European Food SCP Round Table Plenary 2011 SCP in the Global Context

1. European Food SCP Round Table Plenary 2011 SCP in the Global Context Fanny Demassieux Resource Efficiency Subprogramme Coordinator Head, Responsible Consumption Unit United Nations Environment Programme

2. Two planets needed by 2050 If we all keep/adopt the western patterns of production & consumption 2002 2100 1900 2050

3. Why does Sustainable Production AND Consumption matter? Impacts will be driven by increase in Affluence, Population. Technology will struggle to be enough. Projected IPAT for China Ref: Zhu Dajian, Governance for Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai (Davos, 2011) BAU in technology: 25 times more impacts Factor 5 improvement: 5 times more impacts.

4. The SCP global agenda • Earth Summit - Agenda 21 (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) • Call for action to promote patterns of consumption and production that reduce environmental stress and meet the basic needs of humanity • World Summit on Sustainable Development - JPOI (Johannesburg, 2002) • SCP is an overarching objective of and essential requirement for sustainable development • Call for the development of a 10Year Framework of Programme to support SCP implementation at the regional and national level • Marrakech process: SCP initiatives/policies have steadily increased in most regions (2003-2011) • E.g. development of regional strategies, capacity-building and information sharing, multi-stakeholder partnerships and project implementation in SCP areas • CSD18/19 (2010-2011) gap in the Environmental Decision & JPOI implementation: the CSD19 failed to adopt any decision • UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20, 2012: an opportunity to take stock of progress in advancing SCP

5. Some key initiatives on SCP • International Resource Panel, cochaired by UNEP-EC: reports on Decoupling; Priority Products and Materials, Metal Flows, Biofuels • Joint UNEP/UNIDO Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Programme: 50 national cleaner production centres and programmes worldwide • Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative: international platform to establish baselines to measure and report buildings performance, develop tools and strategies, advice and support to policy-makers. • OECD Environment Directorate project on the impacts of household consumption on the environment (energy use, waste, transport, food and water). • Regional and sub-regional SCP strategies: European Union SCP, African 10YFP, LAC SCP strategy, Arab Region Strategy, Asia Green Growth Initiative, MERCOSUR SCP action plan, etc. • Green Growth initiative- UN ESCAP and Republic of Korea: five main tracks of green tax and budget reform, sustainable infrastructure, sustainable consumption, green business, and ecological efficiency indicators

6. Economic growth can remain at comparable levels KEYRESULTS • Green Scenario • 2 % GDP (1 300 bn dollars invested per year in greening 10 key sectors between 2010 and 2050 Statu Quo Current economic policy and investment patterns pursued Projected annual trends – GDP (Modelisation 2% GDP)

7. … With less impact :Green Scenario vs Statu Quo KEYRESULTS

8. Agriculture is facing a multitude of challenges • Demand side Challenge • Food security • Population growth • Changing pattern of demand driven by increased income • The growing pressure from bio-fuels. • Supply side challenges • Limited availability of land • Water • Mineral inputs • Rural labour • Increasing vulnerability of agriculture to climate change • Pre-harvest and post-harvest losses.

9. UNEP’s SCP Agri-food Programme • Activities based on a supply chain approach towards sustainability in agriculture and fisheries • UNEP launched the Sustainable Rice Platform last week – a PPP to scale-up sustainable rice production. • Why rice? • 95% of all rice is produced and consumed in the South • Fragmented supply chain allowing little or no market incentive • Food Security and Poverty alleviation elements: 200 M rice producers

10. Agriculture is producing more than needed • The current level of production can feed 12-14 billion people @ ~ 2400 KC/person/day • Why ~ 1 Billion sleep hungry? • Poverty amid Plenty

11. Sustainable Food Systems • Joint Programme with FAO and UNEP • Main implementation tool is the Agri-food Task Force on SCP • March 2012: first technical meeting (Rome) • To re-focus and re-orient more effectively existing information platforms on sustainable agriculture and agri-food products • To deliver meaningful and reliable communication about agri-food products to create markets and incentives to foster sustainable consumption and production patterns (broad set of principles to guide sustainability claims) • To create enabling conditions in developing countries for the uptake of SCP in food systems (Capacity building and Public-Private Partnerships) • To promote resource efficient production methods through market-based approaches (sustainable supply chains, PES and sustainability standards)

12. Consultation of the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme • Barbados, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America • European Commission, Consumers International, European Food SCP Roundtable, ICTSD, ISEAL Alliance, IUCN, Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, South Centre, WBCSD, WWF, FAO, UNCTAD, UNDESA, UNEP, OECD, UNIDO, International Fertilizer Association, Action Contre la Faim

13. Towards Rio+20 • 2 main issues on the negotiations agenda: • International Framework for SustainableDevelopment (IFSD) • Green Economy • Otherissues: Food security? Energyaccess for all? • TowardsSustainableDevelopment Goals?

14. Thankyou!