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The
Road to Earth Summit 2002
Organized
by the Heinrich Böll Foundation
This day long conference included key note speeches from Uschi Eid,
German Deputy Prime Minister for Development, and Klaus Töpfer, UNEP
Executive Director. The topics of the panel discussions were as follows:
Sustainable Energy; Trade and Sustainable Development; Financing for
Development; and Institutional Reform. The organizer's view is that
next year's World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg,
South Africa, will not only review the progress of Agenda 21 and the
Rio Conventions, but focus on a "New Deal" between Environment and
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and Sustainable Development Panel: Brennan van Dyke, UNEP, Paul
Joffe, National Wildlife Federation, Jessica Wilson, Environmental
Monitoring Group, Liane Schaletek, Assistant Director, Moderator Heike
Löschmann, Head of Office, Thailand, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Liane
Schalatek, Assistant Director, Washington Office, Heinrich Böll Foundation,
and Jürgen Maier, German NGO Forum on Environment and Development |
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Paul Joffe, National Wildlife Federation, Jessica Wilson, Environmental
Monitoring Group, Liane Schaletek, Assistant Director, Moderator
Heike Löschmann, Head of Office, Thailand,
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Reform Panel: Charolotte Streck, World Bank, Hilary French, Worldwatch
Institute, Sebastian Oberthür, Ecologic, Stephan Contius, German Ministry
for the Environment, Frank Biermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research, and Felix Dodds, UNED-Forum |
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panel discussed the institutional changes that this "new deal" would
require. Felix Dodds, UNED Forum, said that the present international
institutions for sustainable development are not working well and
that the process of preparations for the Earth Summit 2002 can help
to improve international architecture for sustainable development.
Frank Biermann, Postdam Institute, described some models containing
ideas to shape a new World Environment Organization. Stephan Contius,
German Ministry of the Environment, suggested the need to integrate
environmental concerns into the work of other agencies and said
the year 2002 is a great opportunity to reach an agreement on this
matter. Sebastian Oberthür, Ecologic, said a World Environment Organization
would not be the institution able to address environmental challenges
such as decision-making, lack of resources for capacity building,
and the coordination and fragmentation in several environmental
institutions. Hillary French, World Watch Institute, said that global
governance is very unbalanced today because it is only looking at
a very narrowed set of values related to economic and commercial
aspects, and highlighted the need to look to a more broader set
of values that includes aspects such as moral and the environment.
Charlotte Streck, World Bank, suggested that the Global Public Policy
Networks (GPPN) could serve as model for a new environmental organization
because it promotes the collaboration of governments, civil and
private society. During the ensuing discussion, participants discussed:
the enactment of the right to development as a human right; strengthening
the enforcement of international law based on institutions; and
global governance as complimentary to local governance. Photo:
Charolotte Streck, World Bank, Hilary French, Worldwatch Institute,
Sebastian Oberthür, Ecologic |
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UNEP
Executive Director Klaus Töpfer gives the key note speech at the
conference
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Open
meeting between EU Ministers and NGOs
NGOs questioned why ministers did not make stronger statements against
the use of nuclear energy. Other issues raised were related to the
World Summit on Sustainable Development, and its agenda and possibilities
of success. On minister linked the success of the Summit to the
progress in climate change negotiations. Regarding the Summit's
agenda, Ministers said a process to discuss it began with circulation
of a paper. Some of the issues being addressed include: water, energy,
environment, health, particularly malaria, and cross-sectoral issues,
such as globalization, gender and finance. Ministers agreed that
water and environmental health are among the priorities and that
some results of the discussionswould
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NGOs
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World
Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability
Energy: Our Future Revolves Around Getting it Right!
Sponsored by UNDP, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
and the World Energy Council (WEC)
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J.
Gururaja, DESA, Emad El-Sharkawi, Chairman, National Egyptian Committee,
WEC, Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator, UNDP, Moderator Thomas
B. Johansson, Sustainable Energy Policies for Development, UNDP,
Jose Goldemberg, Chair, WEA, Brazil, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Energy
Technologies for Sustainable Development, Convening Lead Author,
Chapter 9 on Energy Scenarios, and Hans-Holger Rogner, The Energy
System and Resources, Convening Lead Author, Chapter 5 on Energy
Resources
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The
World Energy Assessment Report is availabe at CSD-9 or by visiting
www.undp.org/seed/eap/activities/wea
Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian language versions of
the WEA overview are available upon request.
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J.
Gururaja, DESA, Emad El-Sharkawi, Chairman, WEC, Zephirin Diabre,
Associate Administrator, UNDP
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Jose
Goldemberg, Chair, World Energy Assessment, Brazil |
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Nebojsa
Nakicenovic, Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development, Convening
Lead Author, Chapter 9 on Energy Scenarios
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Transport,
Environment and Health: Addressing the Impacts and their Policy
Implications Organized
by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Over
the next 20 years transportation is expected to be the major driving
force behind a growing world demand for energy. It is the fastest
end-user of energy in developed countries and the fastest growing
one iun most developing countries. Current patterns of transportation
are not sustainable and may compound both environment and health
problems. The aim of this expert panel is to examine the impacts
of transport policies and practices on health and the environment;
highlight efforts at the global, regional and national levels to
address the problem, and discuss technical and policy interventions
needed for effective and sustainable solutions. One speaker said
that with round 80,000 deaths per year in Europe due to air pollution,
combined with traffic accidents, and links to learning and memory
impediments, the WHO stresses impacts of transport on environment
and human health. The WHO recommended the development of a Framework
Convention on Transport Environment and Health (TEH) including a
high level meeting, alongside the strengthening of institutional
collaboration, and links with other program areas such as climate
change. For more information, visit: http://www.who.it/ht/teh.htm
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Carlos
Alberto Zarattini, Municipal Secretary of Transport in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and Carlos Dora, Regioinal Adviser, Health Impact Assessment,
WHO Regional Office for Europe Not
pictured: Francesca Racioppi, Transport, Environment and Health
Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe and Vinand Nantulya,
visiting research fellow in International Health at Harvard School
of Public Health and former Director of programs at Nairobi-based
African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
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