Publication
New methods and environmental indicators supporting policies for sustainable consumption in Sweden
Final report – PRINCE phase 2
About this report
- The first PRINCE project has had significant influence on policy processes:
- motivating the investigation of a goal for Sweden’s consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions
- supporting the development of data for monitoring the UK’s new 25 Year Environment Plan
- supporting the development of deforestation strategy for the European Union
- Experimental time series for consumption-based indicators for deforestationrelated greenhouse gas emissions, veterinary antibiotics and pesticides produced in PRINCE 2 meet quality requirements to be considered for official statistics.
- Experimental time series for consumption-based indicators produced in PRINCE 2 for hazardous chemical product use, biodiversity and fisheries require further evaluation and methodological development before they can be considered for official statistics.
- Human and financial resources are necessary to be able to produce and maintain official statistics in the areas noted above
- The potential for other indicators from PRINCE 1 (land, material flow and water) to be produced as official statistics requires further investigation
- There is still large potential for increased policy uptake for consumption-based approaches.
ISBN
978-91-620-7032-8
Released
5/23/2022
Pages
112
Authors
Nils Brown, Simon Croft, Elena Dawkins, Göran Finnveden, Jonathan Green,
Martin Persson, Susanna Roth, Chris West and Richard Wood.
