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Australia at Rio+20
   'Collective Action for
Sustainable Development:
Rio+20 and the transition to
     a green economy.'
           Convenor: United Nations Association of Australia (Vic)
                       Facilitator: Rosemary Sainty
     Former Head, Secretariat UN Global Compact Network Australia and
          Adviser, Corporate Engagement, Transparency Australia

                    Melbourne, Thursday 17 May, 2012
Milestones
•   1972 — United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which led to the
    establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme.
•   1983 - Brundtland Commission established and in 1987, handed down report ―Our
    Common Future‖ - defining sustainable development. And its 3 pillars.
•   1992 – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED or the Rio Earth
    Summit) : the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the
    Forest Principles and the UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change
    (UNFCCC) treaty to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations.
•   1992 — Launch of Australia‘s National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development.
•   1997 — Rio+5 Review Kyoto Protocol formally adopted at COP3- ―operationalizing ‖ the
    Convention, to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions with binding targets (37 industrialized
    countries) 5% emissions reduction compared to 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008
    to 2012 and market-based mechanisms - Emissions Trading, the Clean Development
    Mechanism and Joint Implementation.
•    1999 — Australia‘s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Milestones contd
•   2002 – Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development 2006 – Australian
    Business Roundtable on Climate Change
•   2007- An Inconvenient Truth, the 4th IPCC report and the ―Stern Review: The
    Economics of Climate Change‖. In Australia –70% of population want action on
    Climate Change
•   2007 — Australia‘s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
•   2008- GFC
•   2009- COP15: Copenhagen Accord – but was not adopted by all governments. A 2
    degree goal and fast-start climate financing
•   2011- COP17: Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, Now 195 Parties to the
    Convention (including 48 developing) agree to second commitment period on the
    Kyoto Protocol and its mechanisms and drawing up a new, post-2020 mitigation
    framework. Saved the UNFCCC process but without defined targets until 2020 or
    capital defined for the green climate fund. Continuing deep divisions between US,
    EU, India and China
•   2012 – UNEP and WWF reflections
Stocktake
• Population now 7 billion- 2 billion more since Brundtland
• Biodiversity has declined globally by around 30 per cent between
  1970 and 2008
• Demand on natural resources has doubled since 1966 - currently
  using the equivalent of 1.5 planets
• High-income countries have a footprint five times greater than that of
  low-income countries
• CO2 continue to rise: up 40 per cent on 1992 with two-thirds of the
  increase in the second decade (UNEP, 2011).

                                      Living Planet Report 2012, WWF
Forward Motion – A Green Economy.
On the Road to Rio+20:

•   The Green Economy ―is one that results in improved human well-being and
    social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and
    ecological scarcities.‖ UNEP, 2011

•   2010 - UN Secretary General establishes High-Level Panel on Global
    Sustainability and commends report : ―Resilient People, Resilient Planet: a
    Future Worth Choosing‖ Recommendations taken up in the zero draft

•   First draft of the Rio+20 outcomes document:   ―Zero Draft on The Future We
    Want‖

•   Increasing consensus that economic reporting system has to shift to ‗beyond
    GDP‘ mindset.
Process at
                      Rio+20 Earth Summit
                                     20 - 22 June 2012
AKA the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Objectives:
•   to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development;
•   to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development
•   and to address new and emerging challenges.

The Summit will also focus on two specific themes:
•   a green economy in the context of poverty eradication
    and sustainable development,
•   and an institutional framework for sustainable development

and 7 priority areas….. decent jobs, energy, sustainable cities, food security and sustainable
agriculture, water, oceans and disaster readiness.

•   Numbers: 80 heads of state and 40,000 + people from 1,000 organisations
Rio+20 On-Site Side events
•   13 -15 June - 3rd Preparatory Committee Meeting of UNCSD
•   16 -19 June - Sustainable Development Dialogue ‗s‘ - High level action-
    oriented debate
•   13- 22 June - More than 500 on-site side events sponsored by
    Governments, Major Groups, UN system and other Inter-Governmental
    Organizations
     – Eg: Transparency International on climate finance and the importance of anti-
       corruption measures
•   Off-site events from 20-22 June also include the Stakeholder Forum and
    the Peoples Summit

    Consultative status with ECOSOC provides an opportunity for non-
    government stakeholders e.g. Major Groups (business, NGOs etc.) and
    the United Nations to work closely towards a common global agenda.
Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum:
                     Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want

