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SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050Roadmap from current lifestyles 2012 to futuresustainable lifestyles 2050 (Leida Rijnhout –ANPED)Ms. Rijnhout presented the core conclusion of theSPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 project, theEU Sustainable Lifestyles Roadmap and ActionPlan 2050. The roadmap bringstogether all deliverables of the 2-year project, co-created by theexperts and practitioners of theSPREAD European SocialPlatform. The roadmap outlinespathways (2012-2050) of possibleactions to enable socialinnovation and behaviour change,supportive policies, economiesand monetary systems for thetransition to more sustainablelifestyles. “We say it's a roadmap but in the projectwe came to refer to it as the “bike-path” which wefelt was more coherent the language for promotingsustainable lifestyles”. Ms. Rijnhout highlighted howthe roadmap was designed and its focus on fourkey enablers of sustainable lifestyles: 1) policy andgovernance, 2) economy and monetary systems, 3)social innovation and 4) individual behaviourchange. “This roadmap is fully complementary withother EU roadmaps, as it focuses on socialinnovation, individual and household and behaviourchange.” Ms. Rijnhout concluded with highlights ofthe roadmap timelines 2012-2050 with concreteproposals for actions and future deliverables.Download the presentationhttp://www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu/fileadmin/images/Conference_presentations/9_Leida_SPREAD_roadmap_presentation_LR.pdfDownload the SPREAD roadmaphttp://www.sustainablelifestyles.eu/fileadmin/images/content/Roadmap.pdfDownload the policy brief summarizing theroadmaphttp://www.sustainablelifestyles.eu/fileadmin/images/content/D5.2_PolicyBrief_Roadmap_01.pdfReactions from Fanny Demassieux (UNEP-DTI)and Bart Martens (Flemish Parliament -SocialistParty)Fanny Demassieux: “What I like about theroadmap is that we are getting precise. Theroadmap doesn't pretend it will be easy.” “We alsoneed to think about how wecommunicate sustainable living toyoung kids. In UNEP’s globalsurvey on sustainable lifestyles(GSSL) young people in Europehave said they want socialinclusion and security. How willsustainable lifestyles deliver this?”Responding to a question on thepricing nature Ms. Demassieuxadded: “We will need to do it. Thisis the last resort.”Bart Martens: “I like the recommendations on policyand governance. There are also externalities in ourdemocracy: our decisions have an impact onpeople outside our area and we influence futuregenerations as well. I think it is necessary to have asustainable development impact assessment onpolicy programs, which is broader than an EIA.Principles of sustainable development are part ofthe constitution in Belgium and this trickles downinto our society. One example; a company wantedto build a palm oil biomass plant in Antwerp. Beforethe integration of SD into the Constitution, the legalbasis todeny apermitwas notthere. Butnow wecouldtake intoaccounttheimpact of the plantations in Indonesia, and stop theindustry” Bart added that prices alone will not dothe job and that we need to move from the “polluterpays” to the “polluter stops” principle with higherstandards and norms. He also added that ecotaxesneed social corrections and pleaded with Europeanpolicymakers present to allow for more publicprivateinvestments – especially in energy savings.Final Conference Report 21