a thematic approach to support a systemic follow-up of the sdg’s
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A thematic approach to support a systemic follow-up of the SDG’s
New York, July 23 2015
Experience of the MDG era
• A fragmented environmental pillar of sustainable development with multiple review and policy platforms;
• Impact in implementation of review institutions created during the 1990s and 2000s remained weak;
• System was not able to respond flexibly to new and emerging issues and accommodate new actors;
• Review of the progress across the MDG’s was inadequate;
A transformed environmental pillar of sustainable development
• Synergies within Multilateral Environmental Agreements (chemicals, wastes, biodiversity, soils, oceans and atmosphere)
• Strengthened science-policy interface (IPBES, GEO, MEA’s SBSTTA’s and other innovative platforms)
• Establishment in 2013 of UNEA as universal, decision-making body for: Setting the global environmental agenda; Providing policy guidance and defining responses to emerging
environmental challenges; Undertaking policy review; Organizing multi-stakeholder dialogue & fostering partnerships; Linking to the institutional framework of Sustainable
Development
UNEA-2016 a contribution to a thematic approachOverarching theme: Delivering on the environmental dimension of the Post-2015 Agenda;Thematic ministerial policy review : Healthy Environment-Healthy People:• Complement the overarching theme of the HLS; • Demonstrate pathways for accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals; • Allow ministers to focus on strategic issues, including air quality, waste,
chemicals and healthy ecosystems; • Supportive of the mandates of UNEP and other relevant international
organizations; Global thematic report: • Address the interconnection between healthy environment and healthy people
in light of the Post-2015 Agenda; • Draw from contributions from Multilateral Environmental Agreements
secretariats, UN system organizations, experts and stakeholders; • A contribution to the global review efforts;
The post 2015 era: an opportunity for a systemic approach to follow-up and review
Some issues to reflect upon:
• How to strengthen the HLPF as a centerpiece of a coherent review and follow up system?
• How to structure the coherent UN system-wide engagement across social, economic and environmental bodies in the review and the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda?
• How to enable the interaction between thematic and regular, state-led reviews on the implementation of the sustainable development goals?
• How to maintain momentum and retain the involvement from stakeholders in the follow-up and implementation of the SDGs?
Thank you!
Contact Jorge Laguna-Celis
Secretary of Governing Bodies and StakeholdersUnited Nations Environment Programme
E-mail: [email protected]: twitter.com/jorgelaguna