•   From 15-18 June 2012 - Organised by the United Nations Global Compact, 2000+
    delegates
•   Private sector has a critical role to play in sustainability
•   Innovative public-private partnerships, business contributions and new
    commitments
•   Business and investors - opportunity to meet with governments, local authorities, civil
    society and UN entities
•   60 thematic sessions linked to the Rio+20 agenda
•   Organized by a wide range of organizations e.g.
     –   Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2012 Global Dialogue - Global
         Compact, UNCTAD, PRI, UNEP-FI
     –   Global Reporting Initiative – report or explain- Clause 24 of the Zero draft
     –   Climate Institute – Clean Revolution Launch
     –   UNEP FI: Launch of the Natural Capital Declaration (NAB)
     –   Global Compact Network Australia
Business Action for Sustainable
   Development 2012 (BASD 2012)
• 19 June - BASD 2012 Business is the official UN Major Group
  Business & Industry event
• Convened by the
   – International Chamber of Commerce,
   – the World Business Council for Sustainable Development,
   – and the United Nations Global Compact
• A wide range of international industry associates eg International
  Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
• Final business and industry leaders input to the Rio+20 Conference
• It is imperative that governments provide clear policies and
  regulatory frameworks
Challenges
• Fallout from the financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis,
  many countries are preoccupied with their own affairs
• Rapid shift of economic growth and power from the traditional
  centres towards the east and the south
• Two largest powers, the United States and China, are facing
  leadership elections will weaken their ability to act decisively
• Challenges for Australian Government - Political instability ,
  drop in community support
• Is the UN system best to drive change? Is global consensus
  realistic? Better suited to role of convenor, consolidator of
  global efforts and legitimator of these?
Opportunities
•   UN process has demonstrated that it can birth ideas, projects, partnerships, and
    organizations
•   Heightened recognition of interconnectivity, integration, interdependence between the three
    pillars – economic, social and environmental- reflected by the many events and
    stakeholders in the lead up to the conference and by those of us here today!
•   Engagement with the business community- whose collective capital now equals that of
    the world‘s combined GDPs (from only 25% in 1980)
•   Georg Kell: Even without government support, believes that collaboration and innovation
    within the private sector can help create solutions to many of the world's problems.
•   Secretary General: Fragmentation in terms of concepts, policies, practices and institutions
    drives the sustainable development implementation gap. Need more coherent
    approaches
•   Wisdom in lowering the hype, recognising the constraints governments are under, and go
    for the practical steps forward - rather than the Copenhagen ―turning point for mankind‖, a
    sort of double or quits where the future of the planet is being played in the space of a few
    days. Nonetheless, Rio+20 should mark a step forward. (Peoples Summit, 2012)
Government Perspective
• Donna Petrachenko
  First Assistant Secretary
  Australian Government Rio+20 Taskforce
Panel 1
• Nathan Fabian
  Chief Executive, Investor Group on Climate Change
   – Investor perspective

• Charles Berger
  Director of Strategic Ideas
  Australian Conservation Foundation
   – NGO perspective

• Melanie Stutsel
  Director, Health Safety Environment and Community Policy,
  Minerals Council of Australia
   – Mining Industry perspective
Panel 2
•   Caroline Bayliss
    Australia Director, The Climate Group
     – Collective perspective

•   Matthew Tukaki
    Australian Network Representative
    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
     – UN Business-led perspective

•   Victoria Whitaker
    Network Manager
    Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Focal Point Australia
     – Reporting perspective

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Rosemary Sainty - Australia at Rio+20 Seminar - Presentation

