The future we want sustainability

Dr. Ahmed-Refat AG Refat www.SlideShare.net/AhmedRefat
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Sustainable
Development
“The Future We Want”
Mainly From …………………………………………… www.un.org/en/sustainablefuture

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“Around the world, sustainable peace
must be built on
sustainable development.
That is why I have said that the
sustainable development agenda is the
agenda for the 21st century.”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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Sustainability
Sustainability calls for
a decent standard of living for everyone
today without compromising the needs of
future generations.

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Sustinability-1
This means finding better ways
of doing things; Such as:
How can we help people move out of
poverty and get good jobs, while
protecting the environment?

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Sustainability-
How can we provide access to clean
energy for everyone, and make sure that
the energy we produce doesn’t contribute
to climate change?
How can we make sure that everyone can
get the water, food and nutrition they
need?

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 Sustainability --
How can we shape our cities so that
everyone can enjoy a decent quality of life?
How can we build better transportation
systems that allow us all to get where we
want to go, without causing too much
congestion and pollution?

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Sustainability---
How can we make sure that our oceans
are healthy and that marine life is not
threatened by pollution and climate
change?
How can we make sure that our
communities are resilient in the face of
natural disasters?

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Solving these challenges is a start to
building the future we want.
The Future we Want
The Future We Want: is an the
outcome document adopted at
Rio+20

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Rio+20

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What is "Rio+20"?
"Rio+20" is the short name for the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development which took place in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 – twenty years
after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.

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At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders,
along with thousands of participants from
the private sector, NGOs and other
groups, came together to shape how we
can reduce poverty, advance social equity
and ensure environmental protection on
an ever more crowded planet.

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Why is Rio+20 important?
If we are to leave a liveable world
to our children and grandchildren,
the challenges of widespread
poverty and environmental
destruction need to be tackled
now.

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Why is Rio+20 important?-
 The world today has 7 billion people – by
2050, there will be 9 billion.
 One out of every five people – 1.4 billion
– currently lives on $1.25 a day or less.
 A billion and half people in the world
don’t have access to electricity.
 Two and a half billion people don’t have
a toilet.

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 Why is Rio+20 important?--
 Almost a billion people go hungry every
day.
 Greenhouse gas emissions continue to
rise, and more than a third of all known
species could go extinct if climate change
continues unchecked.

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Final Agreement of
Rio+20
World leaders approved the
outcome document for Rio+20,
entitled
“The Future We Want”

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The Seven Ways
to The Future
We Want

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The Seven Ways to the future
1- Good Jobs
2- Sustainable Energy for All
3- Sustainable Cities
4- Food Security and Sustainable
Agriculture
5- Water for the World
6- Oceans
7- Disasters

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1- Good Jobs
 Economic recession has taken a major
toll on both the quantity and quality of jobs.
 There are currently 190 million people
unemployed and more than 500 million will
be looking for jobs over the next 10 years .
 Economic and social policies to create
gainful employment are critical for a well-
balanced society.

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 Work should be geared to the needs of
the natural environment. “Green jobs” in
agriculture, industry, services and
administration contribute to preserving or
restoring the environment.
 Green jobs also help ensure biodiversity,
reduce energy consumption, de-carbonize
the economy, and minimize of all forms of
waste and pollution.

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Good Jobs : Facts and figures
 1.3 billion earn less than of $2 per day,
which means poverty for them and their
independents.
 More than 2.3 million green jobs have
been created in the renewable energy
sector in recent years.
 Agriculture is still the single largest
employer in the world.

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2- Sustainable Energy for All
Energy is central to nearly every major
challenge and opportunity the world faces
today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change,
food production or increasing incomes,
access to energy for all is essential.
Sustainable energy is opportunity – it
transforms lives, economies and the planet.

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Facts and figures
 One in five people still lacks access to modern
electricity.
 3 billion people rely on wood, coal, charcoal or
animal waster for cooking and heating.
 Energy is the dominant contributor to climate
change, accounting for around 60 per cent of total
global greenhouse gas emissions.
 Reducing the carbon intensity of energy is a key
objective in long-term climate goals.

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3- Sustainable Cities
Many challenges exist to maintaining cities in
a way that continues to create jobs and
prosperity while not straining land and
resources.
Common city challenges include congestion,
lack of funds to provide basic services, a
shortage of adequate housing and declining
infrastructure.

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The challenges cities face can be overcome
in ways that allow them to continue to thrive
and grow, while improving resource use and
reducing pollution and poverty.
The future we want includes cities of
opportunities, with access to basic
services, energy, housing, transportation
and more for all.

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Cities: Facts and figures
 Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people –
live in cities today.
 By 2030, almost 60 per cent of the
world’s population will live in urban
areas.
 95 % of urban expansion in the next
decades will take place in developing
world.

