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The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project aims to mainstream 1.5° Lifestyles. But what do we mean by lifestyles, and why 1.5°? We know that our lifestyles have to change if we are to mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis - and that means creating...

The report explores impacts of consumption in six domains: food; housing, personal transport; goods; leisure; and services, and uses these to aggregate total lifestyle carbon footprints and reveal hotspots in the ten surveyed countries, representing...

Join nine change agents from the Nordic region and beyond to learn how to connect nutrition with environmental sustainability during a event leading up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit. The “From science and guidelines to food system...

Have you ever thought about how much water goes into your daily cup of coffee? It’s a lot more than what you pour out of the kettle. In fact, the UN estimates it takes 140 litres of water to grow, process and transport enough coffee beans for one...

Systems change and individual behavior change are not conflicting frameworks for how to mitigate climate change, they are two sides of the same coin.

About two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to household consumption. So there is no question that changes in lifestyles are integral to the solutions package towards a sustainable future. Yet, questions abound: Does action...

All human beings seek to lead a good life, a life that they value. Yet what exactly defines the content of a good life? Asking ordinary citizens to outline their understanding of the idea would undoubtedly yield various answers, perhaps depending on...

The Covid-19 pandemic has put the wildlife trade and particularly wild meat consumption under the spotlight. Could regulating the different uses of wild animal species be a more effective response than a total ban?

For World Food Day 2021, an international day celebrated annually on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, researchers on the CANDIES project take a closer look at...

El Concurso Innovación para los Estilos de Vida Sostenible es organizado por el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) en colaboración con la Universidad de los Andes. Esta iniciativa es organizada con el apoyo del proyecto del...

UNESCO launched an online course on “ Sustainability starts with Teachers ” for teachers in Southern Africa.

Thousands of Trash Hackers across the world connected to watch the webinar launch of UNESCO's Trash Hack campaign for schools and share their own innovative ideas to reduce waste.