Transcript Felix Dodds - Rio+20..

Rio+20
Felix Dodds
Executive Director
Stakeholder Forum
Stakeholder Forum
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Set up in 1987 as UNEP-UK then became
UNED-UK (1993) and then Stakeholder
Forum (2000)
Internation Advisory Board includes
NRDC, National Wildlife Federation, WRI
and World Information transfer from USA –
others include: WWF Int, IUCN,
Development Alternatives, ENDA WBCSD,
IUSU, ICLEI, Global Unions, NRG4SD
What does Stakeholder Forum do?
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Help facilitate stakeholder engagement in
intergovernmental processes:- Organised stakeholder
preparations for: the Ad Hoc Environment Ministers
(Norway 2000), Bonn Water (2001), WSSD Regional
Prep Coms (2001) , Bonn Energy (2004), UNEP GPA
IGR-2 (2006), Stakeholder engagement in the UN
ECOSOC AMR and MDG+8 Summit (2008)
Global Public Policy Network on Water Management
– working on water and climate
Sustainable Development Governance eg High Level
Panel on System Wide Coherence (2006) , review of
the CSD, UNEP
What does Stakeholder Forum do?
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Capacity Building: - to engage in
intergovernmental meetings eg Negotiating and
Implementing MEAs, workshops for UNEP and
UNDP
Informing people about sustainable
development: Outreach newsletter since 1996
and now Stakeholder radio with BBC World
Service Trust and UN Radio, developing a web
2.0 platform for the Summit
Promoting dialogue on sustainable development
eg through books
Stakeholder Forum Books
Medium
interest
First Wave Limits
Second Wave Regulation
1993 Climate & Bio-div. Conventions
1992 Earth Summit
1991 Gulf War
1987 Montreal Convention
1985 Vienna Convention
High interest
Third Wave Globalisation
and Governance
2002 WSSD
2004 Madrid Bomb
2001 September 11th
2001 Genoa G8
2003 Gulf War II
1999 Battle of Seattle
1995 Straddling Fish Stocks,
Copenhagen, Beijing
1994 Desertification Convention
1973 Oil Crises
1972 - Stockholm
Adapted from John Elkington’s Waves and Down waves
Future
Low interest
Fourth Wave Environmental/
Economic and Human
Security
Albert Einstein
"We can't solve problems by using
the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them.”
Or
"Two things are infinite: the universe
and human stupidity; and I'm not
sure about the universe."
Preparations for 2012 to date
2007 September President Lula of Brazil calls for a new Earth
Summit
2008 September G77 backs call for a Summit
2008 November 4th G77 tables GA resolution calling for a
Summit
2008 November 12th Stakeholder Forum host workshop on
Rio+20 – Donostia Declaration
2008 December GA decides to defer decision to 2009
2008 December Stakeholder Forum sets up
www.earthsummit2012.org
2009 February Stakeholder Forum hosts dinner for
governments on Rio+20
Donostia Declaration
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Economic, Environment and Human Security
A new Brundtland Commission on a Green New
Deal
A review of Agenda 21 and JPoI
Reform of Sustainable Development
Governance
convention on access to information,
participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio
Declaration)
Convention on Corporate Accountability
February Non Paper
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Newly Emerging Spirit of International Cooperation
The need for Global Governance
Recognising Common but Differentiated
Responsibilities
Importance of Focus and Measurable Outcomes:
Options Facing Humanity
Not to Distract from or Delay Progress Elsewhere
New Green Deal
Brazilian Submission to the UN
Secretary General
Review of implementation
(i). Review of the implementation of the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development,
(ii). Review of the implementation of Agenda 21 the Program
for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
(iii). Review of the implementation of the 3 Rio Conventions:
CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD.
(iv)For the UNFCCC, 2012 will mark the conclusion of the
first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The 2012
Conference will provide an opportunity to contribute to the
review of its implementation.
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International governance for
sustainable development
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Look at reform of UNEP –
Deal with the fragmentation of the system
Reform of the CSD
convergence for deliberation on the reform of
the international institutions for sustainable
development
Green economy
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economic and financial crises has highlighted the
need to reinstate the role of the State both as
regulator and driver for sustainable development
structural changes are required to sustain a true
transformation.
several alternatives of reform, regulation, fiscal
stimulus, capacity building and prioritization of
sectors and regions should be analyzed
Green Economy
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Stimulating the world economy through policies
that give priority to sustainable patterns of
consumption and production
New investment opportunities - in fields such as
energy, transport, agriculture and infrastructure can be coupled with incentives to sustainable
innovation and technology transfer.
creation of “green jobs”
Water
Water is essential for socioeconomic
development and for maintaining the integrity
of the environment
 Access to water
A place setter for Environmental Security Issues?
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Brazilian Outcomes
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A comprehensive political declaration that would
indicate new areas of convergence and consolidate
the international consensus on the paradigm of
“green economy”; to recall and reaffirm Agenda 21,
the Rio Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation; identify gaps and propose actions
for bridging them.
A plan of action for the achievement of the
objectives set forth by the Conference, including with
regard to the implementation of the “green
economy” paradigm.
Earth Summit 2012
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A NEW GREEN ECONOMY
New Paradigm – Human Environmental and
Economic Security
Earth Charter
Agenda 2030
Possibly Conventions – access to information,
participation and environmental justice and corporate
accountability
Obama approach
Engage stakeholders and people
Senator Robert Kennedy (1968)
“A revolution is coming— a revolution which will be
peaceful if we are wise enough; Compassionate if we
care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough. But
a revolution is coming whether we will it or not. We can
affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”
A more fundamental revolution is needed, not in 40 years
time and not only in one country, but in the next ten to
twenty years and across the globe..”
What to do
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Discuss what you think the Summit should be
about
Coordinate a response to the White House and
the State Department calling for a Summit in
2012
Start a country wide conversation on how to
create a green economy