Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentOverview of CSD-14 -- Way forward for CSD-5

Regional Workshop on Sustainable Development:Latin America and the CaribbeanMexico City, 7-8 September 2006

Kathleen L. AbdallaDivision for Sustainable Development

Department of Economic and Social AffairsUnited 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 DevelopmentIndustrial Development

Air Pollution/AtmosphereClimate Change

CSD1530 April- 11May 2007

CSD14April/May 2006

Intergovernmental Preparatory MeetingFeb 2007

Regional Preparatory Meetings

Europe, Latin America, West

Asia, Africa, Asia & Pacific. Secretary General’s

Report

Chair’s Summary

Chair’s summary/negotiating document

CSD14/15 – Energy for Sustainable Development, Industrial Development, Air pollution/atmosphere, climate change

Secretary General’s Report

Related Activities and meetings

WSSD Partnership Results

CSD15—Policy deliberations and agreements

• 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

Partnerships for Sustainable Development – Post WSSD

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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

CSD-14: Challenges for the Way ForwardEnergy for Development

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• Promoting and enabling environment for industrial development in developing countries through

– 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

CSD-14: Challenges for the Way ForwardIndustrial Development

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• Reducing air pollution --focus on – Transportation– Industry– Urban development– Energy production and consumption

• Reducing Indoor air pollution from traditional biomass fuels and its health impacts on women and children

CSD-14: Challenges for the Way ForwardAir Pollution/Atmosphere

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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

CSD-14: Challenges for the Way ForwardClimate Change

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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….

CSD-14: Challenges for the Way Forward

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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/documents/matrixCSD14.pdf>

Matrix of Activities

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Barriers/Constraints

Case Studies Lessons learned, Best Practices, Results Key implementation actors

Renewable Energy A21.9.12 (d), (f), (g), (i); JPOI 20 (c), (d), (e)

High relative High relative capital cost of capital cost of renewable energyrenewable energy

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=32959

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>

• Menu of policy options • Case studies/lessons learned• Practical measures• Matrix of activities• Regional inputs

<http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev>

CSD-15Policy Options and Practical Measures

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