Major groups engagement and participation

By Chantal Line Carpentier, Ph.D. Rio+20 Secretariat

Building the Future we want

The Road Map to Rio+20 … Objective and themes of the conference

Outcome document State of the negotiations Major groups and other stakeholder activities Participation into the preparatory process

Participation into the conference

Objective and themes of the conference

Secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development

• assessing progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on SD

• addressing new and emerging challenges

UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution (A/RES/64/236)

Thematic focus

Include:

• a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication;

• institutional framework for sustainable development

Outcome Document

• focused political document • ensuring implementation of commitments • addresses integration of economic, social and

environmental goals, • coherence of action at all levels (within UN and countries)

Outcome Document

+ 686 submissions received (by November 1 deadline) - 6000 pages

- 493 from Major groups and other stakeholders

+ Results of the regional Preparatory meetings and national meetings

= Negotiation of section I & II of zero-draft, 25-27 January, 19 pages

- Comments on section III-V by 29 February

2011

Fall Regional Preparatory meetings (RPMs)

(see next slide), National meetings November 1

Input to compilation document Mid-November Compilation

document 15-16 December Second Intersessional, UN Headquarters,

NY

2012

Jan 25-27, NY - outcome document Negotiations 19 – 27 March Negotiations 30 April - 4 May

13-15, June Third prep-com, Rio, Brazil

16-19 June Thematic days 20-22 June, Rio+20 conference, Rio

Road-map to Rio: Building the Future we want

The Co-chair zero draft

Structure

• 6,500 pages synthesised into 128 para on 20 pages

• Vision

• Renewing political commitment

• Green economy in the context of …

• Institutional framework for SD

• Framework for Action

What’s there? What’s new? • Global policy framework for corporate reporting

• Major groups upfront; Principle 10

• Green economy: national and sectoral strategies, knowledge platform, toolkit, indicators, capacity development mechanism, roadmap

• IFSD: Sustainable Development Council with voluntary review process; upgrading of UNEP

• Sustainable Development Goals, measures of progress beyond GDP

• Registry of commitments/accountability framework

What’s there? What’s not so new?

• Rights based approach to basic needs: food, water

• Access to information technology

• Reform of harmful subsidies with adequate

protection of vulnerable groups

• Sustainable energy for all

• Social protection floor

• Ombudsman for future generations

What’s there to launch?

• Negotiations on agreement governing marine

biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

• Global observing network on ocean acidification

• 10-year framework of programmes on SCP

• Periodic report on the state of the planet’s

carrying capacity

State of the negotiations

Reactions

• Not ambitious enough

• Not action oriented enough

• Too much emphasis on the environment vs social

• Lacks good governance and rule of law, transparency, accountability, gender, role of youth and education as means to achieve sustainable development

• Or too much!

Lack focus on resource efficiency

Ecological footprint in 2050- need more than 2 planets

Not based Planetary Boundaries

Rising resource scarcity

Not enough on equity

Green Economy in the context of

poverty alleviation and SD • No agreement on what it is & strong reservation about language

• more consensus around Sustainable Development Goals

• Principles to guide inclusive and green economy

- including SCP

• National strategies for investing in green and socially inclusive

economies

•platforms, toolkits, and other mechanism to support national

efforts

• Agreement on what the green economy is not:

• trade protection & international aid conditionality

• non-respect of national sovereignty

Institutional Framework for

Sustainable Development • Strengthening UNEP, through universal membership, stronger finance,

& possible elevation to a specialized agency

• Strengthening institutional arrangements for integration of 3 pillars of

SD, possibly through elevation of CSD to SD Council

• Strengthening of regional commissions

• Enhanced CSO participation, voice and space

• Enhanced contribution of UN at national level

energy access, efficiency and sustainability

food security & sustainable agriculture green jobs and social inclusion

sound water management sustainable cities sustainable management of the oceans improved resilience and disaster preparedness

7 Priority Areas

Sustainable consumption and production

Means of implementation

Platforms for knowledge sharing

Innovative tools and financing mechanisms

Cross-cutting Areas

What’s next for Major

Groups?

