DIVERSITAS and development of the Sustainable Development Goals
DIVERSITAS, as part of the ICSU delegation, attends the 8th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
J Lubchenco addressing OWG8 © IISD
One of the main outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, was the agreement by Member States to launch a process to develop a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The goals should address in a balanced way all three dimensions of sustainable development and be coherent with and integrated into the UN development agenda beyond 2015.
A 30-member Open Working Group (OWG) of the General Assembly, established in January 2013, is tasked with preparing a proposal on the SDGs. This OWG meets for its 8th session from 3 to 7 February 2014 in New-York and is addressing the following topics:
- Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity;
- Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace, rule of law and governance.
The DIVERSITAS community published for this meeting a policy position paper on biodiversity and SDGs as an input into the stock-taking phase gathering evidence and ideas on key issues for sustainable development to be incorporated in the SDGs.
In addition, during the session, the following addresses were made:
- Plenary address by Prof. Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, USA. See her presentation; read her address
- Statement during the co-Chairs meeting of stakeholders on biodiversity by Dr Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard, DIVERSITAS, and on ocean and coasts by Dr Martin Visbeck, Helmholtz Center for Oceans, Germany.
- ICSU Statement in plenary.
More information on OWG8.
Follow the discussions on IISD.
Other DIVERSITAS contribution to the SDGs process on Sustainable cities and human settlements (7th OWG session, 6-10 January 2014, New-York):
- DIVERSITAS policy brief on Urban Social-Ecological Systems, Sustainability and Resilience- Implications for SDGs and Development of Indicators
- ICSU Statement in plenary given by Dr Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden, and DIVERSITAS bioSUSTAINABILITY.
More information on ICSU contribution to the SDGs process.
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