Tag: asia

Advancing people’s rights in consumption and production: a radical transformation for sustainable development

July 13, 2021

“There is no hope for sustainable consumption and production under the exploitative system that maintains the semi-feudal systems in the Global South” says Kurniawan Sabar, Director of the Institute for National and Democracy Studies (INDIES), an Indonesian independent research institute.  “Based on the experience and practices from many countries, the best way to mobilize communities and sectors is by solid organizing. This means that we be a part of communities and sectors that we are working with towards building programs and solidarity,” Sabar expounded

Advancing People-Powered Sustainable Consumption in Asia and Africa

July 9, 2021

Current health, economic and ecological crises urge us to overhaul the prevailing system, and to replace it with People-Powered Sustainable Consumption and Production (PP-SCP), which prioritises the welfare of the people and planet and strives to dismantle systemic inequalities.

Corporate-led paradigm at the root of unsustainable consumption-production

June 15, 2021

PRESS RELEASEJune 15, 2021 Corporate-led paradigm at the root of unsustainable consumption-productionWebinar series launched Civil society organizations (CSOs) launched today a three-part webinar series tackling sustainable consumption and production or SDG 12 of the United Nations’ (UN) Agenda 2030. Spearheaded by IBON International, People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS), Council for People’s Development and Governance, […]