Expansion of Policy Domain of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP): Challenges and Opportunities for Policy Design

Since 2015, the international policy community has started to agree on agreements with ambitious middle-term and long-term goals, highly relevant sustainable consumption production (SCP) such as those seen in Paris Agreement, SDGs, plastic-related at G7 G20 processes. Along this trend, there been growing attention given socio-technical system change or “transition”. Policy debate is putting more focus need patterns deal various ecological consequences within planetary boundaries decarbonization, absolute reduction material throughput, creation of a plastic-free society. This paper examines expansion domain SCP three phases; focusing pollution control cleaner (SCP 1.0), from perspective product lifecycle 2.0), systematic changes systems driving 3.0). The potential impact wider can be comparable historical shift discourse related modernization theory prevention efficiency. emerging trend corresponds for fresh approach design which facilitate transition sustainability.