Transcript Minu Hemmati - Stakeholder Forum

How to Lobby at
Intergovernmental
Meetings: Training
Workshop
Felix Dodds and Jennifer Peer
Cyprus 19-20th March 2007
Course Objectives
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Overall objective: prepare CESF to participate in CSD
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Overview of intergovernmental processes on the
environment
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History of sustainable development
Introduction to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
National and Regional Preparations for UN Meetings
Attending UN Meetings: what to expect and how to use your
time as effectively as possible
Course Objectives
Implementing UN Decisions
 Understanding the Role of NGOs in
intergovernmental processes
 Using the media to promote your positions at the
UN
 Begin to develop a common position paper for the
CSD
Other objectives??
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UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan
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"The United Nations once dealt only with
governments. By now we know that peace
and prosperity cannot be achieved without
partners involving governments,
international organizations, the business
community and civil society. In today's
world, we depend on each other."
Stakeholder Forum
www.stakeholderforum.org
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A UK Multi-stakeholder Forum
The UK National Committee for UNEP
The UK Focal Point for UNDP
Local Agenda 21, indicators for sustainable
development, national multi-stakeholder
round nations
A Global Multi-stakeholder Forum
Stakeholder Forum
www.stakeholderforum.org
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CSD Dialogues (1996)
The WHO London European Health and Environmental
Conference (1999)
The Second World Water Forum (2000)
Informal Environmental Ministers Meeting (2000)
Bonn International Freshwater Conference (2001)
Multi stakeholder Processes (Earthscan 2002)
The Implementation Conference (2002)
Bonn International Renewable Energy Conference (2004)
High Level Panel on UN Reform (2006)
UNEP GPA (2006)
Books from SF in the last few years
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Plain Language Guide
to WSSD
How to Lobby at
Intergovernmental
Meetings
Governance for
Sustainable
Development
Human and
Environmental
Security
Overview of Sustainable
Development History and Processes
Understand the CSD
Look at UN first conference on Human
Environment (Stockholm) 1972 to now
 Role of Stakeholders
 Present cycle of the UN Commission
on Sustainable Development
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United Nations
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1972 Stockholm Human Environment
1987 Brundtland Commission
1992: Rio Earth Summit (Environment and Development)
1993: Vienna Conference (Human Rights)
1994: Cairo Conference (Population)
1995: Copenhagen Social Summit (Unemployment,
Migration and Poverty)
1995: Beijing Fourth Conference on Women and
Development
1996: Istanbul Conference (Human Settlements)
1996: Rome Food Summit
1987 Rio + 5
2000: Millennium Summit
2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and
Monterrey
Outcomes from Stockholm
UNEP
 Action Plan for the Human
Environment
 Declaration of the United Nations
Conference on the Human
Environment
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Stockholm to Rio
Press interest
 NGOs
 Multilateral Environmental
Agreements
 National Government Ministries
 Public awareness
 Brundtland Commission
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Outcomes from UN Conference on
Environment and Development (Rio)
1992 – Earth Summit
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Agenda 21
Rio Declaration
Climate Change Convention
Bio-diversity Convention
Forestry Principles
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
Major Groups
Financing Rio $625 billion
120 Heads of State and Global Forum
Stakeholders and Local Action
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"Each local authority should enter into a
dialogue with its citizens, local organizations and
private enterprises and adopt a ‘local Agenda 21’
through consultation and consensus building,
local authorities would learn from citizens and
from local, civic, community, business and
industrial organizations and acquire the
information for formulating the best strategies."
Agenda 21
The Commission on Sustainable
Development First Cycle (1993-1996)
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Advancing the cause of Small Island Developing
States (SIDS);
Promoting the role of Major Groups;
Recommending that relevant bodies seek a legallybinding status for the Prior Informed Consent
procedure;
Supporting the Washington Global Plan for Action
on protecting the marine environment from landbased activities;
The setting up of the UN Intergovernmental Panel
on Forest
UNGASS (Rio+ 5) 1997
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Further Programme
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A date for National Sustainable Development
Strategies to be produced and implemented;
pioneering national reporting;
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Multilateral Investment Agreement
Preparation for Kyoto
Wake up on Finances aid had gone down from $56
billion to $53 billion –
Creation of multi stakeholder dialogues
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The Commission on Sustainable
Development Second Cycle (19982001)
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Establishing the open-ended process on oceans
and the law of the sea;
The establishment of the UN Forum on
Forests;
Developing a set of indicators for sustainable
development;
Agreeing on new consumer guidelines to include
sustainable development
Initiating the global freshwater assessment (now
the World Water Development Report);
World Summit on Sustainable
Development (2002)
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A new deal?
Strong negotiated text?
9/11
Sanitation target
Partnerships
Push for ratification of Rio conventions
Other targets include……WSSD target on IWRM
(integrated water resource management) and
Water Efficiency Plans by 2005,
CSD Cycle 3
2004 and 2005 Water Cycle: Sanitation and Human
Settlements
 2006 and 2007 Energy Cycle: Industrial
Development; Air Pollution / Atmosphere Climate
Change
 2008-2009 Agriculture Cycle: Rural Development;
Land; Drought; Desertification; Africa
The first year of the cycle looks at opportunities and
threats and the second at the policy implications
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Cross Cutting issues
including poverty, Changing unsustainable
patterns of consumption and production,
Protecting and managing the natural
resource base of economic and social
development, Sustainable development in a
globalizing world , means of
implementation, education and gender,
Sustainable development of SIDS,
Sustainable development for Africa, Other
regional initiatives,
CSD Energy
2 billion people do not have access to
modern energy services; and an
estimated $16 trillion will be needed
for investment in the world energy
systems in the next 25 years
This CSD: Energy
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Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
(JREC) in 2002 a like minded group said
they would increase the share of renewable
energy in the global total primary energy
supply mix. And set targets for the increase
of renewable energy
What do you think would be the key
energy issues?
Energy Cycle politics
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Nuclear
Hydropower
Sustainable Consumption and Production
Subsidies
Climate Change
Oil and Gas
Energy Security
All options must remain open
Role of the UN
Technology Transfer Constraints
Missing Targets
Financing renewables
And what else at the CSD
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Negotiations
Partnership Fair
Side events
Stakeholder meetings
Learning Center