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Title Introduction to the special section: innovative perspectives on systems of sustainable consumption and production
ID_Doc 70955
Authors Cohen, MJ
Title Introduction to the special section: innovative perspectives on systems of sustainable consumption and production
Year 2019
Published Sustainability-Science Practice And Policy, 15.0, 1
DOI 10.1080/15487733.2019.1703331
Abstract This introductory article to the special section first provides a cursory overview of the history of sustainable consumption and production as a policy issue dating back to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. While sustainable production has been absorbed over the past three decades into prevailing societal commitments, governance structures, and business models, the companion notion of sustainable consumption has struggled to garner equal attention. The article then reviews the delimited framing that has been adopted to ameliorate the social and environmental effects of contemporary systems of provision. This conception has involved emphasis on consumer education, information dissemination, and behavioral nudging. These "weak" modes are deemed inadequate and need to be supplanted by initiatives that catalyze processes of system innovation as part of efforts to facilitate sustainability transitions of underlying socio-technical systems of consumption and production. This article also provides brief overviews of the four contributions that comprise this special section.
Author Keywords Sustainable consumption and production; strong sustainable consumption; system innovation; socio-technical transition; system change
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000891903100007
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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