UNEP DTIE SCP Branch: Marrakech Process on SCP

Sustainable Consumption and Production for Development: Building Cooperation and Synergies Towards Rio +20, Supporting Poverty Reduction and Green Growth

The third dialogue session, which took place on the 10th and 11th of June 2010, in Paris, took the form of a joint OECD-DAC/ENVIRONET - UNEP workshop.

The workshop objectives were to:

Build cooperation and explore synergies between sustainable consumption and production (SCP) capacity building activities and policies and development cooperation programmes
Explore ways to facilitate and mainstream the implementation of SCP/resource efficiency activities in development cooperation activities and support for policy making at country level
Highlight SCP contributions to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including through green jobs initiatives, which contribute to poverty alleviation and the construction of a resource efficient, low carbon economy
Explore the linkages between SCP and green economy/green growth as well as between SCP and climate change in a development context

Presentations:

Session 1: Ongoing International Activities on SCP, Green Economy and Integrating Environment and Development Policies

Green Growth and Development : an OECD Perspective (Rémy Paris, Head of Section, Environment and Sustainable Development, Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD)
Policies on Trade, Finance and Technology to promote SCP and build a Green Economy (Derek Eaton, Research Leader, UNEP, Green Economy Initiative)
Sustainable Production and Consumption – a Development Agency Perspective (Anne Marie Sloth Carsen, Climate Change Adviser, UNDP)
The Marrakech Process : Building Cooperation on Sustainable Consumption & Production (Adriana Zacarias, Marrakech Process Coordinator, Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch, UNEP DTIE)
The Marrakech Task Force on Cooperation with Africa (Ulf Jaeckel, Head of Unit, Ministry of Environment, Germany)
Mainstreaming SCP in Development Policies: Needs at National and International Levels (Rita Mishaan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala)

Session 2: SCP Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Countries and Contributions from Development Agencies

Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenges and Opportunities In Cambodia (Sam Chamrouen, Director, Planning and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia)
Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenges and Opportunities: The Case of Mauritius (Nisha Devi Manic, Environment Officer, Coordination and Project Implementation Division, Ministry of Environment and National Development, Mauritius)
GTZ Contributions T owards SCP (Anuschka Hilke, Advisor Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ))
SWITCH - ASIA Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production (Thomas Wiley, Head of Unit, European Commission, SWITCH Asia Programme)

Session 3: SCP and Climate Change

SCP and Climate Change - JICA’s Cases (Tomonori Sudo, office for Climate Change, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
SCP and Climate Change in Development Cooperation (Simon le Grand, Administrator, European Commission, DG Development)

Session 4: Sustainable Consumption Policies for Market Transformation

Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles (Emmanuelle Swynghedauw, Policy Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Sweden / The Marrakech Process Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles)
Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism (Philippe Ramet, Head of Unit, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea, France / The Marrakech Process Task Force on Sustainable Tourism)
SC and Development : Some Key Issues and Challenges (Bjarne Pedersen, Director of Operations, Consumers International)

Session 5: Key Programmes on SCP/Resource Efficiency Supporting the Transition to a Green/Low Carbon Economy

Pursuing SCP in Barbados (Travis Sinckler, Senior Environment Officer, Ministry of Environment, Barbados)
SCP Experiences of Brazil and Preparing for Rio + 20 (Karla Matos, Director, Social and Environmental Responsibility, Ministry of Environment, Brazil)
Capacity Building for Sustainable Public Procurement in Developing Countries (Niclas Svenningsen, Head, Sustainable United Nations (SUN), UNEP DTIE / Marrakech Process Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement)
Built Environment : Win-Win-Win Decoupling Opportunities (Kaarin Taipale, Task Force Chair, Marrakech Process Task Force on Buildings and Construction)
Joint UNIDO-UNEP Programme on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) (Garrette Clark, Programme Officer, Business and Industry Unit, UNEP DTIE)