POSTMODERN SOCIETY, SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION THE INCOMPLETE SEARCH FOR SOLIDARITY

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Lívia Gaigher Bósio Campello
Janine Rodrigues de Oliveira Trindade

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Given the importance of keeping consumption levels within the environment™s carrying capacity and natural limits to growth, this article examines the interconnections between postmodern society, the United Nations (UN) and sustainable consumption. Throughout the article, the main characteristics of postmodern society and their relationship with the problem of unsustainability are analyzed. The historical process of the UN™s struggle for a sustainable global community, based on data on social inequalities and the human impact on ecosystems, is taken as a background. The article highlights the need for strong global governance, combined with changing society™s habits and the use of solidary economy practices to support the realization of the right and duty to sustainable consumption. The research is qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and deductive. The methodological procedure is bibliographical and documentary.

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Lívia Gaigher Bósio Campello, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Postdoctoral degree in State Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo/SP, Brazil. PhD in Economic and International Relations Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Master in Public Policy and Process at the Centro Universitário Fluminense (UNIFLU), Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ, Brazil. Graduated in Law from the Universidade Vila Velha (UVV), Vila Velha/ES, Brazil. Coordinator of the Specialization in Law and Sustainable Development at the Faculdade de Direito Prof. Nelson Trad da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (FADIR/UFMS), Campo Grande/MS, Brazil.

Janine Rodrigues de Oliveira Trindade, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Master’s student in Human Rights at the Faculdade de Direito Prof. Nelson Trad, da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (FADIR/UFMS), Campo Grande/MS, Brazil. Specialist in Constitutional Law from Universidade Anhanguera (UNIDERP), Campo Grande/MS, Brazil. Graduated in Law from the Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB), Campo Grande/MS, Brazil. Member of the Human Rights, Environment and Global Sustainable Development Research Group (UFMS/CNPq). Judge of the Judicial Power of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (TJMS), Campo Grande/MS, Brazil.