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Commission on Sustainable Development
Overview of CSD-14 -- Way forward for CSD-5
Regional Workshop on Sustainable Development:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico City, 7-8 September 2006
Kathleen L. Abdalla
Division for Sustainable Development
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
• Rio Conference on Environment and
Development 1992 – Agenda 21
• Millennium Summit 2000
• 9th Session of the Commission on
Sustainable Development 2001
• World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, 2002
• World Summit 2005
• CSD14 2006 / CSD15 2007
• CSD Post Johannesburg
– Focus on Implementation
– Two Year Cycle
– 1st Year review and Assessment
– 2nd Year Policy year
– Partnership Fair
– Learning Centre
– Regional Input
CSD-14/15 Issues
Energy for Sustainable Development
Industrial Development
Air Pollution/Atmosphere
Climate Change
CSD14/15 – Energy for Sustainable Development, Industrial
Development, Air pollution/atmosphere, climate change
Regional Preparatory
Meetings
Europe, Latin America, West
Asia, Africa, Asia & Pacific.
Secretary
General’s
Report
Related Activities
and meetings
CSD14
April/May 2006
Chair’s Summary
Secretary General’s
Report
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting
Feb 2007
Chair’s summary/
negotiating document
CSD15—Policy
deliberations and
agreements
CSD15
30 April- 11May 2007
WSSD
Partnership
Results
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Partnerships for Sustainable Development –
Post WSSD
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Global Village Energy Partnership
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Partnership
Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles
Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership
The LPG Challenge
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm
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CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward
Energy for Development
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Providing energy for all – access to reliable and
affordable energy services
Promoting energy efficiency
Increasing the share of renewable energy
Development, use and transfer of cleaner energy
technologies
Reducing health effects from use of traditional
biomass energy
Integrating energy for sustainable development in
national development plans
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CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward
Industrial Development
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Promoting and enabling environment for industrial
development in developing countries through
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integration into global markets and supply changes,
trade liberalization,
improving market access,
strengthening capacity to diversify exports,
boost productivity and meet product standards,
particularly for SMEs;
Promoting good governance including a transparent
legal and regulatory framework;
Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and
production
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CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward
Air Pollution/Atmosphere
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Reducing air pollution --focus on
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Transportation
Industry
Urban development
Energy production and consumption
Reducing Indoor air pollution from
traditional biomass fuels and its health
impacts on women and children
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CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward
Climate Change
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Promoting international cooperation on
climate change -- urgently
Mitigation and adaptation
Strengthening support to vulnerable
countries on adaptation – SIDS, LDCs
Reinforcing the Clean Development
Mechanism
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CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward
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Enhancing international and regional
cooperation
Enhancing role of partnerships
Addressing special needs of AFRICA,
SIDS, LDCs and landlocked countries
Enhancing role and status of women
Mobilizing resources
Integrating issues into national sustainable
development strategies. PRSPs….
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Matrix of Activities
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Information tool -- continually updated
Case studies/lessons learned
Practical experiences on implementation
Inputs from Governments, NGOs, UN
agencies, regional and international
organizations
<http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd14/doc
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Barriers/Constra
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Case Studies
Renewable Energy
High relative
capital cost of
renewable energy
Lessons learned, Best Practices, Results
Key implementation actors
A21.9.12 (d), (f), (g), (i); JPOI 20 (c), (d), (e)
India Renewable Energy Programme
http://web.mit.edu/10.391J/www/proceedings/
Mallet2001.pdf
Government policy motivated the private sector
to install wind turbines by offering a) 100%
accelerated depreciation on investment on the
capital equipment in the first year of installation,
b) five year tax holiday on income from sale of
power, c) special banking facility and d)
guaranteed buy back of power at a profitable
prices.
Ministry of Non-conventional
Energy Sources, Renewable
Energy Industry Association,
industry
Argentina - Biofuel Law
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=329
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The Argentine Senate approved a bill that will
grant tax incentives to the producers of biofuels
while guaranteeing them a share of the market for
15 years. The new legislation grants tax
exemptions to farmers who use vegetable oil to
produce biodiesel, sugar cane or corn to produce
ethanol, or organic waste to produce biogas.
Government
<http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd14/documents/matrixCSD14.pdf>
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CSD-15
Policy Options and Practical Measures
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Menu of policy options
Case studies/lessons learned
Practical measures
Matrix of activities
Regional inputs
<http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev>