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Virtual water and pollution impacts should be factored into the price of imported products.
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Multilateral cooperation is indispensable to address longer-term global challenges for meeting the SDGs – including growing consumerism, mitigating and coping with climate change and environmental degradation.
| Related Megatrends: Geopower; Natural resources; Climate and environment
Advancements towards the SDGs and national policies for recycling and consumption behaviour should be considered in trading, funding and other international negotiations with countries outside the EU.
| Related Megatrends: Geopower; Natural resources; Climate and environment
Enforcement of international trade and environmental regulations should increase.
| Related Megatrends: Geopower; Natural resources;Climate and environment

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CCBI seminar series

The CCBI seminar series features monthly presentations by leaders in their respective research fields. The series covers issues concerning both behavioural insights as a policy tool...

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81st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee

The 81st meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will take place in November 2026.

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Originally Published \| Last Updated	27 Sep 2018 \| 17 Sep 2019
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Strategic Foresight \| The Megatrends Hub \| Growing consumerism
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	Better regulation consumer behaviour degradation of the environment food waste international trade purchasing power parity waste recycling water

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81st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee

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