Climate change and French NSDS Christian Brodhag Interministerial delegate for sustainable development France Special event on Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies Economic and Financial Committee of the UN General Assembly New York, 13 November 2007 Interministerial delegate for sustainable development Premier Ministre - Ministère de l’écologie, du développement et de l’aménagement durables

revision France : processes Sustainable development Mandate : Parliament, Government CIDD SNDD SNDD Parliament, NSDC Reports Peer review new actions Climate change PNAQ Climate plan PNLCC evaluation PNAQ directive 2003/87/CE Christian Brodhag CIDD actualization European SD strategy Spring Council EU

Europe & France SDS: content Christian Brodhag 10 Policy guiding principles 4 Key objectives Environmental protection Social equity and cohesion Economic prosperity international responsibilities fundamental rights, solidarity within and between generations, democratic society, involvement of citizens, businesses and social partners, policy coherence and integration, best available know- ledge, precautionary principle, polluters pay 1 Cross cutting policies Education and training Research and development Financing & economic instruments Mobilising actors Implementation, monitoring & follow-up 3 Sustainable consumption and production Conservation and management of natural resources Public Health Social inclusion, demography and migration Global poverty and sustainable development challenges 7 key challenges SEDD SNDD European strategy for sustainable development National strategy for sustainable development 2 Climate Change and clean energy Sustainable Transport Place of climate change              to be increased                

Why NSDS and CC coherence ? NSDS as: “a coordinated, participatory and iterative process of thoughts and action to achieve economic, environmental and social objectives in a balanced and integrated manner at the national and local levels” Guidance in Preparing a National Sustainable Development Strategy: Managing Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, Background Paper, International Forum on NSDS, Accra, Ghana, 7-9 November 2001, n°13, DESA/DSD/PC2/BP13. United Nation, New York Major processes : sustainable development, climate change, poverty reduction strategies… should integrate CC –Coherence : minimize adverse policies, avoid decision contrary to the CC policy, identify and mobilize the right institutional level (national, local) –Synergy : between sectoral policies, between political mechanisms (continuous improvement, indicators…) Christian Brodhag

CC at all stage of NSDS process SD principles inter-generational considerations system thinking multi-stakeholder participation adaptive management budgets plans by themes by administration Inspired by Darren Swanson and Lássló Pintér, IISD, in Institutionalising sustainable development, OCDE, 2007 priorities and objectives consensus building implementation capacity building monitoring global processes & action plan evaluation & improvement outputs outcomes component of strategic public management vision context evaluation & diagnosis peer review Christian Brodhag CC Mainstreaming at all steps

International : Linking international organisations Developing countries : NSDS mainstreaming strategies and climate processes National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS) sustainable development CSD : UN DESA, UNEP… poverty and development Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) World Bank, IMF World Bank, FAO, IMF, OECD, WTO, ILO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF… Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)* National level Linking processes : political decision (NSDS authority/Designated National Authority DNA), stakeholder involvement (NSDC), administrative implementation and follow up, information and indicators… Linking content : adaptation and mitigation in all sectoral policies and crosscutting issues. Climate Strategy CDM criteria climate change UNFCC Kyoto Protocol Christian Brodhag

Difficulties : Asymmetric relationships between climate change and sustainable development Apparent urgency of climate change issues / heavy and complex processes of NSDS or other issue (poverty, natural resources management…) Organized scientific bases of CC (IPCC) / controversial visions about SD concept, lack of scientific community Public opinion and decision makers have intuitive comprehension of CC / SD processes being complex Technical content of CC solutions (energy, transportation, technical innovation…) / political and procedural processes Easy measurement system (CO 2 equivalent) / complex evaluation (sustainable development indicators) Solutions : –Prove the efficiency of NSDS and local Agenda 21 –Exchange of practices on NSDS, including peer review and other information sharing mechanism –Use of other paradigms : ecosystem services, ecological foot print… Christian Brodhag