Conferência Rio+20
The United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development – Rio+20
Decided by UNGA Resolution 64/236
Objective: Renew
development.
political
commitment
for
sustainable
Main issues:
• green economy in the context of sustainable development
and poverty eradication;
• the institutional framework for sustainable development .
Rio+20 – Structure of the Conference
• 13-15 June: last session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom III),
expected to finish the negotiations of the Conference outcome.
• 16-19 June: Dialogues on Sustainable Development. Expert panels,
with the participaction exclusively of the civil society, to discuss key
issues of the sustainable development debate: food security, water,
energy, oceans, economy for sustainability (including production and
consumption), innovation, cities and decent work & migrations.
THE DIALOGUES WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE HIGH LEVEL
SEGMENT:
. 20-22 JUNE: High Level Segment. Plenary meetings and round tables
for the Heads of State. Debate on the proposals presented by the
representatives of the Dialogues on Sustainable Development.
Expected Conference Outcomes
• Final Declaration. To be negotiated by all Parties, based on the Zero Draft
document, just released by the UN Secretariat. An important, concrete
and effective element of the outcome can be a set of Sustainable
Development Goals, to be build in a complementary and coordinated way
with the Millenium Development Goals, to be applied to both developed
and developing countries.
• Recommendations of the civil society. Products from the Dialogues on
Sustainable development, will be debated by Heads of State at the High
Level Segment. Might create a process after Rio+20.
• Commitments Platform. Registry of Sustainable Development
commitments by governments, organizations and other relevant actors.
• National Processes. The legacy of the Conference for each country.
The Meaning of the Conference
• This
is not a Conference only on the Environment, but on SD. This is about forging new
development models, to be chosen by each country, respecting specific realities of
economic, social and environmental conditions and priorities.
. The Conference will happen in a very particular moment, when developed countries face
a deep economic crisis. On the other hand, many developing countries are showing
importante social, economic and environmental results.
. The present crisis highlights that past choices have exhausted the world’s capacity to
tackle the challenges of development. If social and environment concerns have been put
aside by irrational economic growth, the economic crisis is a clear evidence that we
cannot anymore run the planet the way we were doing.
. In this context, the Conference will be a great opportunity to discuss new development
models under the evidence that developing countries have a new and significative role as
part of the solution of the crisis.
Next Important Meetings
•February:
20-22 – UNEP Global Ministerial Environment
Forum – Nairobi, Kenya
• March:
•(tbd) Informal Consultations for Latin America and
the Caribbean (negotiators)
•19-20 – Meeting of the Ministers of the
Environment of ATCO (OTCA)
•19-27 – Negotiations on the outcome document
(UN, New York)
Next Important Meetings
• April:
•14-15: event on Rio+20 at the Summit of the Americas
(Cartagena)
•22: event on Rio+20, at the Annual Meeting of World
Bank and IMF (Washington, DC)
•23/apr-4/may: negotiations on the outcome document
(UN, New York)
A Conferência no Rio de Janeiro
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Espaços Oficiais: Barra da Tijuca
Autódromo
Arena da
Barra
a. Riocentro
•
Riocentro
Parque
dos
Atletas
Perímetro restrito às
Nações Unidas, no
qual serão realizadas
as sessões plenárias
e demais negociações
oficiais da
Conferência
b. Parque dos Atletas
•
Local de exposição de
países e empresas
c. Autódromo e Arena da Barra
c.1) Autódromo
•
Local de concentração e exposição da sociedade civil
c.2) Arena da Barra
•
Ponto principal de retransmissão das atividades no Riocentro e de realização
de atividades da sociedade civil