New York, 1 - 12 May
2006 - Meeting in its 14th session at UN Headquarters
in New York from 1-12 May, the Commission on Sustainable
Development works toward identifying the barriers
and constraints, as well as the lessons learned
and best practices, in four largely interlinked
areas: energy for sustainable development, industrial
development, air pollution/atmosphere and climate
change.
The Commission on Sustainable
Development is the United Nation’s high-level
forum responsible for ensuring follow up to the
World Summit on Sustainable Development, and monitoring
progress towards achieving internationally-agreed
development goals.
According to CSD Chair Aleksi
Aleksishvili (Finance Minister, Georgia), the
issues under consideration by the Commission are
unparalleled in their importance for meeting the
Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme
poverty by 2015.
Industrial development
UNEP DTIE, its business and
industry partners and related stakeholders will
make a contribution to CSD on the theme of "Industrial
Development". In preparation for the 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development, UNEP
facilitated the development by business and industry
organisations of sector reports on the implementation
of Agenda 21. Twenty two industry sectors were
covered.
At CSD14 UNEP will be releasing thirty industry
sector “Report Cards” compiled into a "Class
of 2006: Industry Report Cards on Environment
and Social Responsibility" that review progress
since 2002. This will be done at a publication
launch on 10 May involving a high level, forward-looking,
multi-stakeholder debate on challenges in industry
progress towards environmental and social responsibility.
Energy for sustainable
development
DTIE will also present it’s
Sustainable Consumption and Production activities
and contributions during two side events: “Facing
the Implementation Challenge: Marrakech Task Forces
on Sustainable Consumption and Production” and
“Energy Efficiency through Sustainable Consumption
and Production" showing the contributions
of SCP to energy efficiency.
Air pollution/atmosphere
UNEP in association with the
International Association of Public Transport
- UITP and the African Association of Public Transport
– UATP organizes a side event on "Reducing
energy consumption and GHG emission from urban
transport".
In an effort to raise awareness
on existing sustainable transport solutions, speakers
from cities with proven sustainable transport
solutions will describe experiences and best practices
for: increasing energy efficiency using present
technology, reducing dependence on fossil fuel
and, decreasing GHG gas emissions from the urban
transport sector. In addition, the side event
will highlight challenges facing developing countries
with specific attention to the African continent,
in anticipation of the next CSD cycle’s focus
on Africa.
