Global Environmental Policy - Final Message - Where do we go with Global Environmental Policies?

Global Environmental Policy- Final Message -

Where do we go with

Global Environmental Policies?

Why was this class structured in this way?

What did we learn?

Environmental Policy

is not complicated.

Its really about

Common sense!

So why do we need GEP?

• Environmental problems travel!

• Global problems affect many countries

• Most environmental problems are long-term

• Different types of stakeholders are involved

What does GEP look like?

Key GEP tool:

as starting points

MEAMultilateral Environmental Agreements

What does GEP look like?

There are more than 250 MEAs, but remember

the “big three”:

Climate ChangeBiodiversity

Desertification

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What did we learn?

We are fundamentally changing

the environment around us

Haiti and Dominican

Republic

Brazil and Bolivia

United States and Mexico

What did we learn?

Local to Global links

are important

What did we learn?

Citizens

All environmental problems start with our everyday lifestyles, and therefore, global policies need to eventually target individual citizens at the local/micro level

What did we learn?

Focus on lifestyles

choices and decisions!

What did we learn?

Our real skills in policy-making for the environment will lie in linking global and local issues, and in bringing all stakeholders together

What did we learn?

Much more needs to be done

by local governments

What did we learn?

Don’t forget businesses –

environmental problems can become

business opportunities!

What did we learn?

Citizens

Changing consumer behaviour

Innovation and technology

Awareness Raising

Conflict Resolution

Consensus Building

What did we learn?

Policy package:

Focus on governance, education and technology

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The Future for GEP …

Watch out for the “SDGs” which will replace the MDGs from 2015 to 2925

SDGs = Sustainable Development GoalsMDGs = Millennium Development Goals

Environmental policies at the global level will be significantly influenced by the SDGs.

The Future for GEP …

Watch out what international organizations will be doing:

UN Agencies Global Banks Intl. NGOs

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World Bank

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IUCNGreenpeaceFriends of the EarthWWF

Websites of all the and global banks can be accessed by adding .org to the end of its name, except Friends of the Earth, which is foe.org and WWF – panda.org