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 828 million people live in slums today
and the number keeps rising.
 The world’s cities occupy just 2 per cent
of the Earth’s land, but account for 60-80
per cent of energy consumption and 75
per cent of carbon emissions.
 Rapid urbanization is exerting pressure
on fresh water supplies, sewage, the
living environment, and public health.

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4- Food Security and
Sustainable Agriculture
It is time to rethink how we grow, share and
consume our food. If done right, agriculture,
forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious
food for all and generate decent incomes,
while supporting people-centred rural
development and protecting the environment.

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But right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans,
forests and biodiversity are being rapidly
degraded. Climate change is putting even
more pressure on the resources we depend
on, increasing risks associated with disasters
such as droughts and floods. Many rural
women and men can no longer make ends
meet on their land, forcing them to migrate to
cities in search of opportunities.

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A profound change of the global food and
agriculture system is needed if we are to
nourish today’s 925 million hungry and the
additional 2 billion people expected by 2050.
The food and agriculture sector offers key
solutions for development, and is central for
hunger and poverty eradication.

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The Zero Hunger Challenge has 5 objectives:
1. 100% access to adequate food all year round.
2. Zero stunted children under 2 years, no more
malnutrition in pregnancy and early childhood.
3. All food systems are sustainable.
4. 100% growth in smallholder productivity and income,
particularly for women.
5. Zero loss or waste of food, including responsible
consumption.

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5- Water for the World
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential
part of the world we want to live in.
There is sufficient fresh water on the planet to
achieve this. But due to bad economics or
poor infrastructure, every year millions of
people, most of them children, die from
diseases associated with inadequate water
supply, sanitation and hygiene.

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Water scarcity, poor water quality and
inadequate sanitation negatively impact food
security, livelihood choices and educational
opportunities for poor families across the
world. Drought afflicts some of the world's
poorest countries, worsening hunger and
malnutrition.
By 2050, at least one in four people is likely
to live in a country affected by chronic or
recurring shortages of fresh water.

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Facts and figures
 1.7 billion people have gained access to
safe drinking water since 1990, but 884
million people are still without.
 2.6 billion people lack access to basic
sanitation services, such as toilets or
latrines.
 Each day, an average of 5,000 children die
due to preventable water and sanitation-
related diseases.

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 Hydropower is the most important and
widely-used renewable source of energy,
representing 19 per cent of total electricity
production worldwide.
 Approximately 70 per cent of all available
water is used for irrigation.
 Floods account for 15 per cent of all deaths
related to natural disasters.

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6- Oceans
 The world’s oceans drive global systems
that make the Earth habitable for human.
 Our rainwater, , climate, coastlines, much
of our food, and even the oxygen, are all
ultimately provided and regulated by the
sea.
 Careful management of this essential
global resource is a key feature of a
sustainable future.

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Facts and figures
 Oceans cover three quarters of the
Earth’s surface, contain 97 % of the
Earth’s water, and represent 99 % of the
living space on the planet by volume.
 Over 3 billion people depend on marine
and coastal biodiversity for their
livelihoods.

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 Oceans contain nearly 200,000 identified
species, but actual numbers may lie in
the millions.
 Oceans absorb about 30 per cent of
carbon dioxide produced by humans,
buffering the impacts of global warming.
 Oceans serve as the world’s largest
source of protein, with more than 2.6
billion people depending on the oceans
as their primary source of protein.

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 Marine fisheries directly or indirectly
employ over 200 million people.
 Subsidies for fishing are contributing to
the rapid depletion of many fish species
and are preventing efforts to save and
restore global fisheries and related jobs
 As much as 40 % of the world oceans
are heavily affected by human activities,
including pollution, depleted fisheries, and
loss of coastal habitats.

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7- Disasters
Disasters have devastating impacts on people,
environments and economies.
But resilience – the ability of people and
places to withstand these impacts and
recover quickly – remains possible. Smart choices
help us recover from disasters.
These choices relate to how we grow our food, where and
how we build our homes, how our financial system works,
what we teach in schools and more.

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Facts and figures
 More than 226 million people are affected
by disasters every year.
 From 2000 to 2010, economic damage as
a result of disasters amounted 1 trillion $.
 Less than 0.7 per cent of total relief aid
goes to disaster risk reduction.

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 Of the 33 cities that will have at least 8
million residents by 2015, 21 are in coastal
areas.
 Women and children are 14 times more
likely to die than men during a disaster.
 More than 680,000 people died in
earthquakes between 2000 and 2010 due
mainly to poorly-built buildings.

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 Since 1980, drought and associated famine
have claimed nearly 558,000 lives and
affected more than 1.6 billion people.
 On average, 102 million people are
affected every year by floods, 37 million
people by cyclones, hurricanes or
typhoons, and nearly 366,000 by
landslides.

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