mdg 7: ensure environmental sustainability
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MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Mr Razi Latif Senior Programme Officer
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the PacificMay 28 2012
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MDG7: Challenges in Asia & the Pacific
• 66% of world’s poor– In world’s most densely
populated region
• 34% of global GHG emission – Due to high economic growth
(Annual per capita GDP growth: 7.5% in 2010)
• Lowest ecological carrying capacity amongst world’s regions
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MDG 7: Where are we?Asia-Pacific: Achieved 4 out of 6 MDG indicators
(early) – especially Middle Income countries: Forest Cover (North & Central Asia,
South Asia) Protected areas (All sub-regions) ODP substitute consumption (All
except North & Central Asia) Safe drinking water (South Asia,
South-East Asia) Is making no progress on reducing
CO2 emissions (Except the Pacific) Slow progress on providing basic
sanitation (All sub-regions)
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MDG7: Challenges in Asia & the Pacific
Increased resource use and degradation Climate change
CO2 emissions - highest in the world
Our common future depends on Asia and the Pacific’s production and resource consumption patterns
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MDG 7: Where do we need to be?
Himalaya
More than 7 billion people and only 1 planet.
Estimated 4-5 planets needed for everyone to live like an average US resident
Most estimates of the earth’s carrying capacity are between 8 and 16 billion people, many say around 8 billion;
People are at the centre of environmental use, degradation and challenges. People are therefore the solution.
We need to educate and change the way we view, use and interact with the environment – towards sustainable consumption and production.
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The Poverty Environment Initiative
Investing in the environment to achieve MDGs Focus on innovative approaches, policy, governance and capacity building to address the Poverty-Environment Agenda
Khon Kean - PEI pilot site in Thailand to address inconsistent agro-industry policies
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MDG 7: What can the Media do?
Himalaya
A lot:Educate and inform ordinary people about the issues, the solutions and what they can do;
Campaign to catalyze change and action by decision makers as well as the general public;
Highlight new developments and findings, bringing them to the widest possible audience;
Investigate, name and shame wrong-doers;
Publicise and highlight innovators and good practices.
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GEO-5 Coming Soon!
UNEP’s fifth Global Environment Outlook Report (GEO-5)•Will be launched on 6 June 2012 in Rio de Janiero, New Delhi, Beijing and around the world •Part 1: State and trends of the global environment•Part 2: Solutions – promising policies from regions including Asia-Pacific•Part 3: Options for action towards sustainable development
The GEO-5 report provides a sobering balance sheet of the
last years
Thank youFor more information: www.unep.org/roapwww.unep.org/geo
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