TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fuchs, Doris
A1  - Lorek, Sylvia
T1  - Sustainable Consumption Governance - A History of Promises and Failures
T2  - Journal of Consumer Policy
N2  - What are the implications of the current international political, and
economic settings for consumer policy, and, in particular, those regarding sustainable consumption? In terms of improvements in the efficiency of consumption, the settings have induced efforts to this effect and show potential for further progress. In terms of necessary changes in consumption levels and patterns, however, little progress has been made since the Rio Summit nor is there likely to be any in the near future. These two dimensions of sustainable consumption need to be differentiated, as there is a substantial amount of controversy regarding our ability to achieve sustainable consumption on the
basis of improvements in efficiency alone. The paper traces these differences with respect to the work of the major international governmental organizations (IGOs) engaged in developing sustainable consumption governance. It argues that the lack of commitment
to strong sustainable consumption among IGOs can be explained by their ‘‘weakness’’ as actors in global governance and the existence of strong opposing interests among consumers and business actors.
KW  - sustainable consumption
KW  - governance
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://www.hb.fh-muenster.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10637
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106377
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10603-005-8490-z
SP  - 261
EP  - 288
ER  -