TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fuchs, Doris
A1  - Lorek, Sylvia
T1  - Sustainable Consumption Governance - A History of Promises and Failures
JF  - 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
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106377
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10603-005-8490-z
SP  - 261
EP  - 288
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Church, Chris
A1  - Lorek, Sylvia
T1  - Linking policy and practice in sustainable production and consumption: an assessment of the role of NGOs
JF  - Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development
N2  - The paper looks at NGOs activities in Sustainable Production and
Consumption and obstacles being faced. It identifies lessons for policymakers seeking to engage civil society and makes recommendations on how academics can co-operate more effectively with civil society. Insights are drawn from recent studies on stakeholder involvement in the international political process and a series of surveys and semi-structured interviews. The authors identify four challenges. Effort should (1) be planned more strategically, (2) link sustainable consumption to current priorities, (3) ensure better links between global and local and (4) NGOs have to better link to other interest groups.
KW  - Sustainable Consumption
KW  - NGOs
KW  - governance
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106402
SN  - 240
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 230
EP  - 240
ER  -