Global Environmental Policy

1. Global Environmental Policy - Back to the Basics - What do we do with Sustainable Development

2. What is Sustainable Development? There are over 100 definitions of sustainability and sustainable development, but the best known, of course, is that of the World Commission on Environment and Development: This suggests that development is sustainable where it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

3. What is Sustainable Development? Sustainable development implies economic growth and social equity, together with the protection of environmental quality, each reinforcing the other. The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and the natural world, which does not diminish the prospects for future generations to enjoy a quality of life at least as good as our own.

4. What is Sustainable Development? The term refers to achieving economic and social development in ways that do not exhaust a country's natural resources. “Sustainable Development is ... a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with the future as well as present needs".

5. What is Sustainable Development? Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development respects the limited capacity of an ecosystem to absorb the impact of human activities.

6. What is Sustainable Development? SD is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Some people also believe that the concept of sustainable development should include preserving the environment for other species as well as for humans.

7. What is Sustainable Development? Lets have a look at an online feature: Sustained Voices http://www.gdrc.org/sustdev/voices.html

8. What is Sustainable Development? The key message of sustainability, ultimately, is about balance in the way we live …

9. What is Sustainable Development? Needs of present generation Needs of future generations Balance According to the United Nations, sustainable development is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

10. What is Sustainable Development? Socio- Cultural issues Economic issues Balance Environmental issues

11. What is Sustainable Development? Improvement of lifestyles and well-being Preserving natural resources and ecosystems Balance Sustainable development is maintaining a delicate balance between the human need to improve lifestyles and feeling of well-being on one hand, and preserving natural resources and ecosystems, on which we and future generations depend.

12. Sustainable Development Issues * Agriculture * Atmosphere * Biodiversity * Biotechnology * Capacity-building * Climate Change * Consumption and Production Patterns * Demographics * Desertification and Drought * Disaster Reduction and Management * Education and Awareness * Energy * Finance * Forests * Fresh Water * Health * Human Settlements * Indicators * Industry * Information for Decision Making and Participation * Integrated Decision Making * International Law * International Cooperation for Enabling Environment * Institutional Arrangements * Land management * Major Groups * Mountains * National Sustainable Development Strategies * Oceans and Seas * Poverty * Sanitation * Science * SIDS * Sustainable tourism * Technology * Toxic Chemicals * Trade and Environment * Transport * Waste (Hazardous) * Waste (Radioactive) * Waste (Solid) * Water

13. Key Milestones of SD 1962 - Rachel Carson and "Silent Spring" 1972 - Rene Dubos and Barbara Ward write "Only One Earth" 1972 - United Nations Conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm 1972 - Club of Rome publishes "Limits to Growth" 1980 - World Conservation Strategy released by IUCN 1987 - UN-sponsored Brundtland Commission released "Our Common Future" 1992 - Rio Summit and Agenda 21 2002 - Johannesburg Summit and Action 21 - Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

14. Sustainable Development Issues Sustainable Development Timeline http://www.iisd.org/rio+5/timeline/sdtimeline.htm

15. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #1: PARTICIPATION Dialogue Participation also includes such issues as solidarity, involvement, value-adding etc. Cooperation Communication

16. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #2: DECISION-MAKING Consensus Building Decision-making also includes such issues as ownership, visioning, flexibility, empowerment, informed consent, community choice etc. Public Review and Hearings Awareness Building

17. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #3: PARTNERSHIP Interdependence Partnership also includes such issues as credibility, trust, equality etc. Clustering Networking

18. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #4: GOVERNANCE Transparency Governance also includes such issues as empowerment, impartiality, adaptation, responsiveness, representativeness, information disclosure etc. Efficiency Accountability

19. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #5: KNOWLEDGE & INFO Appropriateness Knowledge and Information also includes such issues as learning, formatting and packaging information, targeting, delivery mechanisms, information sharing, technologies (ICTs) etc. Accessibility Timeliness

20. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #6: CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT Monitoring and Evaluation Continual Improvement also includes such issues as capacity building, indicators etc. Needs Assessment Feedback

21. The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #7: LIFESTYLES Behaviour Lifestyles also includes such issues as quality of life, respect, dignity, self-esteem etc. Values Ethics

22. Millennium Development Goals The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

23. MDGs to SDGs Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2005-2015) (2015-2025) Status: coming to an end in 2015. Partial success – many problems remain Status: Starting next year – a draft set of new goals have been decided. http://goo.gl/pu5Yo5

24. List of Proposed SDGs to be attained by 2030 End poverty in all its forms everywhere End hunger, achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all, and promote sustainable agriculture Attain healthy life for all at all ages Provide equitable and inclusive quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all Attain gender equality, empower women and girls everywhere Secure water and sanitation for all for a sustainable world Ensure access to affordable, sustainable, and reliable modern energy services for all Promote strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all Promote sustainable industrialization Reduce inequality within and among countries Build inclusive, safe and sustainable cities and human settlements Promote sustainable consumption and production patterns Promote actions at all levels to address climate change Attain conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and halt all biodiversity loss Achieve peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law, effective and capable institutions Strengthen and enhance the means of implementation and global partnership for sustainable development

25. Sustainability … its everywhere So … sustainable development is at the core of all the three modules of the matrix