The 12th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure sustainable consumption
and production patterns.
The global material footprint increased by 70% between the year 2000 and 2017.
One million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute and five trillion single-use plastic
bags are thrown away each year.
Electronic waste continues to proliferate and is not disposed of properly or responsibly.
Each person generates about 7.3 kilograms of e-waste, but only 1.7 kilograms was recycled.
Developing countries still have vast untapped potential for renewable energy.
New renewable electricity capacity in developing countries is 880 watts per capita, which is
four times greater than that in developing countries, which is 219 watts per capita.
Despite progress, fossil fuel subsidies continue to threaten the achievement of the Paris Agreement
and the 2030 Agenda.
Although a decline in 21% or 21% decline from 2018, in the year 2019, $432 billion
of fossil fuel subsidies were made.