17th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production

The objective of the 17TH ERSCP is to provide a platform to stimulate, develop and disseminate information about new initiatives aiming at fostering the implementation of sustainable consumption and production within local and regional sustainable development initiatives. The Roundtable will have a special focus upon the urgency for developing serious efforts to speed up the transition to post fossil carbon societies in light of numerous climate change challenges.

The following main themes will form the framework of the Conference:

1.   Improvements in Resources Efficiency, Sustainable Production and Improved Process, Product and Service Design

2.    Experiences with Sustainable/Smart Cities and Communities

3.    Advances in “Real” Sustainable Consumption and Beyond GPD Initiative

4.    New Initiatives in Education for Sustainable Development

5.    Results of Sustainability Innovations Research and Development

6.    Exciting High-Tech for Sustainability in Industries

7.  Challenges for Making Progress in Cross-Cutting Themes including Green and Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Sustainable & Ethical Investments

In all the themes, contributions and case studies aiming to achieve “The Europe we want” will be addressed, with special attention given to sustainable/smart cities and communities, mutual regional integration, and cooperation among the countries in the Mediterranean, Central Europe, and South-Eastern European areas as together we learn from experiences from Nordic, Western and Asian countries. Based upon responses to the Call for Papers, the final themes of the ERSCP Roundtable will be elaborated into sub-themes.

The Call for Abstracts will be open until June 15th, 2014

SWITCH-Med and SWITCH-Asia will be present at the event jointly organising a half-day session.

For more information: ERSCP 2014

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