European Food SCP Round Table Plenary 2011

SCP in the Global Context

Fanny DemassieuxResource Efficiency Subprogramme Coordinator

Head, Responsible Consumption UnitUnited Nations Environment Programme

Two planets needed by 2050

1900 21002002 2050

If we all keep/adopt the western patterns of

production & consumption

Why does Sustainable Production AND Consumption matter?

Impacts will be driven by increase in Affluence, Population. Technology will struggle to be enough.IPAT:year

IMPACT(How many times)

Population(billion)

Affluence(GDP per capita)

Technology(Impact/ GDP)

BAU Factor 5 BAU Factor 5

2000(baseline)

1.0 1.26 (1) 800 (1) 1

2020 x11 x2.2 1.4 (x1.1) 8,000 (x10) 1 1/5

2050 x25 x5 1.3 (x1) 20,000 (x25) 1 1/5

BAU in technology: 25 times more impactsFactor 5 improvement: 5 times more impacts.

Projected IPAT for China Ref: Zhu Dajian, Governance for Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai (Davos, 2011)

Earth Summit - Agenda 21 (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) Call for action to promote patterns of consumption and production that reduce

environmental stress and meet the basic needs of humanity

World Summit on Sustainable Development - JPOI (Johannesburg, 2002) SCP is an overarching objective of and essential requirement for sustainable

development Call for the development of a 10 Year Framework of Programme to support SCP

implementation at the regional and national level

Marrakech process: SCP initiatives/policies have steadily increased in most regions (2003-2011) E.g. development of regional strategies, capacity-building and information sharing,

multi-stakeholder partnerships and project implementation in SCP areas

CSD18/19 (2010-2011) gap in the Environmental Decision & JPOI implementation: the CSD19 failed to adopt any decision

UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20, 2012: an opportunity to take stock of progress in advancing SCP

The SCP global agenda

International Resource Panel, cochaired by UNEP-EC: reports on Decoupling; Priority Products and Materials, Metal Flows, Biofuels

Joint UNEP/UNIDO Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Programme: 50 national cleaner production centres and programmes worldwide

Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative: international platform to establish baselines to measure and report buildings performance, develop tools and strategies, advice and support to policy-makers.

Some key initiatives on SCP

OECD Environment Directorate project on the impacts of household consumption on the environment (energy use, waste, transport, food and water).

Regional and sub-regional SCP strategies: European Union SCP, African 10YFP, LAC SCP strategy, Arab Region Strategy, Asia Green Growth Initiative, MERCOSUR SCP action plan, etc.

Green Growth initiative - UN ESCAP and Republic of Korea: five main tracks of green tax and budget reform, sustainable infrastructure, sustainable consumption, green business, and ecological efficiency indicators

Economic growth can remain at comparable levels

KEY RESULTS

Projected annual trends – GDP (Modelisation 2% GDP)

Statu QuoCurrent economic policy and investment patterns pursued

Green Scenario2 % GDP (1 300 bn dollars invested per year in greening 10 key sectors between 2010 and 2050

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… With less impact :Green Scenario vs Statu Quo

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Demand side Challenge Food security

Population growth

Changing pattern of demand driven by increased income

The growing pressure from bio-fuels.

Supply side challenges Limited availability of

land

Water

Mineral inputs

Rural labour

Increasing vulnerability of agriculture to climate change

Pre-harvest and post-harvest losses.

Agriculture is facing a multitude of challenges

UNEP’s SCP Agri-food Programme

Activities based on a supply chain approach towards sustainability in agriculture and fisheries

UNEP launched the Sustainable Rice Platform last week – a PPP to scale-up sustainable rice production.

Why rice?95% of all rice is produced and consumed in the SouthFragmented supply chain allowing little or no market

incentive Food Security and Poverty alleviation elements:

200 M rice producers

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Agriculture is producing more than needed

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The current level of production can feed 12-14 billion people @ ~ 2400 KC/person/day

• Why ~ 1 Billion sleep hungry?

Poverty amid Plenty

Sustainable Food Systems Joint Programme with FAO and UNEP Main implementation tool is the Agri-food Task Force on SCP March 2012: first technical meeting (Rome)

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To re-focus and re-orient more effectively existing information platforms on sustainable agriculture and agri-food products

To deliver meaningful and reliable communication about agri-food products to create markets and incentives to foster sustainable consumption and production patterns (broad set of principles to guide sustainability claims)

To create enabling conditions in developing countries for the uptake of SCP in food systems (Capacity building and Public-Private Partnerships)

To promote resource efficient production methods through market-based approaches (sustainable supply chains, PES and sustainability standards)

Consultation of the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme

Barbados, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

European Commission, Consumers International, European Food SCP Roundtable, ICTSD, ISEAL Alliance, IUCN, Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, South Centre, WBCSD, WWF, FAO, UNCTAD, UNDESA, UNEP, OECD, UNIDO, International Fertilizer Association, Action Contre la Faim

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Towards Rio+20

2 main issues on the negotiations agenda: International

Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD)

Green EconomyOther issues: Food

security? Energy access for all?

Towards Sustainable Development Goals?

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Thank you!