MDGs, and WSSD Plan of implementation

 

Ashbindu Singh Regional Coordinator

Division of Early Warning & Assessment – North America

United Nations Environment Programme

Millennium Declaration Goals (MDGs)

• Agreed upon by All the Head of States at the UN Millennium

Summit in 2000;

• High political visibility and all 191 member states have pledged

to meet these goals

Halve extreme poverty and hunger

Achieve universal primary education

Promote gender equality and empower women

Reduce child mortality

Improve maternal health

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

Ensure environmental sustainability

Develop a global partnership for development

The Millennium Development Goals : 2015

Millennium Declaration Goals (MDGs)

A framework of 8 goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) 2002:

Plan of Implementation“Promote the development and wider use of earth observation technologies, including satellite

remote sensing, global mapping and geographic information systems, to

collect quality data on environmental impacts, land use

and land use changes.”

World Summit on Sustainable Development

2002

Reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2010

What is needed:-

- Baseline Information on geographical location of biodiversity;

- Spatial configuration (relationship with population distribution, roads etc. ;

- Changes in ecosystem (change matrices)

Indicators to follow-up the implementation of the Millennium

Development Goals indicators

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Target 9. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into countries policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Indicators

• Proportion of land area covered by forest (FAO)

• Land area protected to maintain biological diversity (UNEP)

• GDP per unit of energy use (as proxy for energy efficiency)

• Carbon dioxide emissions per capita

Millennium Development Goals Indicators

CRITERION

Measure progress towards goals

Availability of Time series

Country –wise data available for a maximum number of countries

Some international agency responsible for data compilation on a regular basis

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

Deforested area near the Papua New Guinea – Irian Jaya (Indonesia) border.

The area appears well planned and is near rectangular. A rough estimate of the area is nearly 10,0000 ha. (9,734.850)

Landsat 7 - 22 October, 2000 Path 100, Row 64

10 Km

Wolong Nature Preserve: Protected Area Deforested

Mesopotamian MarshlandsMesopotamian Marshlands

Disappearing Wetlands

Mesopotamian Wetlands, Iraq/Iran

• 1973 - Dark green patches indicate marsh vegetation extending over 20,000 sq. km.

• 2000 - Most of the wetlands have disappeared.

Recent trends towards policy relevant analysis

Trend over time is key focus of policy

Shift towards measuring performances than ‘understanding complex…..’

Measuring what is supposed to be measured

Provide a comparative analysis of countries over time

Emphasis on improving the quality and timeliness of data

Challenge

Operational programme to monitor terrestrial environment on an annual basis and

generate policy relevant information

Map data + Statistics