Collectif Rio+20

Notre rôle de Bonn à Rio

Ce document pourrait constituer l'une des contributions permettant l'élaboration d'une déclaration des citoyens. Pour cette période cruciale pour l'humanité, il importe que la Conférence de Rio réunisse tous les gouvernements à leur plus haut niveau et permette ce dialogue avec les citoyens. La mobilisation dépendra aussi d'un sommet des citoyens d'où pourront découler des propositions. Seule une parole forte exprimée devant le monde entier, relayée par les médias, sera à même de donner l'impulsion initiale indispensable au changement de paradigme. Pour ce qui est de l'enceinte onusienne, seule représentative de tous les pays, cela pourrait sonner une reprise du multilatéralisme.

Debriefing Intersessional Meeting RIO+20 par le Stakeholder Forum

The Bureau of UNCSD briefed the delegations and other stakeholders of the UNCSD preparatory process about the status of preparations for the conference. The briefing was chaired by the Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador John Ashe in his capacity as co-chair of the Bureau of the preparatory process. The briefing was also attended by the Conference Secretary-General, Ambassador Sha Zukang.

Bonjour !

L'ONU vient de lancer le premier numéro de la publication « Newsletter Rio+20 ».

Pour aller plus loin : http://www.uncsd2012.org/

Cordialement,

Miriam Garcia

Stakeholder Forum has produced a document to input to the Consultative Group on Environmental Governance. The UNEP Consulative Group of high level representatives and ministers will hold its second meeting in Helsinki, Finland from 21st - 23rd November 2010.

Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications

Key Issues

( For information only - Not an official record )

The green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication is one of the themes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), to be held in Brazil in 2012.

At the first session of the Preparatory Committee, held 17-19 May in New York, UNCTAD, serving as the sustainable trade focal point for Rio+20, was invited to convene an expert meeting to address the trade and sustainable development implications of the green economy.

At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), UNCTAD played an active role in drafting and facilitating negotiations on Chapter 2 of Agenda 21, a comprehensive global plan of action for sustainable development. Chapter 2 proposes that trade, environment and development policies should be mutually supportive. In the face of current pressing needs in addressing poverty reduction, human development and climate change, new impetus is needed for the concept of inclusive sustainable development, while enhancing the sense of ownership by developed and developing countries and the role of multilateral cooperative action.

The green economy has emerged as a new paradigm and an enabling component of sustainable development. In that regard, it may have the potential to provide new trade and investment impetus to developing-country economies, especially if anchored in a mutually supportive approach to sustainable development.

The Ad Hoc Expert Meeting is being organized in close collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Environment Programme. It aims to explore ways in which the green economy, through trade-led growth, could become a pro-development income-generating instrument that will directly contribute to meeting the sustainable development imperative universally adopted at Rio in 1992.

The outcome of the meeting will be submitted as a direct input to the Rio+20 preparatory process.

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THE GREEN ECONOMY: TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS

On 24th December 2009 the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution (A/RES/64/236) agreeing to hold the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2012 - also referred to as 'Rio+20' or 'Rio 20'.

The Conference seeks three objectives: securing renewed political commitment to sustainable development, assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting already agreed commitments, and addressing new and emerging challenges.

The Member States have agreed on the following two themes for the Conference: green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and institutional framework for sustainable development

Background of the meeting:

The MGSB will be hosting a series of thematic consultations with major groups and stakeholders

in support of the work of UNEP in two main areas:

- international environmental governance, and

- green economy.

These Consultations will be organized in collaboration with DELC and ETB-DTIE.

Objectives:

The objective of the Consultation on Green Economy is to facilitate substantive input from

major groups and stakeholders on the draft Green Economy Report chapters, and its policy

recommendations in the context of the upcoming Rio+20 Conference.

Le programme est téléchargeable ci-dessous.