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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 15: Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, and Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
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12 - SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 15: Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, and Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Index
Summary
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12, Responsible Consumption and Production, operates in a context shaped by contrasts between thriving consumers and exploited workers and rampant unsustainable practices. This contribution critically discusses the areas of international law that are relevant for SDG 12, with a focus on international trade and investment regimes. It argues that the environmental and human rights agreements currently in force are much weaker than the powerful regimes of international economic law, whose main preoccupation is the liberalization of trade and investment and not the material footprints and redistributive consequences of sustainable production and consumption. With its focus on voluntarism and the lack of reference to key human rights instruments, SDG 12 is likely to reproduce the structural conditions that have generated enormous social and environmental damages rather than providing orientation for much needed transformative change.
SDG 12, sustainable production and consumption, WTO law, investment law, private regulation, sustainability, regional trade agreements, bilateral investment treaties, business and human rights, dispute settlement
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022