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Sustainable Consumption and Production: Introduction to Circular Economy and Beyond

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With the current path of global population growth and expansion of consumption and production, the resource availability and resilience of the Earth Systems are under threat. Transformative changes require transformative ideas and innovative thinking. Given the overwhelming evidence provided by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international impetus of Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) and the Paris Agreement, public, private and third sector parties need to transform and adapt to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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    Ranjula Bali Swain

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    Ranjula Bali Swain

  3. Center for Sustainability Research and Department of Marketing and Strategy, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

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Bali Swain, R., Sweet, S. (2021). Sustainable Consumption and Production: Introduction to Circular Economy and Beyond. In: Bali Swain, R., Sweet, S. (eds) Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume II. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55285-5_1

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