The document discusses the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Rio+20, including the importance of building resilience to disasters, transitioning to a green economy, and the need to update the institutional framework for sustainable development to better integrate the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability at all levels of governance. Key recommendations include establishing a Sustainable Development Council, setting concrete sustainable development goals, and reforming multilateral environmental agreements and regional coordination on sustainability issues.

1. Key Findings and Lessons Learned from the
Asia-Pacific Multi-stakeholder Consultation
on Rio+20
Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20
19-20 October 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hironori Hamanaka
Chair, Board of Directors
Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES)

2. International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific
(ISAP2011)~ New Asia-Pacific Perspectives towards Rio+20: Implications of
the East Japan Disasters~
 The 3rd ISAP: 26-27 July 2011, Yokohama, Japan.
 Co-organized by IGES and UNU-IAS.
 Collaborators: UNESCAP, UNEP-ROAP, and ADB.
 Participants: 850 people.
 ISAP2011 is designated as the Asia-Pacific Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Rio+20
 Themes:
(1) Implications of the recent triple disaster in Eastern Japan.
(2) Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication
(3) Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD)
 The outcome and elaborated messages will be submitted as input from Asia and
the Pacific to UNDESA for the compilation document as a basis of zero-draft
of the outcome document of Rio+20 on 1 November 2011.
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3. Key points
 ‘Resilience’ is key for SD
 Green economy is an interim milestone for SD.
 Institutional Framework for Sustainable
Development (IFSD) is necessary condition for
SD.
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4. Sustainable and Resilient Society (1)
 Why Resilience?
 A resilient society has adaptive capacity and robustness
 Handle shocks while maintaining functionality
 Grow stronger over time.
• Extreme events can damage past achievements
• Delay progress on sustainable development.
Greater emphasis in policy and research to
resilience and vulnerability in sustainable development.
Sustainable Development Pathway
Social,
Economic, and Resilience enables
Environmental a quick return
Condition
Disruption from shock
due to vulnerability
Time
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5. Sustainable and Resilient Society (2)
Approaches to a Sustainable and Resilient Society
 Multi-stakeholder and Multi-level Governance with better participation and
pro-poor, vulnerable approach
 Financial Schemes for risk mitigation and smooth recovery
 Decentralised and Diversified Infrastructure of energy, water, transportation, etc.
- safe, secure and green energy systems
Mitigation & Decentralized &
Recovery Finance Diversified Infrastructure
Market
Circulation Production
Multi-stakeholder
Multi-level Government
Governance Building Regulation/
Redistribution
infrastructure Conservation
Human Physical Natural
Capital Capital Capital
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6. Green Economy (1)
Why green economy?
Overcome vulnerability caused by excessive pursuit of economic efficiency
Economic efficiency Environmental Social Economic
Profit maximisation vulnerability vulnerability vulnerability
Competitiveness
Mass consumption & Poverty & Price volatility of
income gaps natural resources
production
Ecosystem Worsened labour
degradation conditions
& natural disasters
Key aspects
Green investment Job creation
International policy coordination Precautionary principle
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7. Green Economy (2)
Key Approaches and Roadmap
Key Approaches Short-term Mid-term Long-term
Green Ecological Regional Multilateral NAMAs in Low-carbon
investment in tax reform energy market agreement on Non-Annex I economy
renewable e.g. carbon harmonisation adjustment countries
energy: tax measures
Int’l fund for Innovative
Change in Analytical tools reduction
3R policies sustainable
consumption to identify policies Sustainable
& top-runner resource
patterns effective policy e.g. natural consumption
approach management
interventions resource tax, & production
resource cap
Sustainable Firm
agriculture Accurate methodology Ecological
and green Enlargement valuation decision
of PES on green Sustainable use
production techniques accounting making
supply chain of ecosystem
services
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8. IFSD (1)
Updating IFSD to respond to current and future challenges
Context
 Present institutional framework inadequate to meet
current and future challenges and development goals
 SD agenda overshadowed by foreign policy concerns;
– Although global commons management and
transboundary issues increasingly are of national level
interest
Interventions
 Strengthen integration and mainstreaming of SD at all
levels of governance
 Increase capacity building, tech. transfer, funding
– Close persistent implementation gap
Key Principles/Directions
- Multilevel governance Phased Approach
- Multistakeholder participation (short, medium and long term )
- Integration among 3 SD dimensions and others
- Strengthen environmental dimension of SD
- Subsidiarity
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9. IFSD (2)
Reform phases and content
Short /Medium Term (-2020) Long Term (-2050)
Global • Establish SD Council (coordination w/ • Enhance SD Council’s powers
IFSD BWI, IFIs, etc. and overseeing of (budgetary, regulatory)
budgeting within UN) • UN Charter amendment
• High Commissioner for SD
• Concrete SD Goals harmonised w/ MDGs • Harmonise climate, energy w/ SD
• Global Aarhus Convention • Integrate SD principles w/ global
regulatory framework
IEG/UNEP • 1) Universal membership of Governing • Stronger regulatory power of
Council; 2) WEO environmental governance actors
• MEA synergy • MEA harmonisation
Regional • Strengthen regional institutions & • Regional organisations
coordination among them (Asia Environment Organisation)
• Environmental information exchange, • Reporting between levels
capacity development, and support for • Cooperation on implementation
funding application
National & • National SD focal points & coordinating • Formalise participation of local
Subnational bodies at apex of government governments and stakeholders in
• Networking of cities regional & global organisations
• Reporting/ coordinating between levels • Reporting/ coordinating between levels
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10. Thank you very much for your attention.
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