Major Group: NGO
Thank you Mr. Chair and Excellencies,
Recognizing that this is the review year for the 2 year CSD cycle, I would suggest that we
consider the extent to which efforts on Sustainable Consumption and Production to date
are sufficient for achieving the goals and commitments contained in Agenda 21 & the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation; and that we then base the development of the 10
Year Framework of Programs on specific means of funding and implementation that are
sufficient to achieve Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and the Rio
Conventions.
Funding to support sustainability planning, capacity building, and implementation have
slipped in a number of ways over the last decade. Capacity 21 was a very successful
program that supported national sustainability planning and dialogue in the developing
world. It was to be replaced by Capacity 2015 after the World Summit on Sustainable
Development. Unfortunately, it was never funded nor implemented. Similarly UNDP's
Thematic Trust Funds for capacity building were never fully developed as intended nor
sufficiently funded. ICLEI also intended and took the initial steps to develop several
Local Agenda 21 programs to help the developing world. Again almost no funding was
provided for programs to assist developing country communities, particularly for pilot
programs in Africa.
An international support process and/or global partnership thus needs to be established to
assist and ensure that all countries and regions can develop and implement Action Plans
on Sustainable Consumption and Production and National and Local Sustainability
Strategies that are sufficient to achieve all of the goals agreed on in Agenda 21, the JPOI,
and other related international agreements.
Similarly, we would suggest that all countries and communities base their Local and
National Strategies and their Action Plans for Sustainable Consumption and Production
on a Commons Approach to Sustainable Development, thus protecting the common gifts
of nature that belong to all of us collectively such as as air, land, water, the electromagnetic
spectrum, eco-systems, genetic resources, bio-diversity, etc. The Commons
Action Network for the United Nations requests that a Panel of Experts be created within
the UN Secretariat, to explore with experts on the commons, how a commons approach
can be incorporated into local, national, and global strategies for sustainable
development.
Finally, we would suggest that National and Regional Action Plans on Sustainable
Consumption and Production should be coupled and integrated with country participation
in the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development; development and
implementation of Local and National Strategies for Sustainability; the Rio Conventions;
and all other international agreements and treaties. This will enable all countries and
regions to take advantage of synergies and to recognize and support the interdependencies
of sustainable development in a comprehensive manner.
Recognizing that this is the review year for the 2 year CSD cycle, I would suggest that we
consider the extent to which efforts on Sustainable Consumption and Production to date
are sufficient for achieving the goals and commitments contained in Agenda 21 & the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation; and that we then base the development of the 10
Year Framework of Programs on specific means of funding and implementation that are
sufficient to achieve Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and the Rio
Conventions.
Funding to support sustainability planning, capacity building, and implementation have
slipped in a number of ways over the last decade. Capacity 21 was a very successful
program that supported national sustainability planning and dialogue in the developing
world. It was to be replaced by Capacity 2015 after the World Summit on Sustainable
Development. Unfortunately, it was never funded nor implemented. Similarly UNDP's
Thematic Trust Funds for capacity building were never fully developed as intended nor
sufficiently funded. ICLEI also intended and took the initial steps to develop several
Local Agenda 21 programs to help the developing world. Again almost no funding was
provided for programs to assist developing country communities, particularly for pilot
programs in Africa.
An international support process and/or global partnership thus needs to be established to
assist and ensure that all countries and regions can develop and implement Action Plans
on Sustainable Consumption and Production and National and Local Sustainability
Strategies that are sufficient to achieve all of the goals agreed on in Agenda 21, the JPOI,
and other related international agreements.
Similarly, we would suggest that all countries and communities base their Local and
National Strategies and their Action Plans for Sustainable Consumption and Production
on a Commons Approach to Sustainable Development, thus protecting the common gifts
of nature that belong to all of us collectively such as as air, land, water, the electromagnetic
spectrum, eco-systems, genetic resources, bio-diversity, etc. The Commons
Action Network for the United Nations requests that a Panel of Experts be created within
the UN Secretariat, to explore with experts on the commons, how a commons approach
can be incorporated into local, national, and global strategies for sustainable
development.
Finally, we would suggest that National and Regional Action Plans on Sustainable
Consumption and Production should be coupled and integrated with country participation
in the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development; development and
implementation of Local and National Strategies for Sustainability; the Rio Conventions;
and all other international agreements and treaties. This will enable all countries and
regions to take advantage of synergies and to recognize and support the interdependencies
of sustainable development in a comprehensive manner.