Open AccessIncentives for Sustainable Consumption and Production: Economic and Legal Instruments
Author(s) -
Remigijus Čiegis,
Dalia Gineitienė
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ekonomika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-6166
pISSN - 1392-1258
DOI - 10.15388/ekon.2004.17367
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , production (economics) , sustainable consumption , sustainable development , incentive , sustainable production , context (archaeology) , environmental economics , natural resource economics , business , economics , microeconomics , political science , geography , archaeology , sociology , social science , law
Sustainable consumption and production are essential for sustainable development. In this article, legal and economic requirements for the development of sustainable consumption and production are analysed. First, the concept of sustainable consumption is briefly discussed. Then sustainable consumption problems are discussed within the context of ecological economics. After this more basic part, regulation requirements and economical instruments for the development of sustainable consumption and production are elaborated.