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Web Coverage/ Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage and a summary report from this meeting. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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Leadership Meeting on Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
18-19 March 2013 | San José, Costa Rica
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Highlights from 19 March
The Leadership Meeting of the Global Consultation on Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda resumed on Tuesday, 19 March, at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in San José, Costa Rica. Representatives from international, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, and civil society, as well as government representatives, met to continue reviewing the results of the first phase of the Global Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability and discussed addressing environmental sustainability in the post-2015 agenda.
In the morning, Consultation Co-Chairs Veerle Vandeweerd, UNDP, and Maryam Niamir-Fuller, UNEP, provided an overview of discussions held during the first day of the meeting. Participants engaged in discussions to identify additional elements to be highlighted. Later on, participants convened in a working session on addressing environmental sustainability in the post-2015 agenda, breaking into smaller groups to discuss: protecting global commons while respecting national development; country typologies; building from the local level; governance, human rights, peace and security; and inequality and inter-generational issues. The five breakout groups aimed to: work towards consensus on issues that should frame environmental sustainability in the post-2015 agenda; identify areas where further dialogue, outreach and innovative thinking is needed; and provide specific recommendations to the UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP). In the afternoon, rapporteurs from each of the breakout groups reported back on the various questions discussed and highlighted key messages.
During the closing plenary, moderated by Vandeweerd, Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network-International (CAN), emphasized: interlinkages across thematic issues; and that each MDG should have a test for environmental sustainability, such as whether it protects the global commons. Mara Murillo, UNEP, said transformation and structural societal changes to achieve sustainable development were possible with a strong commitment by everyone. Jean Baptiste Chauvin, Ambassador of France to Costa Rica, said that the time of working in "silos" is over, and that the battles are interdependent and "all have to be won." Javier Díaz, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica, called for the soonest possible convergence of the post-2015 agenda and the SDG process, in order to avoid the inefficient use of scarce resources. Thanking participants, he closed the meeting at 5:03 pm.
See web highlights from 18 March
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| View of the Real Intercontinental in San José, Costa Rica, venue of the meeting (photo courtesy of the Real Intercontinental San José - Costa Rica) |
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Session on addressing environmental sustainability in the post-2015 agenda |
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Co-Chairs Veerle Vandeweerd, UNDP, and Maryam Niamir-Fuller, UNEP |
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| Sabine Bock, Women in Europe for a Common Future (left) |
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Fatima Ahmed, Zenab for Women in Development |
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| Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Conservation International, and Aniket Ghai, UNEP |
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| Mark Halle, International Institute for Sustainable Development |
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| Andrew Deutz, The Nature Conservancy |
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Melchiade Bukuru, UN Convention to Combat Desertification |
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| Norma Maldonado, Asociacion Raxch'och' Oxlaju Aj |
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Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of
France for the Protection of the Planet, during an interview |
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A view of the dais during the closing plenary: Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network, Javier Diaz, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica, Co-Chair Veerle Vandeweerd, Jean Baptiste Chauvin, French Ambassador to Costa Rica, and Mara Murillo, UNEP |
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| Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network |
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A view of the room during the closing plenary |
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Consultation resources
 Meeting website
Background material
Summary report of submitted discussion notes
Environmental Sustainability issue highlighted in national reports for Rio+20
Additional background on outcomes of Rio+20
Joint UN Development Programme - UN Environment Programme Poverty-Environment Initiative - Stories of Change
Thematic consultation website
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the High-Level Meeting of the Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, Violence and Disaster in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 13 March 2013, Helsinki, Finland
IISD RS summary report of the Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics in the Context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 12-13 March 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Final Meeting of the Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Governance, 28 February - 1 March 2013, Midrand, South Africa (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultation on Water: Water Resources Management and Wastewater Management and Water Quality, 27-28 February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS summary report of the Public Dialogue and Leadership Meeting on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 18-19 February 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark (HTML - PDF)
SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities
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