Will the United Nations Support Crowdsourcing Sustainability

Crowdsourcing Sustainability

Crowdsourcing Sustainability -- Is That Even Possible?

● Jacob Scherr -- Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

● UN Conference on Sustainable

Development ● Known as Rio+20 ● Designed to address that various

sustainability issues

At The Rio+20 Conference

● World leaders● Government officials● Private sector● NGOs ...coming together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection

Addressing Global Sustainability

● 190+ governments agree that a solid global sustainability plan will lead to a more prosperous future

● There have been a number of informal

sustainability meetings, at the UN headquarters in NYC

● Unfortunately, these meetings have

produced more frustration than actual value

What Seems To Be The Issue

● It’s impossible to negotiate a single sustainability plan for the entire planet

● Jacob Scherr explains that negotiations have

never worked before ● Jacob Scherr explains the UN must think

outside the box -- a new platform

The New Platform

● This new platform would be the foundation of all global sustainability goals

● This platform will not only encourage

stakeholders but hold them responsible ● Jacob Scherr states that this new work

process is -- crowdsourcing

What The Crowd Can Address

● Global warming ● Clean energy ● Preventing pollution ● Reviving the World’s oceans ● UN must take this work process seriously

What are your thoughts on the possible use of crowdsourcing all

global sustainability goals?

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