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European Food SCP Round Table Plenary 2011
SCP in the Global Context
Fanny DemassieuxResource Efficiency Subprogramme Coordinator
Head, Responsible Consumption UnitUnited Nations Environment Programme
Two planets needed by 2050
1900 21002002 2050
If we all keep/adopt the western patterns of
production & consumption
Why does Sustainable Production AND Consumption matter?
Impacts will be driven by increase in Affluence, Population. Technology will struggle to be enough.IPAT:year
IMPACT(How many times)
Population(billion)
Affluence(GDP per capita)
Technology(Impact/ GDP)
BAU Factor 5 BAU Factor 5
2000(baseline)
1.0 1.26 (1) 800 (1) 1
2020 x11 x2.2 1.4 (x1.1) 8,000 (x10) 1 1/5
2050 x25 x5 1.3 (x1) 20,000 (x25) 1 1/5
BAU in technology: 25 times more impactsFactor 5 improvement: 5 times more impacts.
Projected IPAT for China Ref: Zhu Dajian, Governance for Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai (Davos, 2011)
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 10 Year 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
The SCP global agenda
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.
Some key initiatives on SCP
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
Economic growth can remain at comparable levels
KEY RESULTS
Projected annual trends – GDP (Modelisation 2% GDP)
Statu QuoCurrent economic policy and investment patterns pursued
Green Scenario2 % GDP (1 300 bn dollars invested per year in greening 10 key sectors between 2010 and 2050
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… With less impact :Green Scenario vs Statu Quo
KEY RESULTS
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2015 2030 2050
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.
Agriculture is facing a multitude of challenges
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 SouthFragmented supply chain allowing little or no market
incentive Food Security and Poverty alleviation elements:
200 M rice producers
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Agriculture is producing more than needed
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The current level of production can feed 12-14 billion people @ ~ 2400 KC/person/day
• Why ~ 1 Billion sleep hungry?
Poverty amid Plenty
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)
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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)
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
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Towards Rio+20
2 main issues on the negotiations agenda: International
Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD)
Green EconomyOther issues: Food
security? Energy access for all?
Towards Sustainable Development Goals?
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Thank you!