Ecosystem Interactions Class Discussion Presentation in Blue Green Lined Styl...
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1. Challenges for the future of
Sustainable Development – the
Way Forward
Felix Dodds
Stakeholder Forum
2. interest
Medium
Low interest
High interest
First Wave Limits
1972 - Stockholm
1973 Oil Crises
1985 Vienna Convention
1987 Montreal Convention
1991 Gulf War
Second Wave Regulation
1992 Earth Summit
1993 Climate & Bio-div. Conventions
Adapted from John Elkington’s Waves and Down waves
1994 Desertification Convention
1995 Straddling Fish Stocks,
Copenhagen, Beijing
and Governance
1999 Battle of Seattle
Third Wave Globalisation
2001 Genoa G8
2001 September 11th
2002 WSSD
Security
2003 Gulf War II
Fourth Wave
2004 Madrid Bomb
Environmental/Human
Copenhagen 2009
Rio+20
Future
3. Legacy of
Rio+20 How to Asia
influence the European
New Global Action
process
Development
Goals
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5. Rio+20 in a time of economic upheaval
• Rio+20 was happening during an economic crisis
in the north
• Rio+20 was happening when the Tea Party saw
green as the new socialist conspiracy
• Rio+20 – re-established sustainable development
within the international discourse
• Rio+20 - tried to put economy at the centre of the
discussion for sustainable development
• Rio+20 – attempted to strengthen multilateralism
6. Good News
• Sustainable Development Goals – open working
group
• Intergovernmental Panel on mobilization of
resources
• Green Economies
• Sustainability Reporting friends of para 47
• UNEP strengthened – universal membership
• Sustainable Development Governance Strengthened
• Ten Year SCP process agreed
• Knowledge platform (s) –
• Nexus thinking – food, water and energy
• Global Sustainability Outlook Report
8. Tomorrow is today Rio+20 to 2015
• Country consultation – by March 2013
• Thematic consultations - by March 2013 on:
– Equalities
– Health
– Education
– Growth and employment
– Food security and nutrition
– Conflict and fragility
– Population dynamics
– Governance (at all levels)
– Environmental sustainability
– Water
– Energy
9. Secretary General’s High Level panel of Eminent Persons
on the Post 2015 Development Agenda
• Three Presidents and PMs
• Vision and shape of a post 2015 agenda for
beyond 2015
• Focus will be around the three dimensions of
economic growth, social equality and
environmental sustainability
10. An overview of the process
• Intergovernmental • Secretary General
Sustainable
Development Intergovernmental
Panel on Country Thematic
Goals
mobilization of Consultations Consultation
Working
Group resources
UN GA 2013 High Level Panel of
Eminent People
UN UN Secretary General
Report
UN GA 2015
UN GA 2013
11. Governance (at all levels)
• Governments coordinating thematic consultation: South
Africa and Germany
• Lead UN bodies: UNDP and OHCHR
• Global Conversation: October 2012 - March 2013
• Leadership Meeting: February 2013 South Africa
• Output: Final report April 2013.
• Please join the discussion by signing up at:
http://www.worldwewant2015.org//governance
• Online moderated discussion will take place over 4 weeks
from 19 November 2012 to 16 December 2012,
• Join in conversation also via Twitter using #governance2015
• Lead NGO Network: Centre for Economic and Social Rights
and Global Campaign against Poverty
12. Environmental sustainability
• Governments coordinating thematic consultation: France
• Lead UN bodies: UNDP and UNEP
• Global Conversation: October 2012 - March 2013
• Outline of input:
www.worldwewant2015.org/sustainability
• Leadership Meeting: January 2013 (tbc)
• Output: Final report April 2013.
• Phase 1 Call for papers; deadline 8th of December.
• Join in conversation via Twitter using #sustainability2015
• Online discussion: open NOW
• Lead NGO Network: Climate Action Network
International
13. Water
• Governments coordinating thematic consultation: Netherlands
and Switzerland
• Lead UN bodies: UN-Water, UNDESA and UNICEF
• Output: Final report April 2013.
• Leadership Meeting: in The Hague on 22 March 2013
• Please join the discussion by signing up at:
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/water
• Lead NGO Network: Sanitation and Water for All
• Join in conversation also via Twitter: #waterpost2015
• Commissioning of framing papers on key water-related topics to
kick-off the online discussions (November-December 2012).
• On-line consultation interested stakeholders (Jan. to Feb. 2013)
– Access to safe drinking water, sustainable sanitation and hygiene
– Water resources.
15. UN DPI NGO Conference
Co-Chairs Text
1.Clean Energy, 11.Subsidies and
2.Water, Investment,
3.Healthy Seas and Oceans, 12.New Indicators of
Progress,
4.Sustainable Agriculture,
13.Access to
5.Green Cities, information,
6.SCP, 14.Public Participation,
7.Biodiversity, 15.Access to Redress
8.Climate Sustainability, and Remedy,
9.Sustainable Livelihoods 16.Environmental Justice
and Education, for the Poor and
10. Healthy Forests, Marginalized,
17.Basic Health
16. Global Sustainability Report
1.food security,
9.green jobs,
2.water,
10.decent work and social
3.energy, inclusion,
4.sustainable 11.disaster risk reduction
consumption and and resilience
production,
5.sustainable cities,
6.climate change,
7.biodiversity and
8.oceans,
17. UN DESA 7 themes for Rio+20
• Water
• Oceans and Seas
• Cities
• Energy
• Food
• Natural Disasters
• Jobs
18. Post 2015 sustainable development goals
• Energy • Oceans and Seas
• Water • Forests
• Food and Nutrition • Climate
• Human Settlements • Biodiversity
• Cities/Urban
• SCP
19. ASIA AND EUROPE ACTION
Building a more sustainable, safe and secure world
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20. 2012-2015
• Knowledge Networks
– Informative on how to engage in the process upto 2015
– A forum for experts to address the Goals, Targets and
Indicators
– A hub of what is happening in both regions on the key
themes
• Advocacy
– Bring together the organizations planning to do SDG in
Asia- Europe (SF, EU, IUCN,Earth System Governance, IGES)
– Dialogue space VERY important to discuss across EU-G77
to seek common positions
– Organizing workshops, seminars on key issues to help
generate discussion and trust
• Pilot projects - Pilot projects on green economies
21. • Pilot projects
– Green Economy based on NSDS and NCSD
– Identify Pilot projects on green economies
22. Tomorrow is today Rio+20 to 2015
• Eminent Peoples Panel – May 2013
• MDG Summit - September 2013
• High Level Political Forum first meeting -
September 2013
• SDG Open Working Group - September 2014/5
• Intergovernmental Panel on Resource
Mobilization – September 2014/5
• Summit - September 2015
• UNFCCC – December 2015
