Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Building on Agenda 21

A/RES/78/151View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18a Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2020–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/135

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/135	Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21	3,579	80%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/202	Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21	3,489	77%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/151	Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21	2,833	77%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/162	Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21	2,497	65%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/202	Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21	1,936	89%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2021–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/372	Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/202
2024	A/79/528	Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/151
2023	A/78/208	Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/162
2022	A/77/210	Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/202
2021	A/76/212	Towards the achievement of sustainable development : implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/213

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

International Instruments Plastic Products Pollution Control Sustainable Consumption Sustainable Development Sustainable Production

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21”;¹⁴

¹⁴A/78/208.

Recognizes that the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development constituted a milestone that ushered in major international instruments and commitments that guide progress in closing development gaps within and among developed and developing countries, and reaffirms all the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, as set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,¹⁵ as well as the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012, entitled “The future we want”;

¹⁵Resolution 70/1.

Urges the full and effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and all other internationally agreed development goals and commitments in the economic, social and environmental fields, including the Millennium Development Goals and those under the three Rio conventions, building on their contributions, best practices, challenges and lessons learned, in order to support the full and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Recognizes that the 2030 Agenda builds on issues included in Agenda 21, and encourages further efforts aimed at strengthening international cooperation to address gaps in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: towards a rescue plan for people and planet”¹⁶ and the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report, which highlights, inter alia, that the world is not on track to achieve Goal 12 and its related targets by 2030 at the current rate of progress;

¹⁶A/78/80-E/2023/64.

Welcomes the political declaration adopted at the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly (Sustainable Development Goals Summit), held in New York on 18 and 19 September 2023, and urges timely action to ensure its full implementation;

Acknowledges, in this regard, that sustainable consumption and production practices can be cost-efficient and effective ways to achieve economic development, reduce environmental impacts and advance human well-being, and urges the need to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 12, in order to contribute to the achievement of all Goals;

Recognizes that the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development adopted, among other commitments on sustainable consumption and production, the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, and that both the Framework and its multi-partner trust fund are tools for action on sustainable consumption and production, and in this regard reiterates the need for such initiatives to continue to share best practices and provide other forms of technical assistance in the shift towards sustainable consumption and production patterns, including by providing tools and solutions for policy design and implementation;

Welcomes the decision of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns to approve the Global Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production 2023–2030,¹⁷ following a consultative process involving Member States and stakeholders, and calls upon Member States, United Nations entities and stakeholders to support its implementation and resource mobilization as part of the international efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the multilateral environmental agreements;

¹⁷See A/77/607.

Recognizes that unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are key drivers of natural resource depletion, climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, malnutrition and land degradation, and therefore recommits to making fundamental changes in the way that societies produce and consume goods and services through the transition to sustainable economic and business models that promote sustainable consumption and production patterns as well as through policies, frameworks, partnerships, technological innovation and instruments that improve resource efficiency and the sustainable management of natural resources, including water-use efficiency, reduce waste, promote life-cycle approaches, encourage approaches such as the circular economy, life cycle and other approaches, as appropriate and taking into account national circumstance and capacities, enable consumers to make sustainable consumption choices, mainstream sustainability practices, encourage sustainable and environmentally sound bio-based products and increase resilience across all sectors of the economy, which will contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 12, and in this regard welcomes the extension by the General Assembly, in its resolution 76/202 of 17 December 2021, of the mandate of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns until 31 December 2030, and encourages the implementation of the Framework of Programmes, in accordance with target 12.1 of Goal 12;

Also recognizes the important role of the private sector in promoting and utilizing sustainable practices, including for multinational corporations and micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises that may face greater challenges in enhancing resource efficiency, and invites Member States to take measures, in cooperation with the private sector, to enhance the design of products, taking into account life-cycle assessments to contribute to resource efficiency;

Acknowledges the link between plastic waste and pollution and sustainable consumption and production patterns, and calls upon all Member States to continue to step up activities across the life cycle of plastic to prevent, reduce and eliminate plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, including through innovative approaches that foster environmentally sound management, including the reduction, repair, reuse and recycling of plastic waste and products;

Welcomes the decision by the United Nations Environment Assembly at its resumed fifth session, in resolution 5/14 of 2 March 2022,¹⁸ to convene an intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, which could include both binding and voluntary approaches, based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full life cycle of plastic, taking into account, among other things, the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, as well as national circumstances and capabilities, and underscores the importance of securing an ambitious international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, while acknowledging that some legal obligations arising out of a new instrument will require capacity-building and technical and financial assistance in order to be effectively implemented by developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and in this regard welcomes the commitment made by Heads of State and Government in the political declaration adopted during the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly to support the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee, with the ambition of completing its work by the end of 2024;

¹⁸UNEP/EA.5/Res.14.

Also welcomes the convening of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development,” 2018–2028, from 22 to 24 March 2023;

Urges the international community to continue to support developing countries in strengthening their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production, and calls for enhanced support to developing countries by providing means of implementation;

Recognizes the need for greater financing, capacity-building, technical assistance and technology transfer on mutually agreed terms for developing countries to harness science, technology and innovation, including new and emerging technologies, including through scaling up the use of open science, affordable and open-source technology, research and development to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Encourages the further strengthening of the science-policy interface and of the means of implementation from all sources and at all levels, including a revitalized and enhanced Global Partnership, as well as by supporting innovative approaches to sustainability science and emphasizing cross-disciplinary partnerships;

Requests the United Nations system to further mainstream and integrate the three dimensions of sustainable development throughout its work, and to continue to exchange experiences and lessons learned in this regard and to step up its efforts at all levels in continued support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Encourages regional and subregional organizations to continue to promote sustainable development in their respective regions by, inter alia, promoting peer learning and cooperation, including South-South and triangular cooperation, as well as effective linkages among global, regional, subregional and national processes, as appropriate, to advance sustainable development;

Strongly encourages further accelerated actions and multi-stakeholder partnerships at all levels, including with the United Nations system and international financial system, to advance innovative pathways to achieving sustainable consumption and production, in line with United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 5/11 of 2 March 2022, entitled “Enhancing circular economy as a contribution to achieving sustainable consumption and production”,¹⁹ as part of accelerated progress towards the 2030 Agenda, thereby creating job opportunities, promoting sustainable business practices and fostering more sustainable and stable global supply chains, and ensuring that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness about sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature, and in this respect recognizes the need for discussions to further promote sustainable consumption and production with a view to accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goal 12 and related goals and targets;

¹⁹UNEP/EA.5/Res.11.

Stresses the urgency of promoting sustainable consumption and production approaches, in which products and materials are designed in such a way that they can be reused, remanufactured or recycled and therefore retained in the economy for as long as possible, along with the resources of which they are made, the generation of waste is avoided or minimized and greenhouse gas emissions are prevented or reduced;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, with a particular focus on the state of play with regard to sustainable consumption and production and the application and promotion thereof, taking into account the impacts of, response to and recovery from COVID-19, and to recommend concrete actions to implement the 2030 Agenda in this regard;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21”.

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