Sustainable Development Dialogues 8 – Water
18. juni 2012
Water – Sustainable Development Dialogues, Rio+20, 18.06.2012.
Link til efterfølgende pressekonference.
Som del af Rio+20-konferencenen afholdes der i dagene 16.-19. juni en meget spændende serie af Sustainable Development Dialogues, som prøver at nå ind til benet af begrebet bæredygtig udvikling.
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Participants
Ms. Lucia Newman – Al Jazeerah, moderator
Mr. Albert Butare – CEO, Africa Energy Services Group
Ms. Ania Grobicki – Executive-Secretary, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Dr. Benedito Braga – President, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Vice-President, World Water Council (WWC)
Mr. Dyborn Chibonga – CEO, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Mr. Jeff Seabright – Vice-President, Environment and Water Resources Coca-Cola Co.
Dr. Loic Fauchon – President, World Water Council Board of Governors
Dr. Muhammed Yunus – Founder, Grameen Bank
Ms. Myrna Cunningham Kaim – Director, Permanent Forum of the United Nations of Indigenous People (2011-2013)
Dr. Santa Sheela Nair – Former Secretary, Department of Fresh Water Ministry of Rural Development, India
Mr. David Boys – Utilities Officer, Public Services International
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Top 10 Recommendations
For hver af de 10 dialoger er der forud opstillet 10 anbefalinger, hvor dialogerne har til formål at indskrænke antallet til tre. Den ene anbefaling fastlægges ved online afstemning med inddragelse af de virtuelle deltagere (typisk mere end 1 mio. afgivne stemmer), den anden fastlægges af panelet ved dialogernes afslutning, den tredje afgøres ligeledes ved afstemning fra salen.
De 10 anbefalinger er:
◊ Put water at the heart of future development goals.
◊ Assert the importance of integrated water, energy and land-use planning and management at all scales.
◊ Improve water and sanitation facilites to ensure the education of children.
◊ Strengthen solidary financing mechanisms.
◊ Adopt more ambitious global policies to address water and sanitation needs.
◊ Build a common vision and adopt an action plan at the global level regarding wastewater management.
◊ Promote sustainable water usage and health.
◊ People need access to sustainable water and hygiene to ensure the sustainable growth of a nation.
◊ Expand and strengthen global mechanisms for the monitoring of water, sanitation and hygiene.
◊ Secure water supply by protecting biodiversity, ecosystems and water sources.
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Final recommendations
◊ Secure water supply by protecting biodiversity, ecosystems and water sources.
◊ Implement the right to water.
◊ Adopt more ambitious global policies asserting the importance of integrated water, sanitation, energy and land use planning, development, conservation and management at all scales, taking into account specific gender and cultural needs and with the full and effective participation of civil society.
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De 10 Sustainable Development Dialogues
De i alt ti dialoger er en enestående mulighed for at høre begavede mennesker fra hele verden reflektere over bæredygtig udvikling – hvad det indebærer, og hvordan den kan implementeres. Men FNs webcast-system er ganske omfattende, så jeg har lagt den engelske udgave af de ti Sustainable Development Dialogues ind på bloggen her:
1) Sustainable development as an answer to the economic and financial crises.
2) Unemployment, decent work and migrations.
3) Sustainable development for fighting poverty.
4) The economics of SD, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption.
5) Forests.
6) Food and nutrition security.
7) Sustainable energy for all.
8) Water.
9) Sustainable cities and innovation.
10) Oceans.
Se samtlige ti indlæg med Sustainable Development Dialogues.
Se øvrige blog-indlæg om Rio+20.
Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dilaogues Fact Sheet (pdf).
