How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings: Training Workshop

How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings: Training Workshop Felix Dodds and Jennifer Peer Cyprus 19-20th March 2007

Course Objectives • Overall objective: prepare CESF to participate in CSD 15 • Overview of intergovernmental processes on the environment • History of sustainable development • Introduction to Multilateral Environmental Agreements • National and Regional Preparations for UN Meetings • Attending UN Meetings: what to expect and how to use your time as effectively as possible

Course Objectives • Implementing UN Decisions • Understanding the Role of NGOs in intergovernmental processes • Using the media to promote your positions at the UN • Begin to develop a common position paper for the CSD Other objectives??

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan • "The United Nations once dealt only with governments. By now we know that peace and prosperity cannot be achieved without partners involving governments, international organizations, the business community and civil society. In today's world, we depend on each other."

Stakeholder Forumwww.stakeholderforum.org • A UK Multi-stakeholder Forum • The UK National Committee for UNEP • The UK Focal Point for UNDP • Local Agenda 21, indicators for sustainable development, national multi-stakeholder round nations • A Global Multi-stakeholder Forum

Stakeholder Forum www.stakeholderforum.org • CSD Dialogues (1996) • The WHO London European Health and Environmental Conference (1999) • The Second World Water Forum (2000) • Informal Environmental Ministers Meeting (2000) • Bonn International Freshwater Conference (2001) • Multi stakeholder Processes (Earthscan 2002) • The Implementation Conference (2002) • Bonn International Renewable Energy Conference (2004) • High Level Panel on UN Reform (2006) • UNEP GPA (2006)

Books from SF in the last few years • Plain Language Guide to WSSD • How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings • Governance for Sustainable Development • Human and Environmental Security

Overview of Sustainable Development History and Processes Understand the CSD • Look at UN first conference on Human Environment (Stockholm) 1972 to now • Role of Stakeholders • Present cycle of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development

United Nations • 1972 Stockholm Human Environment • 1987 Brundtland Commission • 1992: Rio Earth Summit (Environment and Development) • 1993: Vienna Conference (Human Rights) • 1994: Cairo Conference (Population) • 1995: Copenhagen Social Summit (Unemployment, Migration and Poverty) • 1995: Beijing Fourth Conference on Women and Development • 1996: Istanbul Conference (Human Settlements) • 1996: Rome Food Summit • 1987 Rio + 5 • 2000: Millennium Summit • 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and Monterrey • 2005 World Summit 2005

Outcomes from Stockholm • UNEP • Action Plan for the Human Environment • Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

Stockholm to Rio • Press interest • NGOs • Multilateral Environmental Agreements • National Government Ministries • Public awareness • Brundtland Commission

Outcomes from UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio) 1992 – Earth Summit • Agenda 21 • Rio Declaration • Climate Change Convention • Bio-diversity Convention • Forestry Principles • UN Commission on Sustainable Development • Major Groups • Financing Rio $625 billion • 120 Heads of State and Global Forum

Stakeholders and Local Action • "Each local authority should enter into a dialogue with its citizens, local organizations and private enterprises and adopt a ‘local Agenda 21’ through consultation and consensus building, local authorities would learn from citizens and from local, civic, community, business and industrial organizations and acquire the information for formulating the best strategies." Agenda 21

The Commission on Sustainable Development First Cycle (1993-1996) • Advancing the cause of Small Island Developing States (SIDS); • Promoting the role of Major Groups; • Recommending that relevant bodies seek a legally-binding status for the Prior Informed Consent procedure; • Supporting the Washington Global Plan for Action on protecting the marine environment from land-based activities; • The setting up of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Forest

UNGASS (Rio+ 5) 1997 • Further Programme • A date for National Sustainable Development Strategies to be produced and implemented; pioneering national reporting; • Multilateral Investment Agreement • Preparation for Kyoto • Wake up on Finances aid had gone down from $56 billion to $53 billion – • Creation of multi stakeholder dialogues

The Commission on Sustainable Development Second Cycle (1998-2001) • Establishing the open-ended process on oceans and the law of the sea; • The establishment of the UN Forum on Forests; • Developing a set of indicators for sustainable development; • Agreeing on new consumer guidelines to include sustainable development • Initiating the global freshwater assessment (now the World Water Development Report);

World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) • A new deal? • Strong negotiated text? • 9/11 • Sanitation target • Partnerships • Push for ratification of Rio conventions • Other targets include……WSSD target on IWRM (integrated water resource management) and Water Efficiency Plans by 2005,

CSD Cycle 3 • 2004 and 2005 Water Cycle: Sanitation and Human Settlements • 2006 and 2007 Energy Cycle: Industrial Development; Air Pollution / Atmosphere Climate Change • 2008-2009 Agriculture Cycle: Rural Development; Land; Drought; Desertification; Africa The first year of the cycle looks at opportunities and threats and the second at the policy implications

Cross Cutting issues including poverty, Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, Protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development, Sustainable development in a globalizing world , means of implementation, education and gender, Sustainable development of SIDS, Sustainable development for Africa, Other regional initiatives,

CSD Energy 2 billion people do not have access to modern energy services; and an estimated $16 trillion will be needed for investment in the world energy systems in the next 25 years

This CSD: Energy • Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition (JREC) in 2002 a like minded group said they would increase the share of renewable energy in the global total primary energy supply mix. And set targets for the increase of renewable energy

What do you think would be the key energy issues?

Energy Cycle politics • Nuclear • Hydropower • Sustainable Consumption and Production • Subsidies • Climate Change • Oil and Gas • Energy Security • All options must remain open • Role of the UN • Technology Transfer Constraints • Missing Targets • Financing renewables

And what else at the CSD • Negotiations • Partnership Fair • Side events • Stakeholder meetings • Learning Center

How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings: Training Workshop