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On the road to Rio
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On the road to Rio
Local governments and Rio+20
Ania Rok,
Project Officer Urban Governance
and Sustainability Management
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days to go
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1992UN Conference on Environment and Development(The Earth Summit), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002World Summit on Sustainable Development
LA21
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4-6 June 2012UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Summit on Sustainable DevelopmentJohannesburg, Republic of South Africa
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Rio+20: main themes
� green economy, within the context of sustainabledevelopment and poverty eradication
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� institutional framework for sustainable development
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The century of cities
� urban areas account for 75% of CO2 emissions, main sources: buildings, transport, industry
� by 2050 70% of world population to live in cities
� urban population to grow from 3.5 bln in 2010
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to 6.3 bln in 2050, with 95% of increase occurring indeveloping countries
� urban capacity needs to double in the next 40 years!
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41 trillion dollars to be spent… how?
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Getting our concepts right
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GOAL Quality of life for all
without exceeding the limits of the planetary systems
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Cities and green economy
� greening of urban economies essential for the global transition
� cities as resource-producing systems, not only consumers
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� from efficiency to sufficiency
� global standards needed for local economies to work (e.g. removal of perverse subsidies, accountabilityframework for business)
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It’s all about governance…
� current institutional set-up is not working
� we need a multi-level, inclusive and accountablegovernance system
� clear goals and relevant indicators are key
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(Agenda 2050)
� single global organization working on all environmental issues
� global science-policy interface
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Local governments – global actors
� top-down approach not effective
� recognition, responsibility and decision-shapingpowers in international processes
� decentralization is not only about tasks,
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it should entail transfer of powers and resources
� city-to-city cooperation
� local science-policy interface
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ICLEI and Rio+20
� Local Authority Major Group Organizing Partner
� Global Town Hall in parallel to Rio+20
� World Congress & Research Symposium
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� World Congress & Research Symposium
� Local Sustainability 2012 global study
� position papers on Rio+20 themes input to zero draft
Nov 1
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Coming up…
� Share your story: Local Sustainability 2012 study
� Cities invited to participate in LSE Cities – ICLEI Green Economy Survey
� Call for contributions - The Economics of Green Cities:
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� Call for contributions - The Economics of Green Cities: World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy
� Call for contributions – ICLEI World Congress 2012and Research Symposium, 29 May – 1 June 2012,Belo Horizonte
& many more!
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