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Sustainable Consumption and Production: Mapping the Conceptual Terrain

In: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume I

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  • Jayati Srivastava

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

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This chapter maps the genealogy and meaning of the concept of sustainable consumption and production (SCP). It examines the complexity related to its definitional exactitude, policy measurability, targets and indicators, and the gap between intent and outcomes. It delineates the development–environment conundrum and the important steps taken by the international community to reconcile the two, leading to the adoption of the framework of sustainable development. It argues that ethical and moral motivations can bring about behavioural changes towards responsible consumption and production practices. This entails foregrounding ethics of sustainability in addition to invoking the harm principle which applies to both the concerns of environment and development, and promises to contribute to building robust pathways for achieving SCP.

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  • Jayati Srivastava, 2021. "Sustainable Consumption and Production: Mapping the Conceptual Terrain," Springer Books, in: Ranjula Bali Swain & Susanne Sweet (ed.), Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume I, chapter 0, pages 19-38, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-56371-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56371-4_2
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