Major Groups • Major groups and civil society

are referred to in 8 of the 29

paragraphs of the GA

resolution calling for the UN

CSD in Rio in 2012

• Participate at all levels of the

process, nationally regionally

and globally including at the

conference

Women

Farmers

Scientific and

Technological

Community

Business

and

Industry

Workers and

Trade Unions

Local

Authorities

Non-

Governmental

Organizations

Indigenous

People

Children

and

Youth

Major

Groups

From Agenda 21 (Rio 1992)

Capacity building workshops

• Informal informals

• Initial discussion meeting

• UNEP Governing Council

• Brasil

• Each of these has outcome document, statements useful for preparations

• Latin America and Caribbean Region, ECLAC

• Africa Region, ECA and partners

• The Arab Region, ESCWA and partners

• Asia Pacific Region, ESCAP

• North America, W,C,&E Europe Region, ECE

• DPI/NGO Bonn Conference

Showing and sharing support for Rio+20

• through the interactive MG WEB side

• post documents, initiatives, petitions, meetings etc. on official web

site.

• join distribution list of your Major Groups Organizing Partners or,

• email UNCSD2012@un.org to get a username/password

• www.uncsd2012.org/rio20 major groups tab

Initiatives on the green

economy in the context of

poverty alleviation and SD

Green economy

degrowth

distributive growth

global transition

holistic growth

Inclusive

green and responsible economies

deglobalization

human right-based economies

Examples of propositions so far

• Convention on principle 10: access to information, participation, justice

• Universal access to clean energy

• Non-regression on environl law convention

• Corporate accountability (based on ISO2600)

• Precautionary Principle into a framework convention (bio-eng, nano, biotech)

• Eco-city framework & standards

• Convention on right to food

• Prior and informed consent

NGO clusters : Theme 1

• Nexus: Energy-Water-Food

• Water and Sanitation

• Ecosystems

• Sustainable Cities

• Renewable Energy

• Blue Economy

• SCP

• Tourism

• Finance

• Health and Well-being

• Chemicals

• Education

• SDGs

• Planetary Boundaries

• Human Rights (Social Protection Floor)

• Innovation

• Democracy

NGO clusters : theme 2

• Ombusperson for the future

• Principle 10

• SDGs

• Compendium of Commitments

• Reform of CSD, UNEP

Other Initiatives

• Peoples’ treaties

• Right-based approach

• My City+20

• Model UN

Participation into the

conference

Accreditation & registration & Rio events

• Conference special accreditations are now closed

• Pre-registration, deadline 20 May

• Registrations in Rio start 7 June

•Resources: FAQs http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/majorgroups_faq.html

•Information to participants: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.html

•Issues briefs:

http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=400&nr=224&men

u=45

Major groups & other stakeholder

participation in Rio+20

Thematic days

•16-19 June: 3.5 days dialogue for non-governmental actors,

- These are expected to lead to partnerships & launching of

initiatives

-Side events 13-22 June -- deadline: March 30

- http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/meetings_sidevents.html

-SD-Learning events 13-22 June – deadline 28 February

- http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/meetings_sdlearning.html

-Partnership fairs and others are being planned,

- visit the web site for call for submissions (to be posted soon)

The Bureau for the conference

• runs the process leading up to the conference, • has been selected by the UN General Assembly • The African Group: Egypt and Botswana; • The Asian Group: Pakistan and South Korea; • GRULAC (Latin American and Caribbean Group): Argentina and Barbuda; • CEIT (Countries with Economies in Transition): Croatia and the Czech Republic; • WEOG (Western European and Others Group): the US (first half of the period) Canada (second half of the period) and Italy; • ex officio: Brazil.

www.uncsd2012.org