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WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. OVERVIEW. BACKGROUND. The Sustainable Development (SD) approach has over 30 yrs been adopted as best practice 1972 – Stockholm – defined SD & 20 yrs creating tools, methods & procedures

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WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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  1. WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

  2. BACKGROUND The Sustainable Development (SD) approach has over 30 yrs been adopted as best practice • 1972 – Stockholm – defined SD & 20 yrs creating tools, methods & procedures • 1992 – Rio – a SD blueprint – Agenda 21 & 10yrs creating global agreements & approaches for SD • 2002 – Jhb – focused on implementing

  3. AGENDA 21 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT InstitutionalArrangements & Governance

  4. EVALUATION OF AGENDA 21 • Gap between rich & poor increased • Environment continued to degrade • Inadequate & biased implementation • Failed to take account of regional differences • Lack of focus on high leverage aspects • Lack of integration • Governance & institutional mechanisms • Therefore, no coordination of “non-Agenda 21” prog • New issues not dealt with – globalisation, ICT

  5. BROAD ISSUES FOR WSSD • Create a balance between all 3 pillars • Reaffirm Agenda 21 and it’s objectives • Identify & unblock obstacles to implementing • Address new issues – eg. globalisation • Agree on a Jhb Plan of Implementation which actions the MDG’s & provides context for the Doha WTO Development Round and Monterrey FfD • Take account of regional circumstances • Integrate other initiatives - partnerships

  6. BROAD OUTCOMES OF WSSD WSSD achieved the following broad outcomes • HOS commitment to SD as a means to narrow the divide between rich and poor • A Jhb Plan of Implementation (JPI), with: • Target global priorities for action to unblock SD • A new regional approach to SD, eg. NEPAD • Concrete commitments to Partnerships for implementation directly linked to the JPI

  7. OVERVIEW OF OUTCOMES 4 core aspects hindering implementation • Social Platform - Poverty • Economic Platform – Product & Consumption • Environmental Platform - Sustainability • Institutional arrangements – Governance, Means of implementation & globalisation

  8. SOCIAL PLATFORM • The key focus is poverty eradication with direct and indirect poverty eradication & dev measures, including: • MDG’s • Access to Water & sanitation • Affordable & accessible energy • Food security • Education • Health • Sustainable human settlement • Disaster and risk management

  9. ECONOMIC PLATFORM • This platform provides the means of implementation with a focus on changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production and achieving global equity, and includes: • Trade and finance • Technology • Consumption & production patterns (Consumer driven methods; Eco-efficiency, regulation and standards; SD planning etc.) • Renewable energy • Transport systems • Sectors • Industrial development • Mining • Fisheries • Tourism • Agriculture

  10. ENVIRONMENTAL PLATFORM • The key focus is on sustainable natural resource management as the basis for development, and includes • Water resource management • Ecosystems, (mountains, forests, oceans) • Climate change • Global warming • Desertification • Biodiversity loss • Pollution and waste • Chemicals

  11. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS • The key focus is to create the governance conditions to facilitate SD with a strong focus on regional initiatives and partnerships, and includes: • Corporate • Local • National • Regional (SIDS, Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia, UNECE) • International • Partnerships • Peace, security and stability • Human right and labour standards • Rule of law and cultural and religious values

  12. PARTNERSHIPS 221 Partnerships registered in Jhb • Water & sanitation – 21 - $1,73 bn • Energy – 32 - $769 m • Health – 16 - $2,33 bn • Agriculture – 17 - $92 m • Biodiversity & ecosystems – 32 - $153 m

  13. PARTNERSHIPS (cont) Cross cutting areas • Science & Educ – 34 – $345 m • Finance, trade & tech – 15 – $15 m • Prod & consumption – 8 – $ 4 m • Urbanisation & local govt – 11 - $20 m

  14. UNALLOCATED RESOURCES • Monterrey FfD - $50 bn over 5-10 yrs • GEF - $2,9 bn • Doha Dev Trust – yet to be resourced • World Solidarity Fund for Poverty – yet to be resourced • USA - $15 bn – for HIV/AIDS • ODA – based on specific cooperation agreements

  15. CSD 11 • 2 Yr cycles – 1st Review yr – 2nd Policy yr • 3 cycles agreed - others indicative • Focus on thematic cluster & overview cross cutting issues • 1st Cycle – water, sanitation, human settlement • 2nd Cycle – Energy, pollution, climate change • 3rd Cycle – Land & agriculture

  16. RECOMMENDATIONS • Education & Awareness of WSSD • To enable NW to dev these opportunities • NW 2012 to be regarded as WSSD plan • Clear linkages to NEPAD be drawn • Stakeholders & communities must be involved

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