The Nordic countries rank high in international reports of nations' progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Along with other industrialised countries, however, the Nordic countries have been ranked poorly in their progress towards SDG12, which concerns sustainable consumption and production. This report assesses Nordic countries’ progress towards SDG12, looks closer at their main challenges in achieving SDG12, and identifies recommendations that Nordic national governments and the Nordic Council of Ministers can adopt to accelerate progress in areas that are currently lagging.
This book analyses policy frameworks that shape a country’s petroleum sector and guide the translation of the newly discovered resources into equitable and sustainable economic and social growth for the nation over the long term.
This report highlights processes that contribute to the circular economy shift by retaining the value of the products within the system through the extension of their useful life. It quantifies the current-state and potential impacts associated with the inclusion of different value-retention processes by applying them to a series of products within three industrial sectors. The report also highlights the different barriers faced in the implementation of the processes.
This report explores how to activate the mutually reinforcing links between environmental and human wellbeing, with a view to creating a sustainable future, by focusing in particular on the management of forest resources.
Contributors to this issue of UNIDO’s Making It magazine look at the circular economy from a variety of angles, from Ken Webster’s introduction to systems thinking to Ewa Lewandowska’s argument for social equality to be included in the design of the new circular economy. The issue also takes a look at the design and re-design aspects of circularity, and introduces the Rizhao eco-industrial park, one of the best examples of the impact of Chinese government policies that encourage industrial symbiosis as part of its circular economy drive.