  • 1. Australia at Rio+20 'Collective Action for Sustainable Development: Rio+20 and the transition to a green economy.' Convenor: United Nations Association of Australia (Vic) Facilitator: Rosemary Sainty Former Head, Secretariat UN Global Compact Network Australia and Adviser, Corporate Engagement, Transparency Australia Melbourne, Thursday 17 May, 2012
  • 2. Milestones • 1972 — United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which led to the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme. • 1983 - Brundtland Commission established and in 1987, handed down report ―Our Common Future‖ - defining sustainable development. And its 3 pillars. • 1992 – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED or the Rio Earth Summit) : the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Forest Principles and the UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) treaty to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations. • 1992 — Launch of Australia‘s National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development. • 1997 — Rio+5 Review Kyoto Protocol formally adopted at COP3- ―operationalizing ‖ the Convention, to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions with binding targets (37 industrialized countries) 5% emissions reduction compared to 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008 to 2012 and market-based mechanisms - Emissions Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation. • 1999 — Australia‘s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
  • 3. Milestones contd • 2002 – Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development 2006 – Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change • 2007- An Inconvenient Truth, the 4th IPCC report and the ―Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change‖. In Australia –70% of population want action on Climate Change • 2007 — Australia‘s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol • 2008- GFC • 2009- COP15: Copenhagen Accord – but was not adopted by all governments. A 2 degree goal and fast-start climate financing • 2011- COP17: Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, Now 195 Parties to the Convention (including 48 developing) agree to second commitment period on the Kyoto Protocol and its mechanisms and drawing up a new, post-2020 mitigation framework. Saved the UNFCCC process but without defined targets until 2020 or capital defined for the green climate fund. Continuing deep divisions between US, EU, India and China • 2012 – UNEP and WWF reflections
  • 4. Stocktake • Population now 7 billion- 2 billion more since Brundtland • Biodiversity has declined globally by around 30 per cent between 1970 and 2008 • Demand on natural resources has doubled since 1966 - currently using the equivalent of 1.5 planets • High-income countries have a footprint five times greater than that of low-income countries • CO2 continue to rise: up 40 per cent on 1992 with two-thirds of the increase in the second decade (UNEP, 2011). Living Planet Report 2012, WWF
  • 5. Forward Motion – A Green Economy. On the Road to Rio+20: • The Green Economy ―is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.‖ UNEP, 2011 • 2010 - UN Secretary General establishes High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability and commends report : ―Resilient People, Resilient Planet: a Future Worth Choosing‖ Recommendations taken up in the zero draft • First draft of the Rio+20 outcomes document: ―Zero Draft on The Future We Want‖ • Increasing consensus that economic reporting system has to shift to ‗beyond GDP‘ mindset.
  • 6. Process at Rio+20 Earth Summit 20 - 22 June 2012 AKA the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Objectives: • to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development; • to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development • and to address new and emerging challenges. The Summit will also focus on two specific themes: • a green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, • and an institutional framework for sustainable development and 7 priority areas….. decent jobs, energy, sustainable cities, food security and sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and disaster readiness. • Numbers: 80 heads of state and 40,000 + people from 1,000 organisations
  • 7. Rio+20 On-Site Side events • 13 -15 June - 3rd Preparatory Committee Meeting of UNCSD • 16 -19 June - Sustainable Development Dialogue ‗s‘ - High level action- oriented debate • 13- 22 June - More than 500 on-site side events sponsored by Governments, Major Groups, UN system and other Inter-Governmental Organizations – Eg: Transparency International on climate finance and the importance of anti- corruption measures • Off-site events from 20-22 June also include the Stakeholder Forum and the Peoples Summit Consultative status with ECOSOC provides an opportunity for non- government stakeholders e.g. Major Groups (business, NGOs etc.) and the United Nations to work closely towards a common global agenda.
  • 8. Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want • From 15-18 June 2012 - Organised by the United Nations Global Compact, 2000+ delegates • Private sector has a critical role to play in sustainability • Innovative public-private partnerships, business contributions and new commitments • Business and investors - opportunity to meet with governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities • 60 thematic sessions linked to the Rio+20 agenda • Organized by a wide range of organizations e.g. – Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2012 Global Dialogue - Global Compact, UNCTAD, PRI, UNEP-FI – Global Reporting Initiative – report or explain- Clause 24 of the Zero draft – Climate Institute – Clean Revolution Launch – UNEP FI: Launch of the Natural Capital Declaration (NAB) – Global Compact Network Australia
  • 9. Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD 2012) • 19 June - BASD 2012 Business is the official UN Major Group Business & Industry event • Convened by the – International Chamber of Commerce, – the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, – and the United Nations Global Compact • A wide range of international industry associates eg International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) • Final business and industry leaders input to the Rio+20 Conference • It is imperative that governments provide clear policies and regulatory frameworks
  • 10. Challenges • Fallout from the financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis, many countries are preoccupied with their own affairs • Rapid shift of economic growth and power from the traditional centres towards the east and the south • Two largest powers, the United States and China, are facing leadership elections will weaken their ability to act decisively • Challenges for Australian Government - Political instability , drop in community support • Is the UN system best to drive change? Is global consensus realistic? Better suited to role of convenor, consolidator of global efforts and legitimator of these?
  • 11. Opportunities • UN process has demonstrated that it can birth ideas, projects, partnerships, and organizations • Heightened recognition of interconnectivity, integration, interdependence between the three pillars – economic, social and environmental- reflected by the many events and stakeholders in the lead up to the conference and by those of us here today! • Engagement with the business community- whose collective capital now equals that of the world‘s combined GDPs (from only 25% in 1980) • Georg Kell: Even without government support, believes that collaboration and innovation within the private sector can help create solutions to many of the world's problems. • Secretary General: Fragmentation in terms of concepts, policies, practices and institutions drives the sustainable development implementation gap. Need more coherent approaches • Wisdom in lowering the hype, recognising the constraints governments are under, and go for the practical steps forward - rather than the Copenhagen ―turning point for mankind‖, a sort of double or quits where the future of the planet is being played in the space of a few days. Nonetheless, Rio+20 should mark a step forward. (Peoples Summit, 2012)
  • 12. Government Perspective • Donna Petrachenko First Assistant Secretary Australian Government Rio+20 Taskforce
  • 13. Panel 1 • Nathan Fabian Chief Executive, Investor Group on Climate Change – Investor perspective • Charles Berger Director of Strategic Ideas Australian Conservation Foundation – NGO perspective • Melanie Stutsel Director, Health Safety Environment and Community Policy, Minerals Council of Australia – Mining Industry perspective
  • 14. Panel 2 • Caroline Bayliss Australia Director, The Climate Group – Collective perspective • Matthew Tukaki Australian Network Representative United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) – UN Business-led perspective • Victoria Whitaker Network Manager Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Focal Point Australia – Reporting perspective