
Siddharth Sareen ◽  
Frank W. Geels

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