SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

UNITED NATIONSCOMISION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 19

Federico J. Arce Navarro

MEXICO

NY/ March, 2011

THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTMEASURES

How fast we CONSUME RESOURCES and GENERATE WASTE

ENERGY SETTLEMENT TIMBER AND PAPER SEAFOODFOOD AND FIBER

COMPARED TOHow fast nature can ABSORBE OUR WASTE and GENERATE NEW

RESOURCES

Builtup land Cropland and PastureForests FisheriesCarbon footprint

Taken from: http://www.footprintnetwork.org

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CROSSCUTING AGENDA

SustainableProduction and Consumption

SustainableDevelopment

Green Economy

ClimateChange

Society

SustainableDevelopment

Economy

Environment

SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS AND GREEN ECONOMY INITITATIVE

• Motivations for Sustainable Consumption• Demonstrate «win – win» opportunities• Obstacles and opportunities to foster change

• Improvement on processes, products and services ;businesses and industry

• Modernize infrastructure , policy framework and investment governments

• Conscience, dialogue and behavior consumers

• THRUST TOWARDS GREEN GROWTH AND GREEN ECONOMY

MEXICO´S SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION STRATEGY

• Connections between TRADE & SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

• Bond GREEN ECONOMY - SUSTAINABLER PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION – CLIMATE CHANGE.

• Agreements with priority industrial sectors about Sustainable Production and Consumption, looking after Climate Change issues.

PRODUCTION TRADE CONSUMPTION

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THEMATIC ACTION PLANS

• SUSTAINABLE PUBLICPROCUREMENT

GOVERNMENT / INDUSTRY PLANS

ACTION PLANS BY SECTOR CONSISTENT ANDCONTINUOS PLANS

• EDUCATION FORSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

•SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

SHO

RT

TER

MLO

NG

TER

M

URGENT IMPORTANT

• SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

• SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

• OTROS SECTORES SEGÚN PRIORIDADES DE C/PAÍS

MARRAKECH TASK FORCES ANALYSIS FOR MEXICO

SUSTAINABLEPRODUCTS

MEXICO´S SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION STRATEGY PLAN

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1. ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY GROUP

2. CONDUCT SCOPING EXERCISE

3. SET INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

5. DEFINE OBJECTIVES AND SET TARGETS

6. SELECT POLICIES AND INITIATIVES.

7 OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF THE STRATEGY.

8. IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY

9. DOCUMENT, MONITOR AND EVALUATE.

10. SUSTAIN AND MPROVE.

2010 2011 2012 and ahead

1ST NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND

CONSUMPTION

4 . SELECT NATIONAL PRIORITY AREAS

1ST DRAFT OF THE STRATEGY

FINAL DRAFT OF THE STRATEGY

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PRIORITIES

Priority Areas Argentina Czech Rep Ethiopia Finland Jamaica Japan Senegal Thailand UK China India Brasil SudAfrica MEXICO (1)

Cleaner Production/Eco-

efficiency

Consumption Patterns /

Lifestyles

Public Procurement

Sustainable Building

Tourism

Education/Information

Water

Energy

Waste and recycling

Transport

Agriculture / Food

Local initiatives

Market conditions

Social Needs

MA

RR

AK

ECH

TH

EMES

SEC

TOR

SSP

ECIA

L

THEM

ES

ROUND TABLESPLANNING FOR CHANGE

Source: Planning for Change UNEP. Reports of National Rondtables on Sustainable Production and Consumption.(1) Priorities defined in the 1st National Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption

MANDALA

Ener

gy

WaterBiodiversity susteina

bility

Consumption

ClimateChange

WasteProduction

Logistics

MAIN OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER CHANGES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS

• According to the analysis of current National Programs and Policies, MEXICO must focus and reinforce its efforts on the following activities that will helpto accelerate changes towards sustainability in other sectors and economicalactivities:

GOVERNANCE

EDUCATION

MARKETS

TOURISM

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

NEXT STEPS FOR MEXICO

• Workshop for definition of objectives, goals, actions, instruments and indicators.

• Sustainable Production and Consumption Handbook.

• Criterion on Sustainable Public Procurement for batteries, cleaning products, luminaries.

• «Visions on Sustainable Consumption and Production inMexico». Experiences of different stakeholders.

• Workshop for Central America & Caribbean Region on theexperience of Mexico on its development of the NationalStrategy.

• NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION STRATEGY

THANK YOU!