Transcript Environmental Stewardship Training PowerPoint

Environmental Stewardship
Domain
Initial Results
Domain Breakdown
Convention Status
Monitoring and Reporting
Implementation
0-75
• Reduce Pressure on the Earth’s
Resources
• Reduce Air Pollution
• Protect and Promote Biodiversity
• Protect Water Resources
• Promote Clean/Renewable Energy
Sources
• Environmental Justice
• Current Events
0-10
• Status of Reports to Convention Secretariats
• UNEP Global Mercury Partnership
• Contribution to UNEP’s Environment Fund
0-15
• Framework Convention on Climate
Control
• Kyoto Protocol
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention to Combat Desertification
• Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer
Gathering Data for a Country:
Convention Status
ACT
No Action
Kyoto Protocol
Sign Only
Y
Convention on
Biological Diversity
Framework Convention on
Climate Control
Kyoto Protocol
Convention on Biological
Diversity
Convention to Combat
Desertification
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/stat
us_of_ratification/items/2631.php
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/it
ems/2613.php
https://www.cbd.int/information/parties.shtml
http://www.unccd.int/Lists/SiteDocumentLibrary/conven
tion/Ratification%20list%20May2014.pdf
https://cites.org/eng/disc/parties/chronolo.php?order=fi
Convention on International eld_country_official_name&sort=asc
Trade in Endangered
Species
Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer
https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREA
TY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-2-a&chapter=27&lang=en
Y
Ratified
Gathering Data for a Country:
Monitoring and Reporting
UNEP Global
Mercury Partnership
http://www.unep.org/chemicalsandwaste/Mercury/Interim
Activities/Partnerships/CurrentPartners/tabid/3437/languag
e/en-US/Default.aspx
http://www.unep.org/publications/

UNEP Environment
Fund

Click “Annual Report” then download the
UNEP 2012 Annual Report
Page 116 of the report tracks countries’
contributions to the Environment Fund
A. Reporting Status for each ACT (0-8 points): Countries receive 2
points for submitting the most recent report to a Convention’s
Secretariat. Countries receive 0 points if the most recent report
has not been submitted.
B. Participation in UNEP Global Mercury Partnership (0-1 point):
Countries receive 1 point if they are a partner in the UNEP
Global Mercury Partnership. If they are not a member they
receive 0 points.
C. Contribution to UNEP Environment Fund (0-1 point):
Countries receive 1 point if they made a payment to the Fund in
2013. If a country did not donate to the fund in 2013, they
receive 0 points.
Implementation Breakdown
1. Reduce Pressure on Earth’s Resources
1. Ecological Footprint
2. Ecological Deficit/Reserve
3. Energy Use
4. Forests
4. Protect Water Resources
1. Water and Sanitation
2. Water Resources
3. Fisheries
4. Water Vulnerability
2. Reduce Air Pollution
1. Ambient (Outdoor) Air Pollution
2. Air Quality
3. Carbon Dioxide Emissions
5. Promote Clean/Renewable Energy
Sources
1. % of Primary Energy Supply that is
Renewable
2. Number of National Level
Renewable Energy Policies
6. Environmental Justice
1. Food Vulnerability
2. Health Vulnerability
3. Air Pollution Attributable Deaths
7. Current Events
3. Protect and Promote Biodiversity
1. Status of Action Plans for Program of
Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
2. Biodiversity and Habitat
3. Species Abundance Change
4. % of Forest with Management Plan
Implementation Data Sources
• Global Footprint Network
• World Bank
• Yale University – 2014 Environmental Performance Index
• World Health Organization
• Zoological Society of London – 2014 Protected Species Report
• University of Notre Dame – Global Adaptation Index
Gathering Data for a Country:
Implementation Indicators
Country A
Country B
Country C
A. Reduce pressure of Earth’s resources (0-10)
5.06
6.56
6.26
Ecological Footprint (global hectares per capita
4.8
2.1
0.9
1
5
9
3.6
1.6
N/A
9
9
N/A
91.9
66.64
7
9
32.52
32.52
3.252
3.252
3. Implementation of Principles of Conventions/Covenants (0-75)
Score (0-10)
Ecological Deficit/Reserve
Score (0-10)
Energy Use
Score (0-10)
Forests (0-100)+
Score (0-10)
Current Events
Points
-5
-3
Examples of Current Events
Country removed or eased restrictions and regulations on pollution or greenhouse gas emissions. Country initiated
or allowed new exploitation of protected lands. Illegal dumping or other illegal pollution by government or major
corporations exposed.
Major pollution disaster such as an oil or chemical spill occurred. People displaced due to environmental
degradation or hazards. Pollution, resource consumption, or waste is notably increased in relation to other countries.
-1
Country fails to meet previously set environmental targets / agreements. Fines or punishments against those
culpable for environmental crimes/negligence are avoided or minimized. Illegal exploitation of protected lands
continued without improvement.
0
No major changes in environmental stewardship situation in country in past year.
+1
+3
+5
Country instituted bans on particular toxic or polluting substances. Improvement in environmental impact
assessment and disclosure laws. Increased public discussion by government officials of environmental issues. Subnational legislation passed to improve areas such as environmental protection, climate change mitigation, or
pollution reduction.
Country implemented incentives or allocated funding for renewable energy initiatives. Impactful crackdown on
illegal poaching, logging, or other illegal resource use. Country expands protected areas in the form of wildlife
refuges, national parks, or some other protected area designation. Country committed to non-binding international
agreement or made pledges on environment-related issues.
Multiple pieces of national level legislation passed to improve areas such as environmental protection, climate
change mitigation, or pollution reduction. Country successfully implemented major projects for improving such
areas as environmental protection, climate change mitigation, or disaster preparedness.
Country Reporting
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Reporting guidelines:
• Use the current report prototype for language
reference
• For each Implementation Indicator, please try
cover all the sub-indicators covered (if
available)
• For Implementation sub-indicators remember
to cite the source (i.e. … emits an average of
9.19 metric tons of CO2 per capita (World
Bank 2011))