Transcript Item5.3_CARICOMSustainableDevx

CARICOM WORKSHOP ON
ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS
Concerns and Issues on the Environment
and Statistics in the Caribbean Community
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
April 7-8, 2014
Historical Perspective
 United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (Rio Conference ) 1992
 Chapter 40 Agenda 21 Information for Decision-
making “ Indicators of Sustainable Development
need to be developed to provide solid bases for
decision-making at all levels”
 Multilateral Environmental Agreements e.g.
Biodiversity Convention, Climate Change and Land
Degradation, require environmental Statistics for
Reporting purposes
Historical Perspective
 Barbados Programme of Action 1994 , out of the
United Nations
Conference on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States-spoke
specifically to vulnerability indices and measures of
vulnerability
 2000-
Millennium Development Goals (Goal 7
Environmental Sustainability)
Historical Perspective
 2002- Ten year review of Rio Convention-set targets
for progress in key environmental performance e.g.
biodiversity and forests, Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation
 Mauritius Strategy , 2005 brought the focus back to
Sustainable Development Indicators and highlighted
the lack of availability of and reliability of data and
weak national institutions in information systems
Rio +20
 Sustainable Development Goals
 Beyond GDP measures: developing indicators that are
clear and appealing as GDP but more inclusive of
social and environmental aspects e.g. EU Quality of
Life Indicators
 Post 2015 Development Agenda
 Third International Conference on Small Island
Developing States scheduled for Apia Samoa,
September 2014
http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
CARICOM Response
 Programme on Environmental Statistics
 At level of Ministers of Environment –noted the agrees
set of Key Environment Statistics
 Heads of Government : Called for Task Force on SIDS
Meeting and Post 2015 Development Agenda
Thank You
Amrikha Singh
Senior Project Officer
Sustainable Development
CARICOM Secretariat
[email protected]