SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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- People often use up more than their fair share of food and resources
- The extra production of food and resources can pollute the environment
- By buying, storing and cooking food sustainably, people will be able to throw away less food
- If people reuse and recycling things, there will be less waste
- Governments must give people information on how to reduce pollution
- There are human rights related to consumption and production, for example:
- Right to health
- Right to adequate food and the right to safe drinking water
- Right of all peoples to freely dispose of their natural resources
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All →Report of the 11th Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 10–12 June 2025
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Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Report
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