Punjab Environmental Policy-2015

Muhammad Waseem Sajjad (MWS)M.Phil. Public Policy PIDE School of Public Policy mwsmusa786@yahoo.com

• Key environmental Challenges: Their Causes and Impacts

• Goals and Objectives • Guiding Principles • Strategies and Actions• Sectorial and Cross Sectorial Guidelines • Policy Implantation Instruments and

Monitoring • SWOT Analysis of Policy

• Punjab’s agrarian economy is heavilydependent on its natural resources

• The urban areas of all Punjab cities are facing problems of uncontrolled urbanization, haphazard industrialization, deterioration of air, surface and ground water quality, improper disposal of the municipal and industrial wastes.

• No proper treatment and disposal system of sewage

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• The Punjab Environment Policy aims to protect, conserve and restore Punjab environment in order to improve the quality of life of the citizens through sustainable development.

PEP 2015 ObjectivesProtection, Conservation, rehabilitation & Improvement

Capacity Building

Meeting National and International Obligations

Creation of demand for environmental Protection

In Economic and Social Development

Integration of Environmental Consideration in Planning Policy Making

Types of Convention Name Year of Ratification

Biodiversity-related Conventions

Bio-1 Convention on Biological Diversity 1994

Bio-2 Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety (CPB) 2009

Bio-3 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

1976

Bio-4 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (or the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands)

1976

Bio-5 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

1987

Atmosphere / Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Atmo-1 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1994

Atmo-2 Kyoto Protocol to UNFCCC 2005

Armo-3 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer And 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer

1992

Type of Conventions Name Year of Ratification

Land/Environmental Cooperation Conventions Env-1 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertication (UNCCD) 1997

Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes Conventions

Chem-1

Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 2005

Chem-2Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 1994

Chem-3 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic pollutants (POPs) 2008

Regional Seas Conventions and related Agreements

Reg-1 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1997

Reg-2Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1976

Socially Acceptable

Economically Viable

Environmentally

Sound

• Action plans prepared by the concerneddepartments / agencies at provincial and local government levels.

• Local Governments encouraged to formulate their own strategies or action planes

• Action plans prepared by the concerneddepartments / agencies at provincial and local government levels.

• Local Governments encouraged to formulate their own strategies or action planes

Enforcement of existing

Laws

Review of Existing Laws

Development of new

laws, rule etc.

Sectorial Guidelines Cross Sectorial Guidelines

1 Surface Water Resources and Management 1 Poverty and Environment

2 Ground Water Resources 2 Population and Environment

3 Water Supply and Management 3 Gender and Environment4 Air Quality 4 Health and Environment

5 Noise Pollution 5 Public Awareness and Education

6 Soil Pollution and Waste Management 6 Environmental Management of Urban Areas

7 Agriculture Land Degradation 7 Environmental Management of Rural Areas

8 Livestock 8 Industrialization and Environment

9 Forestry 9 Transport and Environment

10 Biodiversity and Protected Areas 10 Trade and Environment

11 Energy efficiency and renewable 11 Natural Disaster Management12 Climate Change and Ozone Depletion13 Multilateral Environmental Agreements

• Integration of environment into development planning• Legislation and regulatory framework

Capacity development• Economic and market based instruments

Public awareness and education• Public-private-civil society partnership• Clean Technologies and Innovation• Research and development

• Coordination and review mechanisms are necessary to evaluate.

• Government of the Punjab would develop an "Action Plan" for its implementation

• "Provincial Environment Policy Implementation Committee" would be established at the Provincial level.

• No clear identification of problems.

• No evidence based policy • It has no vision • No allocation of Budget• There is no criteria of

measurement • No monitoring

mechanism

• It is joined up policy(Shared Vision)

• Goal Based • Inclusiveness

Any Questions ?