1. WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Bongiwe Njobe
Director General : Agriculture

2. Introduction
Overarching theme of the Summit is the link between poverty eradication and environmental degradation.
Kofi Annan proposes 5 key areas of particular focus
water, energy, health, agriculture and bio-diversity
(WEHAB )

3. WEHAB
Water
We should be able to help at least one billion people without drinking water and two billion without sanitation.
Energy
Electricity and other modern energy services should reach the more than two billion without them, while reducing over-consumption, promoting renewable energy and addressing climate change through a ratified Kyoto Protocol.

4. WEHAB
Health
Halt the deaths of three million people each year from air pollution, addressing effects of toxic and hazardous materials, and lower the incidence of malaria and African guinea worm-spread through polluted water and poor sanitation.
Agriculture
Assure protection to two thirds of the world’s agricultural lands affected by land degradation by reversing it.

5. WEHAB
Biodiversity
Build “a new ethic of global stewardship”, challenging processes that have destroyed about half of the world’s tropical rainforest and mangroves, threatened more than two thirds of the world’s coral reefs and decimated the planet’s fisheries.

6. Challenges Finances Capacity building
Changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns
Threatened biodiversity
Conserving energy and water
Inspiring local projects that address poverty
Empowering women and youth
SMME development
Governance (transparency)