Launch of Hotspot Analysis Tool for Sustainable Consumption and Production

The One Planet Network, together with the Life Cycle Initiative, the International Resource Panel and technical partners (WU Vienna and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) are pleased to announce the SCP-HAT Tool—is now publicly available!

What is a SCP Hotspot?

This intuitive online tool provides information on decoupling trends for 171 countries looking at material use, climate change, air pollution and land use. It uses a unique framework that combines national environmental and socio-economic data with trade information for the estimation of supply-wide environmental pressures and impacts. Piloted by Argentina, the Ivory Coast and Kazakhstan, the tool’s goal is to identify key entry points and inform national SCP policy-making processes. 

Hotspot Analysis Tool

This tool provides three modules to analyse hotspot areas of sustainable consumption and production:

• Country profile. Provides the key information regarding the country’s environmental performance, in the context of the most relevant policy questions. For policy makers, NGOs and the general public.

• Hotspots identification. Provides a wide range of SCP indicators to analyse hotspots of unsustainable consumption and production at country and sector levels. For policy advisors and researchers with expertise.

• National data system. Provides the option of inserting national data to receive more tailored results. For technical experts such as statisticians

Check out SCP-HAT Tool: http://scp-hat.lifecycleinitiative.org/

Life Cycle Initiative

Hosted by UN Environment, the Life Cycle Initiative is at the interface between users and experts of Life Cycle approaches supporting science-based decisions and policies towards sustainability.

International Resource Panel

The International Resource Panel was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) in 2007 to build and share the knowledge needed to improve our use of resources worldwide.

One Planet network

The One Planet network has formed to implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, which supports the global shift to SCP and the achievement of SDG 12.