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MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability. Mr Razi Latif Senior Programme Officer UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific May 28 2012. MDG7: Challenges in Asia & the Pacific. 66% of world’s poor In world’s most densely populated region 34% of global GHG emission

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MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

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  1. MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability Mr Razi Latif Senior Programme Officer UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific May 28 2012

  2. MDG7: Challenges in Asia & the Pacific • 66% of world’s poor • In world’s most densely populated region • 34% of global GHG emission • Due to high economic growth (Annual per capita GDP growth: 7.5% in 2010) • Lowest ecological carrying capacity amongst world’s regions

  3. MDG 7: Where are we? Asia-Pacific: • Achieved 4 out of 6 MDG indicators (early) – especially Middle Income countries: • Forest Cover (North & Central Asia, South Asia) • Protected areas (All sub-regions) • ODP substitute consumption (All except North & Central Asia) • Safe drinking water (South Asia, South-East Asia) • Is making no progress on reducing CO2 emissions (Except the Pacific) •  Slow progress on providing basic sanitation (All sub-regions)

  4. MDG7: Challenges in Asia & the Pacific Increased resource use and degradation Climate change Our common future depends on Asia and the Pacific’s production and resource consumption patterns CO2 emissions - highest in the world

  5. MDG 7: Where do we need to be? • More than 7 billion people and only 1 planet. • Estimated 4-5 planets needed for everyone to live like an • average US resident • Most estimates of the earth’s carrying capacity are between • 8 and 16 billion people, many say around 8 billion; • People are at the centre of environmental use, degradation • and challenges. People are therefore the solution. • We need to educate and change the way we view, use and • interact with the environment – towards sustainable • consumption and production. Himalaya

  6. The Poverty Environment Initiative Investing in the environment to achieve MDGs Focus on innovative approaches, policy, governance and capacity building to address the Poverty-Environment Agenda Khon Kean - PEI pilot site in Thailand to address inconsistent agro-industry policies

  7. MDG 7: What can the Media do? A lot: • Educate and inform ordinary people about the issues, the • solutions and what they can do; • Campaign to catalyze change and action by decision makers • as well as the general public; • Highlight new developments and findings, bringing them to • the widest possible audience; • Investigate, name and shame wrong-doers; • Publicise and highlight innovators and good practices. Himalaya

  8. GEO-5 Coming Soon! The GEO-5 report provides a sobering balance sheet of the last years UNEP’s fifth Global Environment Outlook Report (GEO-5) • Will be launched on 6 June 2012 in Rio de Janiero, New Delhi, Beijing and around the world • Part 1: State and trends of the global environment • Part 2: Solutions – promising policies from regions including Asia-Pacific • Part 3: Options for action towards sustainable development

  9. Thank you For more information: www.unep.org/roap www.unep.org/geo

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