Scientific and Technological Community
IPM for CSD-19
Statement in Multistakeholder Forum II
Gisbert Glaser, International Council for Science (ICSU)
New York, 4 March 2004
Mr. Chair,
(and I wish to thank also both panellists for their very interesting contributions)
The Scientific and Technological Community believes that the topics addressed
by the CSD-19 and the launching of the 10-Year Framework Programme on
SCP will need to feature prominently in the Rio+20 context.
Our Community is strongly supportive of CSD-19 launching an ambitious and
actionable 10YFP and making it a central element of the Rio2012 outcome.
Indeed, we believe that there is an urgent need of changing consumption and
production patterns from business as usual. As new scientific evidence shows,
the current unsustainable consumption and production patterns have started to to
put the natural functioning of the earth system, as we know it, at risk. Similarly,
without meeting the MDGs and continued efforts to eliminate mass poverty also
beyond 2015 the world will not reach its goal of global sustainability.
For us, it will be extremely important that CSD-19 feeds such a sense of
urgency in the Rio+20 preparatory process. There is an urgent need for our
societies to transition to a green economy. In fact, there is an urgent need for
more far reaching societal transformations. Without such a major change of the
course of human development on our planet we risk transgressing critical
planetary boundaries and leaving billions of people in poverty. This was also
clearly stated by both panelists.
Mr. Chair, your list of issues for Rio2012, including urbanization, food security,
water for life, access to energy are being prominently addressed in the
preparations of the Scientific and Technological Community for the summit in
Rio next year, including in our four regional science and technolo gy workshops.
We would like to make these regional workshops multistakeholder dialogues
with governments, intergovernmental organizations and all Major Groups.
Thank you.
