Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development
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further Sustainable Development Goal 12, in order to contribute to the achievement
of all Goals;
8.
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, 18 and that both the Framework and its multi-partner trust fund
are tools for action on sustainable consumption and production, and notes the launch
of the “One Plan for One Planet” strategy 2018–2022, and in this regard reiterates the
need for such initiatives to continue sharing best practices and providing 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;
9.
Also recognizes the importance of new and ongoing efforts to develop
policies, frameworks, partnerships and instruments that improve resource efficiency,
reduce waste and mainstream sustainability practices across all sectors of the
economy, and enable consumers to make sustainable consumption choices;
10. Further recognizes the important role of the private sector in utilizing
sustainable practices, including for multinational corporations and micro -, small and
medium-sized enterprises which may face greater challenges in enhancing resource
efficiency;
11. Acknowledges the link between plastic waste and sustainable consumption
and production patterns, and encourages further efforts at all levels to reduce, reuse
and recycle plastics and to address through innovative approaches different types of
plastic waste, including marine plastic litter;
12. Urges the international community to continue supporting developing
countries in strengthening their scientific and technological capacity to move to wards
more sustainable patterns of consumption and production;
13. 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;
14. 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 for
Sustainable Development;
15. 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;
16. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, w ith a
particular focus on the state of play with regard to sustainable consumption and
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