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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\nDo you know where your food and water come from? How about where the waste goes once you\u2019re done eating? Do you know how much energy you use when you leave the lights on in your room for the whole day?<\/p>\n
We rely on many natural resources in order to survive. As our economy and society progress, the natural resources that we depend on begin to run out. If the world population reaches 9.6 billion by 2050, we would need three planets worth of resources to keep the same lifestyle we have today.<\/p>\n
Did you know that one-third of all the food in the world is wasted or lost? Or that households consume 29% of global energy and contribute to 21% of CO2 emissions? If we don\u2019t change our production and consumption habits, we will cause irreversible damage to our environment.<\/p>\n
Luckily, small steps can go a long way. SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production explores the ways we can help our environment by making changes to our consumption and production patterns. Two main ways that every one of us can help is by reducing waste and being thoughtful about where we buy our food and clothes. Simple changes can have a big impact on our society.<\/p>\n
Our new reading list covers many of these topics and we hope the stories will inspire you to think about ways that you can help improve the community that you live in.<\/p>\n
The SDG Book Club makes content available in the six official languages of the United Nations \u2013 please see our other pages for more recommendations in\u00a0Arabic<\/a>,\u00a0Chinese<\/a>,\u00a0French<\/a>,\u00a0Russian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>