THE EU SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SDS

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THE EU SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (SDS)

• Timo Mäkelä
• Director of Directorate G
• Sustainable Development and Integration
• DG Environment
• European Commission

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OVERVIEW

• 1. WHAT IS THE EU SDS?
• Policy context
• SDS related documents / strategies
• 2. AIMS OF THE EU SDS?
• 3. WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION?
• Indicators, trends
• 4. WHAT ARE THE FUTURE CHALLENGES?
• Commissions intentions, SDS review
• What can MS do?

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1. WHAT IS THE EU SDS?

• Not a single document
• Result of a multi-layer process
• RELEVANT POLICIES

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POLICY CONTEXT
INTERNAL - EU
EXT. - GLOBAL
6th EAP ENV.
EXTERNAL.
SDS STRATEGY
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2. AIMS OF THE EU SDS

• Overall aim Brundtland definition
• INTERNAL COM (2001) 264 Gothenburg
  conclusions
• ADDRESSING UNSUSTAINABLE TRENDS IN 6 PRIORITY
  AREAS
• Climate change 4. Sustainable transport
• Public health 5. Aging population
• Natural resources 6. Social exclusion
• NEW APPROACH TO POLICY MAKING
• Increase policy coherence
• Increase public participation
• Science based / knowledge based approach

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AIMS OF THE EU SDS

• EXTERNAL COM (2002) 82 WSSD plan of
  implementation
• Halve no. in extreme poverty
• Halve the no. lacking access to water
  sanitation
• 10 year frameworks for sustainable consumption
  and production
• Reduce rate of loss of biodiversity
• Increase substantially global share of
  renewableenergy
• Restore fish stocks
• Sustainable use of chemicals

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3. CURRENT SITUATION

• WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?
• PRIORITY AREAS
• Climate change Ratification of Kyoto, Emission
  trading, Energy taxation Directive
• Health REACH proposal
• Resources IPP, CAP and CFP reforms, Natural 2000
• Transport Bio fuels Directive, Marco Polo
  programme (modal shift)
• B. NEW APPROACH TO POLICY MAKING
• Introduction of Impact Assessment (43 in 2003)
• Sectoral integration (Cardiff process) - CAP and
  CFP reforms
• 7 Thematic Strategies (6th EAP) integrated and
  participatory approach
• Aarhus - transparency

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GHG EMISSIONS
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ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLES
X
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FISHERIES
X
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BIODIVERSITY - BIRDS
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ORGANIC FARMING
?
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TRANSPORT
X
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AIR EMISSIONS
?
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CURRENT SITUATION

• SUMMARY OF CURRENT SITUATION
• UNSUSTAINABLE TRENDS ARE NOT REVERSED
• INSTRUMENTS FOR POLICY COHERENCE STILL NEED TO
  DELIVER
• Slow progress in Cardiff integration process
• Insufficient vertical integration of national, EU
  and international strategies
• SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BUT PROGRESS
  STILL INSUFFICIENT

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4. FUTURE CHALLENGES

• CHANGING POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
• Recent focus on growth and competitiveness
• ENLARGEMENT
• Cohesion Structural funds
• KEEP ENVIRONMENT HIGH ON THE AGENDA (LISBON VS
  SDS / GOTHENBURG)
• Recent focus on growth and Competitiveness
• TAKE A POSITIVE APPROACH
• Win-Win, Environmental Technologies

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FUTURE CHALLENGES

• REVIEW OF EU STRATEGY IN 2004
• PROGRESS IN 6 PRIORITY AREAS
• Have others emerged?
• 2. WHAT IS THE DELIVERY GAP?
• What has been achieved compared to original
  objectives?
• 3. IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
• success of impact assessment, stakeholder
  consultation, synergies with national SDS,
  trade-offs made.
• 4. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENLARGEMENT
• 5. INTEGRATION OF INTERNAL EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS

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WHAT MEMBER STATES CAN DO

• Develop integrated National Sustainable
  Development Strategies (NSDS)
• Increase ownership of NSDS by greater public
  participation
• Push for institutional and procedural reforms to
  increase policy coherence
• Share good practices with other Member States
• Develop vertical links with between local,
  regional and EU SD strategies
• Support an ambitious review of EU SDS in 2004

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