ABSTRACT
The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which calls on states to reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption in order to achieve sustainable development and a higher quality of life for all people. The first international expert meeting on the ten-year framework took place in Marrakech, Morocco, on 16–19 June 2003. The meeting launched the Marrakech Process, including regular global and regional meetings supported by informal expert task forces and roundtables to promote progress on the ten-year framework on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). Life-cycle management has been developed as an integrated concept for managing the total life-cycle of products and services towards more SCP patterns, while life-cycle assessment is an analytical tool for the systematic evaluation of the environmental aspects of a product or service system through all stages of its life-cycle. The programmes aim at putting life-cycle thinking into practice and at improving the supporting tools through better data and indicators.
