Ensure that encourages and enables people to make choices of sustainable consumption, including setting policy frameworks, legislative or regulatory support, improving education and access to information and relevant alternatives and precise and, by 2030, reduce the global footprint of consumption in an equitable manner, including reducing by half the wasted world of food, significantly reducing the excessive consumption of and by substantially reducing the generation of waste, in order that all people live well in harmony with Mother Earth.

Note by the Secretariat:  This guidance material provides an overview of the target by a brief introduction of key terms, highlighting some of the implications for the establishment of national targets and providing key points and questions guidance for their consideration as part of the exercises of establishment of national targets. It also identifies the indicators to monitor the progress and the resources that could help with the establishment and implementation of national goals. This material should be considered a work in progress and will be updated regularly with the contributions of the Parties and organizations associated with the light of the experiences with its use. This information is intended to serve as a resource to the Parties and others might wish to consider as they implement the Global Framework for Biodiversity. It does not replace or qualify  the decisions 15/4  or  15/5 .