“Johannesburg to Rio”: UNEP activities and international

perspectives on RE-SCP

Cornis van der LugtCoordinator: Resource Efficiency

UNEP Division of technology, Industry and Economics

Presentation Outline• Introduction – the problem• Response• Opportunities for collaboration• Target industries and countries• Network support

Introduction - Resource Inefficiency

• Global financial & economic crisis: over 3.4 trillion US dollars in losses

• annual losses of Natural Capital due to deforestation and forest degradation: up to 4.5 trillion US dollars

(The Economics of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services / TEEB research reports)

Introduction - Resource Inefficiency• > half world population lives in towns and cities...

by 2030 likely to be almost 5 billion, with urban growth concentrated in Africa and Asia

• In 2006, people consumed $30.5 trillion worth of goods and services, up 28% from 10 years earlier... accompanied by dramatic increase in resource extraction

• increasingly metal stocks are ‘above ground’ in structures, products... metals recycling rates vary 25% - 75% globally (iron and steel, copper, aluminum, lead, tin)

Resource Efficiency (RE-SCP) in context:

NATURAL CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL

Ecosystem services

Ecosystems

Production and Consumption –

Resource Efficiency (RE)

Human well-being, development

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Response: UNEP RE-SCP Subprogramme activity areas

• Assess: Scientific Assessments• Take Action: Policies and Tools• Seize Opportunities: investment

opportunities, in new technologies, markets• Stimulate Demand: User choice – individual

and institutional consumption

Opportunities for collaboration

Scientific Assessments:• UNEP International Panel for Sustainable

Resource Management (investigate main socio-economic drivers, production & consumption clusters)

• UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative (impacts along product life cycle, incl social LCA)

Opportunities for collaborationPolicies and Tools:• Green Economy Initiative: Macro-economic

analysis, research, global and national support

• Regional &National – Marrakech Process on SCP, following JhB 2002 and leading to Rio 2012

• Cities: urban development (buildings & infrastructure, transport, waste etc)

Life cycle-based policies and tools

Resource Extraction

Production

Consumption

Waste Management:

- Collection - Recovery - Recycling

- Incineration - Landfilling

Natural resources

Basic materials

products

Industrial wastes

MCW

Recovery, recycling

Mining overburden

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Raw material taxes

Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

Quotas, technical standards

Technical standards, landfill & pollution taxes

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Integrate with Existing Nat. Strategies, Coordinate, Implement

National Sustainable

Development Strategy (NSDS)

Poverty Reduction

Strategy Paper (PRSP)

Water & Forest Policy

NationalSCP

Programme

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)

Energy Policy

National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (NAP)

Health Policy

Climate Change Strategy

National Development / Growth Plan

Agenda / Capacity 21

Population Policy

Education Policy

Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

National Environnemental Action Plan (NEAP)

Transport Policy

Cleaner Production Strategy

Opportunities for collaborationSeize investment opportunities:• SME network – National Cleaner

Production Centres (UNEP/UNIDO)• Global value chain partnerships:

Sustainable Buildings & Climate InitiativeUNEP Finance Initiative (banks & insurance)Tourism Sustainability Council (incl GSTC)Planned: metals stewardship, agrifood

Opportunities for collaborationStimulate Demand:• Communication tools – standards, labels,

sustainability reporting (incl ISO, GRI, eco-labelling)

• Sustainable Lifestyles – media, green / advertising, youth education (youthXchange)

• Public sector – sustainable procurement, green facilities management (eg transport, office waste, water & electricity use)

• Increase number of export products from target countries: Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mexico, South Africa (textiles) awarded with ecolabel through capacity building & technical assistance

• Develop roadmap towards greater cooperation and mutual recognition of ecolabelling schemesChallenges: •Information: access to coherent, credible and clear information about ecolabelling programs, requirements and markets •Capacity building: comprehensive, coordinated and needs-based support to develop sustainable enterprises•Policy framework: integration in supportive policy framework

UNEP 4-year project co-funded by the EuropeAid /European Commission and German Government)

Agriculture & Food:

Building & Construction:

Metals & Auto Manufacturing:

Assess Eg assessment of scarce resources & food chain impacts

Eg assessment of materials sourcing, industry growth

Eg metal flows / use along global value chains

Take action Eg efficient water and land use management

Eg tools for Efficient and Green / mEGa cities

Eg regulations & incentives to promote 3R

Invest Eg investment in RE friendly commodities, trade

Eg property investment criteria, SBCI partnership

Eg investment in energy efficient manufacturing

Stimulate demand Eg food labels & standards, reporting

Eg sustainable procurement & UN facilities

Eg consumers & sustainable mobility

Targeting 3 resource intensive value chains

Target countries for RE-SCP improvements…

Consider eg GDP, population size, level of industrial output, agricultural output, energy use, GHG emissions, water use / scarcity, environmental performance rating (cf Yale country index)

UNEP/UNIDO network of National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs)Services incl:• Technical assistance, plant assessments• Training• Information dissemination, awareness creation• CP technology & investment promotion

Cleaner ProductionEco-efficiency (WBCSD)

Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs)

Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP)

THANK YOU

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