Goal 12: Sustainable consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

"Achieve sustainable development"

In order to achieve sustainable development, adjustments are required in many places, including a change in people’s consumption and production patterns. In many ways, the consumption and production that exists today has a negative impact on sustainable development, both environmentally and socially. While a large part of the world’s population suffers from hunger and nutritional deficiencies, about a third of all food produced is disposed of . Much of the consumption and production that occurs today is unsustainable and consumes more of the world’s resources than we can afford to achieve sustainable development. In addition, the consequences of overconsumption and production usually affect the poorer population who historically have not accounted for this consumption.

Future Earth is working to spread awareness about how sustainable consumption and production are going, how our consumption choices in Sweden affect the environment and people in other countries, and how food production can become more sustainable. In Asia and Latin America, much of Future Earth’s projects focus on food sovereignty, agroecology and rural development, where, among other things, they work with small farmers. In Sweden, the work follows the same line and it is about informing about precisely food production, food sovereignty and how to make conscious and sustainable choices when it comes to food. The Learn by South Tour is a way in which this information is disseminated, network organizations from Asia and Latin America are invited to lecture on their experiences and knowledge of agriculture and food sovereignty. This exchange creates an increased understanding of how our consumption patterns in the North are related to and affect what is happening in the South.


12.1 Implement the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries.









