Felix Dodds Executive Director Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future Towards Earth Summit 2002 Felix Dodds Executive Director Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future www.earthsummit2002.org
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Towards Earth Summit 2002 Stakeholder Forum A multi-stakeholder forum minu hemmati, 06/02/2001 Towards Earth Summit 2002 Stakeholder Forum A multi-stakeholder forum Information outreach: www.earthsummit2002.org, Network 2002, Outreach, CD ROMS Capacity building – regional support Research and policy – briefings, books, reports Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues – Implementation Summit Helping organizations plan their events for 2002 www.earthsummit2002.org www.unedforum.org
Towards Earth Summit 2002 1972 Stockholm Conference 1987 Brundtland Report 1992 Rio Earth Summit 1997 UNGASS – Earth Summit II 2002 Earth Summit 2002 www.earthsummit2002.org
Outcomes of Earth Summit 1992 Agenda 21 Rio Declaration Climate Change Convention Bio-diversity Convention Forestry Principles www.earthsummit2002.org
Outcomes of Earth Summit 1992 Desertification Convention Straddling Fish Stocks Convention UN Commission on Sustainable Development Role of Stakeholders Local Agenda 21 Persistent Organic Pollutants Prior Informed Consent www.earthsummit2002.org
UN General Assembly Special Session 1997 Finance Climate Change Forests MAI Freshwater Stakeholders www.earthsummit2002.org
Stakeholder Involvement: Agenda 21 / Major Groups Women Children & Youth Indigenous Peoples NGOs Business & Industry Workers & Trade Unions Scientific Community Local Authorities Farmers www.earthsummit2002.org
Stakeholder Involvement CSD stakeholder dialogues Regional & international PrepComms dialogues Summit dialogues “Global thematic roundtables” Other multi-stakeholder initiatives towards the Summit www.earthsummit2002.org
Possible Key Issues for 2002 Freshwater Energy & Climate Change Fisheries Food Security Poverty & environment HIV/AIDS and other health issues Financing Sustainable Development - FDI, ODA, NFMs Trade Institutional Reform www.earthsummit2002.org
Why stakeholder involvement? Gather expertise Arrive at optimum decisions Generate commitment Generate partnerships Further implementation Further good governance www.earthsummit2002.org
Preparations for 2002 National level reviews; UN country profiles; promotion initiatives Regional level: PrepComms regional assessments on implementation; regional platforms to develop policy responses and follow-up processes Global level: 4 PrepComs review of Agenda 21; progress on priority issues www.earthsummit2002.org
Linkages With Other UN Processes Rio Conventions Processes Freshwater Conference, Bonn, Dec 2001 Finance for Development, March 2002 Environment for Europe Conference, Kiev, 2003 Follow up processes for Cairo / Beijing / Copenhagen / Istanbul / Rome www.earthsummit2002.org
Reports for 2002 UNEP: Global Environmental Outlook GEO 2002 UNDP: Human Development Report HDR 2002: World Bank: World Development Report WDR 2002/03: Sustainability European Environment Agency: European State of the Environment Report Bonn Freshwater Report www.earthsummit2002.org
Towards Earth Summit 2002 What can be achieved by Earth Summit 2002? Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol Ratification of the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety Ratification of the Straddling Fish Stocks Convention Ratification of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Protocol Ratification of the Prior Informed Consent Protocol Funds for Desertification Convention www.earthsummit2002.org
Potential Outcomes of 2002 Ratification of the present Rio Conventions Johannesburg Declaration Review of Agenda 21 A Forward Looking Agenda for the 21st Century: Concrete, action-oriented decisions Increased funding for sustainable development Framework for international institutional reform & progress in global governance Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Renewed trust … A New Deal www.earthsummit2002.org
Risks for 2002 Imbalanced approach and outcome Lack of political will towards real change Failure to create new approaches Lack of implementation Outdated institutions Increased lack of trust Fragmentation www.earthsummit2002.org
Towards Earth Summit 2002 “Over the bleached bones are written the pathetic words. Too late!” Martin Luther King www.earthsummit2002.org