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🌍 Nearly all the food we eat, clothes we wear, and cosmetics we use come from commodities grown in fields and forests around the world. Our consumption creates demand for these products, but it also drives deforestation, water scarcity, and excess use of fertilisers and pesticides. 🌱 🐟 These impacts harm habitats, degrade freshwater ecosystems, and affect all life in surrounding areas. Understanding the environmental cost of consumption is critical to developing effective policies for a sustainable future. 🌿 Fortunately, there’s growing recognition of these issues. This growing interest is reflected in internationally-agreed consumption targets in both the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. To meet these international objectives and develop effective policies to ensure consumption is sustainable, governments need to understand these environmental impacts, where they are happening, and what is causing them. JNCC’s Evidence Specialist, Ethan Workman, introduces the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption (GEIC) Indicator which can help us answer this question, in this Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs blog https://lnkd.in/esHYyQMk The GEIC Indicator is a tool designed to provide insights into the environmental impacts of consumption worldwide. It helps governments and organisations make informed decisions to address sustainability challenges. SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI), Trase - Intelligence for sustainable trade, GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub (TRADE Hub) #SustainableConsumption #EnvironmentalImpact #Consumption #TogetherForNature #TurningScienceIntoAction #ForNaturePeoplePlanet
