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1992

June '92:  UN Conference on Environment & Development

Chapter 4 - Consumption & Production

Rio de Janeiro

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_04.txt

1993

Oct. ‘93:  Workshop of the Transfer and Development of Environmentally Sound Technology

Oslo Consumption Symposium

Norwegian Ministry for the Environment

Oslo Norway

1994

May ‘94:  Report of the Commission - Changing Consumption & Production Patterns

Commission on Sustainable Development - 2^nd Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp14.htm#sec

Background documents to the session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#sec

Report of the Oslo Workshop of the Transfer and Development of Environmentally Sound Technology

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1994/off/1994-14.axd

Nov. ‘94:  Symposium on Sustainable Consumption

Norwegian Ministry for the Environment

Oslo, Norway

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1995

Apr. ‘95:  Report of the Commission - Changing Consumption & Production Patterns

Commission on Sustainable Development 3^rd Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp14.htm#thi

Background documents to the session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#thi

July ‘95:  Workshop on Sustainable Consumption & Production, Clarifying the concepts

OECD

Ronendal, Norway

www.oecd.org/env/sust/rosendal.htm

OECD Cons. & Prod. Web-site

www.oecd.org/env/sust/sustain.htm

Aug. - Sept. ‘95:  Workshop on Policy Measures for Changing Consumption Patterns

Govt. Of Australia, UNDPCSD, UNDP, OECD

Hosted by Korean Government

Seoul, Korea

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1996/off/96-27.en

1996

Apr. ‘96:  Decision 4/13. Changing production and consumption patterns

Commission on Sustainable Development - 4^th Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp14.htm#fou

Background documents to the session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#fou

Nov. ‘96:  Brasilia Workshop on Sustainable Production & Consumption

Norwegian & Brazilian Governments

Brasilia, Brazil

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97-19.EN

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1997

Apr. ‘97:  Overall Progress achieved since the UN Conference on Environment & Development - Para. 28 Changing Consumption & Production Patterns

Commission on Sustainable Development 5^th Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/progress/97--2a3.en

Background documents to the session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#fif

June ‘97:  Further Implementation of Agenda 21 on Consumption & Production

UN General Assembly Special Session - Earth Summit II

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agri1.htm#special

Oct. ‘97:  Sustainable Consumption Patterns in Human Settlements

Commission on Human Settlements - World Habitat Day ‘97

www.undp.org/un/habitat/whd/consume.html

1998

Feb. ‘98:  Workshop, ‘Encouraging local initiatives towards Sustainable Consumption Patterns’

UNECE, Committees on Environmental Policy and on Human Settlements

Vienna, Austria

Contact: christina.schweinichen@unece.org

Apr. ‘98:  Draft Decision I: Consumer protection guidelines for sustainable consumption 

Commission on Sustainable Development 6^th Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp14.htm#six

Background documents to the session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#six

June ‘98:  Workshop, Consumption in a Sustainable World

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, UNDESA, OECD, IIED

Kabelvåg, Norway

www.iisd.ca/linkages/sd/norway.html

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Sept. ‘98:  The 1998 Human Development Report, Global Launch

UNDP

The Hague, Netherlands

Contact: sarah.burd-sharps@undp.org

Sept. ‘98:  Workshop on Education & Learning for Sustainable Consumption

OECD

Paris, France

Contact: elaine.geyer-allely@oecd.org

Sept. - Oct. ‘98:  Fifth International High Level Seminar on Cleaner Production

UNEP

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Oct. ‘98:  International Conference, Green Goods Vs Eco-labelling for a Sustainable Future, ‘The role of Eco-labelling in promoting environmentally preferable products and services

OECD

Berlin, Germany

www.oecd.org/env/divppc.htm

Oct. ‘98:  Sustainable Development - Challenges for the Financial Sector

EC DG XI

Brussels, Belgium

Contact: hans.stielstra@dg11.cec.be

Nov. ‘98:  International Symposium ‘Instruments for Sustainable Production & Consumption - The Search for effective Steering’

Programme for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society

Oslo, Norway

Contact: eivind@prosus.nfr.no

Nov. ‘98:  7^th International Conference of the Greening of Industry Network: Building Alliances for a Sustainable Future

Environment & the Greening of Industry Network

Rome, Italy

Contact: greening@cstm.utwnte.nl

Dec. ‘98:  Workshop on Integrated Product Policy

EC DG XI

Brussels, Belgium

Contact: frank.hess@dg11.cec.be

1999

Jan. ‘99:  UNEP International Expert Meeting on Advertising and Sustainable Consumption

UNEP Technology, Industry and Economics Division, UN Div. For SD

Paris, France

www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cppunep.htm

Jan. ‘99:  Expert Meeting on Consumption Patterns in South East Asia

Gov. Of Republic of Korea, UNDESA

Cheju Island, Korea

www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cppkor.htm

Feb. - Mar. ‘99:  Consumption & Production Patterns

Inter-Sessional Ad-Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Sustainable Development 7^th Session

New York, USA

Acrobat file: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iswg1-99.pdf

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iacsd13.htm#strength

Apr. ‘99:  Decision 7/2 of the Commission on Sustainable Development - Consumption & Production

Commission on Sustainable Development - 7^th Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/report99/csd7report_en.htm

Background Documents to the Session

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/cpp141.htm#sev

Apr. ‘99:  Second Asia-Pacific Cleaner Production Round Table & Trade Expo.

Queensland Cleaner Production Task Force Association (QCPTA)

Brisbane, Australia

Contact: enquiry@globalgroup.com.au

May ‘99:  Advisory Group Meeting on Sustainable Energy Development   Indicators

International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna, Austria

Contact: arshad.khan@iaea.org

June ‘99:  Second International Symposium on Sustainable Household Consumption

Centre for Energy & Environmental Studies

Groningen, The Netherlands

Contact: k.j.kamminga.fwn.rug.nl

July ‘99:  Workshop on Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Protection

Harvard University

Cambridge Massachusetts, USA

Contact: robert_stavins@harvard.edu

www.ecu.edu/econ/aere

Sept. ‘99:  Fourth International Congress on Energy, Environment, and Technological Innovation - ‘Technological Innovation and Compatible Uses of Natural Resources’

University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Contact: eeti99@minerva.ing.uniromal.it

Sept. ‘99:  Down to Earth - An International Conference on Consumption & the Consumer

Hampshire County Council

Hampshire, UK

www.down-to-earth.co.uk

Oct. ‘99:  International Business Forum on Sustainable Consumption & Production Patterns

German Ministry for Economic Co-operation & Development, UNEP

Berlin, Germany

Contact: gre11-gast@cdg.de

2000

June 2000:  Eco-efficiency 2000 Conference

Swedish National Board for Industrial & Technical Development

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.nutek.se/information/ecoefficiency2000/

2001

Oct. '01:  Towards Sustainable Product Design

The Centre For Sustainable Design

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.cfsd.org.uk/events/tspd6/index.html