Transcript DEA-NFSD-Plenary 5 DORAH - Department of Environmental Affairs

National Framework for Sustainable
Development
Dorah Nteo
Department of Environmental Affairs
Outline
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Background
Mandate
Rationale
Sustainable Development defined in SA context
Priority Areas for Strategic Intervention
Key Elements of a National SD Strategy
Recommendations for a Green Economy
Plan
Background
• National Framework for Sustainable Development was
approved by Cabinet in July 2008
• The 2009 -2014 MTSF identifies the implantation of the
NFSD as one of the priorities for the mandate period
• NFSD implementation starts with the translation of a
“framework” into a “strategy” with a clear action plan &
targets
• Draft Strategy was published for public comment on 14
May 2010, Gazette number: 33184
NFSD/NSSD mandate
Constitutional:
“…secure ecologically sustainable
development and use of natural resources
while promoting justifiable economic and
social development.”
Section 24 (b) of the Constitution
WSSD outcome:
Para 162 of JPOI : “…take steps to make progress in
the formulation and elaboration of national
strategies for sustainable development…..”
Rationale
A need for a single coherent framework that articulates our
development context, and sets out our common vision
and priorities for sustainable development
NFSD
identifies key, short, medium and long–term
challenges in sustainable development efforts
Sets a framework for a common understanding and
vision of sustainable development;
identifies strategic focus areas for intervention
Sustainable Development defined in SA context
Ecosystem services
Ecosystem services
• SA’s approach to SD asserts
that social, economic and
ecosystem factors are
embedded within each
other, and are underpinned
by governance systems
Socio-Political
- political
system
systems
Socio
Economy
Economy
Governance
Governance
Priority Areas for Strategic Intervention
Enhancing systems for
integrated planning
and implementation
Sustaining our
ecosystem and using
resources sustainably
Creating sustainable human
settlements
Economic development
via investing in
sustainable
infrastructure .
Responding appropriately to
emerging human development,
economic and environmental
challenges
These interventions are:
cross-cutting
build on existing social, economic and environmental programs,
respond to SA needs, priorities and targets for SD
Respond to international sustainable development targets (including MDGs)
Key Elements of a National SD Strategy
NFSD
NSSD
Enhancing systems for integrated
planning and implementation
Enhancing Systems for Integrated Planning
and Implementation
Sustaining our ecosystem and using
resources sustainably
Sustaining Our Ecosystems and Using Natural
Resources Efficiently
Economic development via investing
in sustainable infrastructure .
Towards a Green Economy
Creating sustainable human
settlements
Building Sustainable Communities
Responding appropriately to emerging
human development, economic and
environmental challenges
Responding Effectively to Climate Change
Towards a green economy: Key Concerns
– The economy is highly energy intensive
– There is a strong emphasis on GDP growth which tends to
promote unsustainable patterns of production and
consumption;
– The natural resource base is under severe pressure;
– Our electricity demand exceeds the available supply capacity
– There is widespread poverty, unemployment and inequality.
Recommendations for a Green Economy
Plan
• Strategic goals from an SD perspective should include:
– Increasing the contribution of the Environmental Goods and Services
Sector to employment and the GDP;
– Reducing the resource intensity of the economy (including energy and
carbon);
– Promoting cleaner technologies and investing in sustainable
infrastructure; and
– Promoting sustainable livelihoods and building local economies
“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an
idea that seems abstract
-- sustainable development -- and turn it into a reality for
all the world's people.”
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations March 2001.
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