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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 - 2nd 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 3rd 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 - 4th 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 5th 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 6th 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: 7th 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
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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 7th Session
New York, USA
Acrobat file: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iswg1-99.pdf
Mar. '99: Report on Strengthening of UN System Coverage of
Waste Management Issues
Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Thirteenth Meeting
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 - 7th 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
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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
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