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5. Summary of targets and indicators
Through the foregoing review of recently published literature, this paper analysed the many proposals for including SCP in the SDGs, and relevant targets and indicators relevant to address the
issue. The literature reviewed indicates that current approaches to SCP should focus on embedding SCP within the broader development of SDGs and sustainable development agendas at national and
international levels, as well as its role in advancing poverty reduction, more efficient resource use, and contribution to quality of life.
During the selection of the targets and indicators for the SDGs, we propose a focus on targets and indicators that relates to core processes and impacts relevant to natural resource use; production
processes, waste, and pollution. Addressing these issues is crucial for SCP, but they can be easily grouped under a broader set of indicators on advancing sustainable development, and can be
applied within particular economic sectors andor to key resources. Whether included under an SCP- specific goal, or integrated under other goal areas, these targets and indicators address the most
pressing areas where progress is needed in shifting to more sustainable patterns of consumption and production. To make these linkages easier for the readers we grouped the indicators according
to the OWG focus areas. The table below provides an initial list of science-based targets and indicators, for which data already exist or are reasonably accessible.
This paper is intended to be a starting point to find practical, relevant and effective SCP-oriented targets and indicators to guide the achievement of the future SDGs. Numerous and diverse
recommendations for including SCP in the SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda abound, and this review attempts to prioritize some of the most important, comprehensive, scientifically
sound and politically-feasible proposals out there. The list below is an initial set of proposed targets and indicators, aligned with outputs from current
negotiations in the OWG on SDGs. UNEP will continue to develop potential targets and indicators on SCP as those negotiations progress, and also for measuring progress in the implementation of the
10YFP. Readers may use the present document to evaluate how SCP is being addressed in the context of the
SDG and post 2015 development processes, and what options Member States have to respond to various proposals from stakeholders and civil society. These potential targets and indicators could be
considered and may be proposed by Member States in the SDG negotiations, to ensure that the key objective of shifting to SCP patterns is addressed in a relevant, actionable, and cross-cutting manner.
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Focus area Target
Indicators 2. Sustainable
agriculture, food security and
nutrition End hunger, ensure every adult and child
receives adequate nutrition, with a focus on local and regional food security
Portion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
of children suffering from stunting, wasting, anaemia Average calorie intake of lowest decilequintile by income
Average calorie consumption per regionor country of locally and regionally grown food in diets
Restore agricultural productivity of one third of severely degraded abandoned land by
2030 of restored agricultural land
of degraded land regenerated Land affected by land degradation and desertification mapped
as dryland
Reduce excess nutrient release by increasing nutrient use efficiency in agriculture to
reduce losses i.e. close gap between nutrient input and plant uptake
kg of input N, P, K per kg of N, P, K in crop wastewater treated with nutrient recovery also linked to
sanitation of animal waste recycled
Reduce food loss along the food supply chain and waste at the consumption stage by 50
per cent by 2030 of food lost prior to consumption: losses on the field, post-
harvest, storage, manufacturing, processing and distribution stages.
of food waste at the consumption stage.
Limit global cropland to 0.2 hectares per capita
Domestic extraction of biomass Biomass footprint of consumption
Crop biomass, livestock fodder, feedstock for biofuels
6. Water and sanitation