Download The Role of International Organizations in a Global Economy

HRI
Geneva Seminar
13-14 December 2010
Environmental IOs from the Perspective of
Global Businesses
Environmental Organizations
 Major Environmental Conventions
 UN Environment Programme
 World Meteorological Organization
 IUCN
 Major Environmental NGOs
Major Environmental Conventions
 UN Framework Convention for Climate Change
 UN Convention for Biodiversity
 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
 Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer
(and Montreal Protocol)
 Rotterdam Convention on Hazardous Chemicals and
Pesticides in Trade
 Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UN Environment Programme
 Established in 1972
 The Governing Council - 58 members elected by the
General Assembly, for four-year terms
 Since 1999, the Global Ministerial Environment Forum
convened annually to review important and emerging
policy issues in the field of the environment
 2010-2011 Budget: $450.8 million
 Environment Fund $180 million
 Trust Funds & Support $191 million
 Counterparts $66 million
 UN Regular Budget $13.8 million
World Meteorological Organization
 World Meteorological Congress meets every four years to
determine general policies for the fulfilment of the
purposes of the Organization;
 The Executive Council – annual meetings of 37 directors of
National Meteorological or Hydrometeorological Services,
serving in an individual capacity.
 The President and three Vice-Presidents who are elected by
Congress,
 The presidents of the six regional associations, by whom they
are elected.
 The remaining 27 members are elected by WMO Congress.
 2010 Budget: 68 million chf
IUCN
 A membership organization made up of more than 1,000
organizations
 80 States and 110 government agencies
 More than 800 NGOs
 10,000 individual scientists and experts.
 The priorities and work of IUCN are set by Member
organizations every four years and subsequently
coordinated by a professional secretariat with 1,100 staff in
more than 60 countries.
 Council – elected every four years at the IUCN World
Conservation Congress
 Budget: 2008 133.1 million chf and 2009 131.2 million chf
IUCN Six Commissions
 Ecosystem Management
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Guiding the management of natural and modified ecosystems
Education and Communication
Promoting sustainability through education and communication
Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
Advising on economic and social factors that affect natural resources
Environmental Law
Advancing environmental laws and its application
Protected Areas
Advising and promoting terrestrial and marine reserves, parks and
protected areas
Species Survival
Supporting species conservation and protecting endangered species
Major Environmental NGOs
 World Wildlife Fund
 International Institute for Sustainable Development
 Friends of the Earth International
 Greenpeace
 World Conservation Union
 Forest Stewardship Council
 World Business Council for Sustainable Development