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Changing Consumption Patterns - Report of the Secretary General
UN, 2001. E/CN.17/2001/PC/8.
Prepared by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat as task manager for chapter 4 of Agenda 21, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations.
Available through the Johannesburg Summit prepcom1 webpage: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/ prepcom1.html

Consumption Opportunities: Strategies for Change - A report for decision-makers
UNEP, 2001. 69p.
ISBN: 9280720716.
This Report presents UNEP's policy responses to the challenge of sustainable consumption. It has been prepared in part as a contribution to the implementation of Agenda 21 Chapter 4, and is aimed at decision-makers in government, business and civil society in general.

Finding Commom Groud : Indigenous Peoples and their Association with the Mining Sector
IIED, 2003, London, 112p.
ISBN: 1 84369 469 7

This report originated in the work of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable
Development Project (MMSD). MMSD was a two-year participatory research
initiative designed to evaluate the role of the minerals, mining, and metals sector in
the transition to sustainable development.

Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development
IIED, 2002. 450p.
ISBN: 1853839078.
This report presents an analysis of a large and heterogeneous sector through the many stages of minerals and metals exploration, production, use, re-use, recycling, and final disposal.

State of the World 2007: Our urban future
World Watch Institute, 2007.

State of the World 2004
World Watch Institute, 2004. 245p.
ISBN: 0-393-32539-3.
Special Focus: The Consumer Society.