Transcript United Nations Environment Programme and Climate Change

United Nations Environment Programme
and Climate Change:
Making a Difference
Presentation to the North American Private-Public Dialogue
June 23, 2015
Patricia J. Beneke
Regional Director
United Nations Environment Programme
Regional Office for North America
The United Nations and the
Environment
Global Leadership and
Partnership in Caring for the Environment
UNEP Areas Of Concentration
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Climate Change
Disasters and Conflicts
Ecosystem Management
Environmental Governance
Chemicals and Waste
Resource Efficiency/Sustainable
Consumption and Production
– Keeping the Environment Under Review
The United Nations and Climate
Change
Rio and the Road to Today
• Rio 1992
-The UNFCCC
-Secretariat
-Conference of the Parties
• The Kyoto Protocol -1997
• Copenhagen -- 2009
• Durban Platform 2011
• Rio Plus 20 – 2012
• Warsaw -- 2013
The Secretary General’s Climate
Summit
Sustainable Energy for All
(SE4ALL)
• Objectives by 2030:
– Universal access to
modern energy services
– Doubling the share of
renewable energy in the
global energy mix
– Doubling the global rate
of improvement in
energy efficiency
en.lighten – the SE4ALL
Efficient
Lighting Accelerator
en.lighten
initiative
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Get
consensu
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Goal: Accelerate the global
Show
transition
to efficient
An experience
tolighting
promote efficient lighting in developing
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& emerging countries
Partners
benefits
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Support
countries
The Global Fuel Economy Initiative
(GFEI)
• Set up 2009
• Partners
– FIA Foundation
– International Council for Clean Transportation
– International Energy Agency (IEA)
– International Transport Foundation (ITF)
– UC Davis
– UNEP
• Advisory Group
• Support to double fuel economy global feet – support country to develop
fuel economy policies
Climate Technology Centre and
Network
• Headquartered in
Copenhagen
• Technology transfer and
cooperation with
developing nations to
address climate change
Green Climate Fund
• Created by the Parties
to the UNFCCC
• Low-emissions, climateresilient projects in
developing nations
• Capitalization occurring
• Disbursements in 2015
The Sustainable Development Goals
and the Post-2015 Agenda
• Action-oriented,
concise, easy to
communicate, limited in
number, aspirational,
global, and applicable
to all nations while
respecting national
policies and priorities
Outlook for Paris 2015?
• Set the stage for further
commitment
• Work together to address
a global problem
• Support accelerated
climate action by global,
national, and local
leaders and diverse
stakeholders
Regional Office for North America
Thank You!