1. WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

2. BACKGROUND The Sustainable Development (SD) approach has over 30 yrs been adopted as best practice 1972 – Stockholm – defined SD & 20 yrs creating tools, methods & procedures 1992 – Rio – a SD blueprint – Agenda 21 & 10yrs creating global agreements & approaches for SD 2002 – Jhb – focused on implementing

3. AGENDA 21 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Economic Development Environmental Protection Social Development Institutional Arrangements & Governance

4. EVALUATION OF AGENDA 21 Gap between rich & poor increased Environment continued to degrade Inadequate & biased implementation Failed to take account of regional differences Lack of focus on high leverage aspects Lack of integration Governance & institutional mechanisms Therefore, no coordination of “non-Agenda 21” prog New issues not dealt with – globalisation, ICT

5. BROAD ISSUES FOR WSSD Create a balance between all 3 pillars Reaffirm Agenda 21 and it’s objectives Identify & unblock obstacles to implementing Address new issues – eg. globalisation Agree on a Jhb Plan of Implementation which actions the MDG’s & provides context for the Doha WTO Development Round and Monterrey FfD Take account of regional circumstances Integrate other initiatives - partnerships

6. BROAD OUTCOMES OF WSSD WSSD achieved the following broad outcomes HOS commitment to SD as a means to narrow the divide between rich and poor A Jhb Plan of Implementation (JPI), with: Target global priorities for action to unblock SD A new regional approach to SD, eg. NEPAD Concrete commitments to Partnerships for implementation directly linked to the JPI

7. OVERVIEW OF OUTCOMES 4 core aspects hindering implementation Social Platform - Poverty Economic Platform – Product & Consumption Environmental Platform - Sustainability Institutional arrangements – Governance, Means of implementation & globalisation

8. SOCIAL PLATFORM The key focus is poverty eradication with direct and indirect poverty eradication & dev measures, including: MDG’s Access to Water & sanitation Affordable & accessible energy Food security Education Health Sustainable human settlement Disaster and risk management

9. ECONOMIC PLATFORM This platform provides the means of implementation with a focus on changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production and achieving global equity, and includes: Trade and finance Technology Consumption & production patterns (Consumer driven methods; Eco-efficiency, regulation and standards; SD planning etc.) Renewable energy Transport systems Sectors Industrial development Mining Fisheries Tourism Agriculture

10. ENVIRONMENTAL PLATFORM The key focus is on sustainable natural resource management as the basis for development, and includes Water resource management Ecosystems, (mountains, forests, oceans) Climate change Global warming Desertification Biodiversity loss Pollution and waste Chemicals

11. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS The key focus is to create the governance conditions to facilitate SD with a strong focus on regional initiatives and partnerships, and includes: Corporate Local National Regional (SIDS, Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia, UNECE) International Partnerships Peace, security and stability Human right and labour standards Rule of law and cultural and religious values

12. PARTNERSHIPS 221 Partnerships registered in Jhb Water & sanitation – 21 - $1,73 bn Energy – 32 - $769 m Health – 16 - $2,33 bn Agriculture – 17 - $92 m Biodiversity & ecosystems – 32 - $153 m

13. PARTNERSHIPS (cont) Cross cutting areas Science & Educ – 34 – $345 m Finance, trade & tech – 15 – $15 m Prod & consumption – 8 – $ 4 m Urbanisation & local govt – 11 - $20 m

14. UNALLOCATED RESOURCES Monterrey FfD - $50 bn over 5-10 yrs GEF - $2,9 bn Doha Dev Trust – yet to be resourced World Solidarity Fund for Poverty – yet to be resourced USA - $15 bn – for HIV/AIDS ODA – based on specific cooperation agreements

15. CSD 11 2 Yr cycles – 1 st Review yr – 2 nd Policy yr 3 cycles agreed - others indicative Focus on thematic cluster & overview cross cutting issues 1 st Cycle – water, sanitation, human settlement 2 nd Cycle – Energy, pollution, climate change 3 rd Cycle – Land & agriculture

16. RECOMMENDATIONS Education & Awareness of WSSD To enable NW to dev these opportunities NW 2012 to be regarded as WSSD plan Clear linkages to NEPAD be drawn Stakeholders & communities must be involved