The targets for the Sustainable Development Goal 12 are partially quantifiable. In order to sustain the consumption and production patterns, the targets fall under two main categories, educating the world, and the applying this new knowledge. Targets 12.7 – 12.b all address the issue on making sure the world is aware of the environmental problems and consequences by promoting and encouraging new methodologies. They are not truly measureable, because companies can be informed but ignorant to the actual cause. Targets 12.1 – 12.6 are focused on the results such as reducing half the harmful emissions. These are more measurable as we get concrete data. It is such broad and massive topic to measure as a whole because we can not gather data of consumption
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They have been monitoring amount of production that produced in Quebec, the aluminum industry represents approximately 9 million tons of CO2 ADDIN EN.CITE Lassagne20134(Lassagne et al., 2013)4417Lassagne, OlivierGosselin, LouisDésilets, MartinIliuta, Maria C.Chemical Engineering JournalChemical Engineering Journal338-350230Techno-economic analysisHall-Héroult processElectrolytic cellCO2 captureMEA aqueous solutionHeat integration20138/15/1385-8947http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894713008115http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.038( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_3" o "Lassagne, 2013 #4" Lassagne et al., 2013). The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions also depend on where the energy comes from. To produce one tonne of Al, about 12 – 15 MWh of electricity is required, luckily for Quebec, the energy comes from hydroelectric dams which contribute less towards …show more content…
With the world population growing, the supply and demand increases annually. Targets are split into two main categories which make sense. We need to first inform, encourage and promote sustainable lifestyles for both consumers and producers. With the everyone aware of global problems, we must then apply it into actions, which is measured through the data over the years. Since sustainable production and consumption is such a vast goal, it is realistically not achievable by 2030. There is so much branches that fall under producers and consumers, such as agricultural, industrial, resources, waste from all these processes. On the bright side, we can push these goals which can make an effective impact. There are so many types of metals produced, and we have to ensure all of the processes fall under sustainable production and waste management. Taking Aluminum production for example, oxalate, a chemical was treated through combustion, which releases CO2, a GHG ADDIN EN.CITE McSweeney20112(McSweeney, 2011)2219McSweeney, NaomiAustralasian Science32-33325Sciences: Comprehensive WorksBacteriaMicrobiologyMicroorganismsAtmospheric corrosionAlumina2011Jun 2011HawksburnControl Publications Pty
They have been monitoring amount of production that produced in Quebec, the aluminum industry represents approximately 9 million tons of CO2 ADDIN EN.CITE Lassagne20134(Lassagne et al., 2013)4417Lassagne, OlivierGosselin, LouisDésilets, MartinIliuta, Maria C.Chemical Engineering JournalChemical Engineering Journal338-350230Techno-economic analysisHall-Héroult processElectrolytic cellCO2 captureMEA aqueous solutionHeat integration20138/15/1385-8947http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894713008115http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.038( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_3" o "Lassagne, 2013 #4" Lassagne et al., 2013). The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions also depend on where the energy comes from. To produce one tonne of Al, about 12 – 15 MWh of electricity is required, luckily for Quebec, the energy comes from hydroelectric dams which contribute less towards …show more content…
With the world population growing, the supply and demand increases annually. Targets are split into two main categories which make sense. We need to first inform, encourage and promote sustainable lifestyles for both consumers and producers. With the everyone aware of global problems, we must then apply it into actions, which is measured through the data over the years. Since sustainable production and consumption is such a vast goal, it is realistically not achievable by 2030. There is so much branches that fall under producers and consumers, such as agricultural, industrial, resources, waste from all these processes. On the bright side, we can push these goals which can make an effective impact. There are so many types of metals produced, and we have to ensure all of the processes fall under sustainable production and waste management. Taking Aluminum production for example, oxalate, a chemical was treated through combustion, which releases CO2, a GHG ADDIN EN.CITE McSweeney20112(McSweeney, 2011)2219McSweeney, NaomiAustralasian Science32-33325Sciences: Comprehensive WorksBacteriaMicrobiologyMicroorganismsAtmospheric corrosionAlumina2011Jun 2011HawksburnControl Publications Pty