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Industry Roundtable (Side event:22nd MoP)- Session3: Green Economy
1. Promising Role of Industry in Green
Economy and CSD18 Policy Options
(Sustainable Consumption and Production / Resource
Management)
UN CSD SCP18/19 by Anthony SF Chiu (AP Author)
UN CSD18 excerpt extracted by Anthony SF Chiu
Roundtable
Bangkok, Thailand November 9, 2010
3. Sustainable Consumption and Production
10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP
Energy,Water,Climate,BasicNeeds...
4. International Commitment on SCP and
Regional Relevance (Chiu, 2009)
Green Growth
(UNESCAP, 2005) at the MCED5
Regional Green Growth Policy
Dialogues and Forums
Seoul Initiative on Green Growth
Network (SINGG)
Green Economy
(Global Citizen Center UNEP and
Partners)
Three key elements (TBL)
◦ the Green Economy report, that
will provide an overview,
analysis and synthesis of how
public policy can help markets
accelerate the transition towards
a green economy;
◦ The Economics of Ecosystems
and Biodiversity (TEEB), a
partnership project focusing on
valuation issues;
◦ Green Jobs report, published in
September 2008, that looked at
employment trends.
5. Circular Economy
International Commitment on SCP and
Regional Relevance
3R Platform
Global Green New Deal
(UNEP)
UNEP/UNESCAP SCP Helpdesk Three groups of focus were prioritized:
•Product – performance standard, PSS, integrated
product policy, etc.
•Demand side management – education, market,
procurement, indicators
•Infrastructure – building and transportation
UNESCAP / UNEP SCP Helpdesk
was established in 2006
•To foster innovative practices of
sustainable consumption
and production in Asia and the Pacific
•Acted as an information hub, co-
organized and hosted meetings, and
developed specific partnership
6. P o l i c y O p t i o n s (Chiu 2009)
• Green public procurement as the main driver for SCP
and green growth (Green Supply Chain and EIP
Programmatic Procurement)
• Clear sustainability targets (EIP Indicators)
• Focus on investments towards Green Economies
• Facilitate a behavioral change of consumption patterns
7. P o l i c y O p t i o n s (Chiu 2009)
Appropriate timing on resource pricing
Capacity Building
Subregional cooperation and benchmarking
More SCP-focused strategies (Circular Economy)
Empower the civil society
Operationalization of database and clearing house for
indigenous technology
8. Mapping Tool
PROGRAMMES
POLICY AND
MEASURES
MEANS OF
IMPLEMENTATION,
other
SUPPORT
MECHANISMS
LEAD
ACTORS
MEASURES
OF SUCCESS
REGION
NON-SECTOR SPECIFIC/CROSSCUTTING
Green public procurement -Central and local
authorities to
develop policies,
strategies,
regulations,
incentives as well
as educational
programmes
- Information on
best practices,
experience and
know-how of
Green
Procurement to be
shared and
transferred by all
stakeholders
around the world
- Cooperation between
governments for
knowledge and technical
transfer
- Regular workshops,
training programmes and
seminars
-Dialogue with businesses,
NGOs and public sectors to
set up green purchasing
promoting organisations
National
governments;
APRSCP;
UNEP;
Marrakech
Process Task
Force on
Sustainable
Procurement;
- Eco labelling
organisations
-Number of
governments
and local
authorities
developing or
implementing
green public
procurement
law or
equivalent
-Annual
government
spend on green
products and
services
Asia
Pacific
9. Mapping Tool
THEMES/SECTORS
Waste management
-Implement sound
management of
waste;
-
-Strengthen human and
institutional capacity on
sound management of
waste;
- Dissemination of
knowledge and technology,
investment in
environmental
sound management of
waste;
-National
governments;
-UNEP;
-UNESCAP;
-Number of
integrated waste
management
programmes in
place at both
local and
national level
All
governance
levels in
AP region
Clean water
Sustainable energy
-Enabling policy
framework that
improves access to
reliable and affordable
energy;
-Develop human and financial
capacity for take up of
renewables;
-Support development of rural
organisations, community-driven
cooperatives to enhance
investments in renewable
National
government
s,
World
Bank;
Total generation
capacity from
renewable energy
sources
Asia Pacific
10. Possible Elements of a 10-year Framework
Priority sectors and areas where
tools could be applied include:
• housing and buildings,
• transportation,
• food and agriculture,
• small-scale enterprises,
• energy and water efficiency,
• the information technology
sector,
• waste management,
• sustainable tourism 319
A 10YFP should provide:
• sustainable procurement
•cleaner production guidelines and methods
•green building codes and standards
•sustainable resource use measures
•demand-side management for electricity
•reduction of fossil fuel subsidies
•promotion of renewable energy through feed-in
tariffs
•development of super-efficient consumer
products
•eco-labelling, codes of conduct for advertising
•awareness raising campaigns
•education for sustainable consumption and
lifestyles. 318