MDS-510, lecture:02

1. LECTURE:02 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES M. A. Kamal, Ph.D Director General National Academy for Planning and Development

2. Mother Earth -- Our Home It has water, oxygen and a hospitable climate

14. 3.1 Climate change & clean energy i) Global temperature rise be limited to 2°C Ii) Renewables: Ensure 12% energy consumption by 2010 (15% by 2015); 21% electricity consumption iii) Biofuels: Ensure 5.75% transport by 2010 (8% by 2015) iv) Energy efficiency: Ensure overall saving of 9% by 2017 v) Greenhouse gases: Ensure reduction of 15-30% by 2020 Vi) Make sure Average car CO2 emissions 140 g/km by 2008/09, 120 g/km by 2012

17. 3.3 Sustainable consumption & production i) Development within ecosystems’ carrying capacity ii) Decouple growth from environmental degradation iii) Improving environmental and social performance for products and processes iv) Best practice Green Public Procurement (GPP) v) Increase global market share in field of environmental technologies and eco-innovations. vi) Promote sustainable products like organic farming

18. 3.4 Conservation & management of natural resources i) Resource efficiency ii) Eco-innovations iii) Reduce global biodiversity loss by 2010 iv) Waste reduction v) Agriculture: rural development programme, organic farming, animal welfare, biomass action plan vi) Fisheries: reformed Common Fisheries Policy vii) Integrated water resource management, marine environment, integrated coastal zone management

20. 3.5 Public health i) Food and feed legislation, including labelling ii) Improve Animal health and welfare iii) Curbing lifestyle-related and chronic diseases iv) Reduce health inequalities v) Rules by 2020 for chemicals (including pesticides) vi) Mental health and suicide risks vii) Health determinants and lifestyle viii) Food and feed legislation, including GMOs ix) HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria x) Indoor air quality xi) Transport, Health and Environment

21. 3.6 Social inclusion, demography & migration i) Social cohesion, respect for cultural diversity ii) Adapt to demographic change iii) Increase employment by women, older workers, migrants, young people, disabled iv) Develop migration policy v) Reduce negative effects of globalization on workers vi) Social services vii) Modernize social protection systems viii) Implications of demographic change for land use and resource and energy consumption and mobility

22. 3.7 Global poverty & global SD challenges i) Reduce poverty risk by 2010 – especially children ii) Advance internationally agreed goals and targets iii) Improved international governance iv) Promote sustainable development in WTO v) Implement initiatives on water, energy, chemicals vi) Debt support, untying of aid

30. 1o. Farewell Call: „ Many people at many different places doing many little things have the power to change the image of the world.“ African Saying

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