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Transforming UNEP: GC/GMEF Outcomes

Transforming UNEP: GC/GMEF Outcomes. ISDC Meeting Cholpon Ata, Issykkul Lake, Kyrgyzstan 25 June 2008 Mahesh Pradhan, ROAP, UNEP. 10th Special Session of the Governing Council Global Ministerial Environment Forum The Principality of Monaco, 20-22 February 2008.

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Transforming UNEP: GC/GMEF Outcomes

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  1. Transforming UNEP:GC/GMEF Outcomes ISDC Meeting Cholpon Ata, Issykkul Lake, Kyrgyzstan 25 June 2008 Mahesh Pradhan, ROAP, UNEP

  2. 10th Special Session of the Governing CouncilGlobal Ministerial Environment Forum The Principality of Monaco, 20-22 February 2008 • Representatives from 138 UN Member States; UN agencies, convention secretariats, intergovernmental organizations; 113 non-governmental and civil society organizations; • Policy issues: State of the environment; Emerging policy issues; Environment and development. • Executive Director’s report on implementation of the outcomes of UN Summits and major intergovernmental meetings, and the GC decisions • Ministerial consultations “Globalization and the environment – mobilizing finance to meet the climate challenge” and “International environmental governance and United Nations reform”. • Decisions: • SS.X/1. Chemicals management, including mercury and waste management • SS.X/2. Sustainable development of the Arctic region • SS.X/3. Medium-term Strategy for the period 2010–2013 • SS.X/4. International decade for addressing climate change • SS.X/5. Global Environment Outlook: environment for development

  3. TRANSFORMING UNEP UNEP Medium-term Strategy for the period 2010–2013 • GC-24 decision and a part of the UN reform process; • Open, transparent and extensive consultation process with the Govts, MEAs, civil society and the private sectors; • Clearly defined vision, objectives, priorities and impact measures and mechanism for approval by the GC-25; • Six thematic priorities: • climate change; • disasters and conflict; • ecosystem management; • environmental governance; • harmful substances and hazardous waste; • resource efficiency – sustainable consumption and production.

  4. TRANSFORMING UNEP UNEP Medium-term Strategy for the period 2010–2013 • Core cross-cutting objectives • enhancing the capacity of the UNEP to deliver on the Bali Strategic Plan; • UNEP’s role as the principal United Nations body in the field of environment; • ensuring that UNEP’s actions are founded on sound science; • results‑based management • Implementation Mechanisms • Sound Science • Awareness, Education and Outreach • Capacity building and Technology Support • Cooperation, Coordination and Partnerships • Sustainable Financing for the global environment

  5. Other transformations • Transition to being a fully results-based organization through the 2008–2009 program of work, including through new, more focused costed work plans. • Gender mainstreaming: a Senior Advisor on Gender and a network of 35 focal points - to mainstream gender issues into our work program; focusing on gender in recruitment; • Innovations in information and communications technology • A new accountability framework for senior managers, delegations of authority on program management, human resources and procurement. • Establishment of the Quality Assurance Section and Corporate Services Section • UNEP as a service provider to the United Nations system with respect to environmental issues

  6. Addressing Challenges • The green economy • transition to a low-carbon society, • Low costs to combat impacts of climate change: from less than 1% of global GDP annually over 30 years • mobilizing finance: Kyoto protocol; post-2012; UNEP’s work to lower market development barriers, developing new financial incentive concepts to mobilize investment into the new climate sectors. • Green growth: 10-year framework of program on sustainable consumption and production under the Marrakech Process, International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management • Improved coherence in international environmental policy-making • Capacity building, technology transfer and country-level coordination for the environmental pillar of sustainable development • IEG: reform processes and informal consultative process on IEG , informal initiatives of groups of Governments (Swiss and Mexican Ambassadors)

  7. MTS #1: Climate Change • centre of global scientific and political discourse • need to address adaptation needs and for cooperation by all countries • the scientific findings of the 4th assessment report of the IPCC • Stern report on economics of Climate Change • commitment by the outcomes of the UNFCCC COP-13 held in Bali, Indonesia, and the Bali Action Plan (“Bali Roadmap”), and recent Bonn discussions • to mitigate and adapt to climate change interlinked with biodiversity, desertification, poverty and famine, sustainable development and improve the lives of affected or vulnerable populations, • GC/GMEF proposal to proclaim an International Decade of Climate Change for 2010–2020 at 63d UN General Assembly

  8. MTS # 2 & 3: Ecosystems Mgmt and Disasters/Conflicts Ecosystem Management • Ecosystem services • Integrate ecosystem management approach into national development and planning processes Disasters and Conflicts • Minimize environmental threats to human well-being from environmental causes and consequences of conflicts and disasters • Enhancing national capacity

  9. MTS # 4 & 5: Env. Governance and Harmful Substances Environmental Governance • At the national, regional and global levels • MEAs – synergies and harmonized reporting • Atmospheric • Chemicals • Green • Seas Harmful Substances and Hazardous Wastes • Minimize the impact of harmful substances and hazardous waste on the environment and human beings • SAICM – mercury, heavy metals, ozone,

  10. MTS # 6: Resource Efficiency • Decoupling of growth in production and consumption of goods and services from resource depletion and environmental degradation • Resource efficiency is increased and pollution is reduced • Investment in efficient, clean and safe industrial production methods • Consumer choice

  11. REAP Process: Central Asia • Developed and launched in 2001, with ADB and UNDP • 5 core priorities: land, water, air, mountains, waste • 4 emerging issues: ABC, GLOF, chemicals, Renewable energy • 4 implementation objectives: • strengthening political mechanism • data and information support • civil society participation • capacity building for project implementation

  12. UNEP supported activities • Regional Cooperation: • REAP • Framework Convention • Mountain Center • SSDS/NSDSs • IEA/SOE, data management • Support to CA Climate Change Initiative (training in July 2008 in Ashgabad) • Environment Community: • Support to Civil Society, • CAYEN • Env. Law (Subreg. Judges Conferences 2006, 2008) • Emerging issues: • ABC, GLOF, chemicals, Renewable energy • Proposal to review, link to global priorities, coordination with other regional initiatives and players (CA Convention, EU Strategy for CA, CAREC, UN Regional Preventive Diplomacy Center…)

  13. Thank you for your attention.

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