Enabling Sustainable Lifestyles in a Climate Emergency

The IPCC report is clear that we must address demand-side emissions in order to reduce our impact on the planet. UNEP’s new Policy Brief, Enabling Sustainable Lifestyles in a Climate Emergency, offers insights on what forces shape our lifestyles as well as what structural solutions - such as choice editing - can help governments and businesses kickstart the transition to sustainable lifestyles.

This event will delve into how we can change the way we consume, and explore the sustainable living that enables circularity. Policymakers will recount how and why some policy strategies have been successfully (or less successfully) implemented. We will also explore the positive externalities of health and well-being that can be achieved when we address environmental issues.

Find the full package here:

- Policy Brief

- Factsheet

- Webinar

- Webinar highlights

Agenda

Opening keynote

- Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, public policy think tank of the Government of India

Panel discussions

- Elisa Tonda, Head of Consumption and Production Unit, UNEP

IPCC Report: Lifestyle behavior change is key IPCC AR6 WG3

- Julia Steinberger, lead author of 6th Assessment WG3 Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

The Swedish case: first country to target consumption-based emissions

- Emma Nohrén, Chair of the Cross-Party Committee on Environmental Objectives (Miljömålsberedningen), Swedish Parliament

The policy brief, lifestyles & choice editing, key sectors

- Magnus Bengtsson, Policy Lead, Hot or Cool Institute

Moderator

- Marcus Carson, Co-lead of One Planet Network Sustainable Lifestyles and Education Programme, Stockholm Environment Institute