Interlinkages among Multilateral Environmental Agreements

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Inter-linkages among Multilateral Environmental
Agreements

• By Felix Dodds
• Executive Director
• UNED Forum
• An International Multi-Stakeholder Forum

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Towards Earth Summit 2002

• "Governance is the framework of social and
  economic systems and legal and political
  structures through which humanity manages itself"
  
• World Humanity Action Trust (WHAT), 2000

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Fragmentation of the system

• Focal Point in Government
• National multi-stakeholder forums
• Harmonisation of National Reporting

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Clustering

• Six possible areas biodiversity/species, oceans
  and seas, chemicals and hazardous wastes, nuclear
  energy and testing of nuclear weapons,
  energy/climate change/air, freshwater and land
  related conventions
• Co-location of clusters
• Review of regional conventions

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Clustering

• Joint Secretariat functions
• Joint meetings of Bureaus within a cluster
• Overall Head of each cluster
• Introduction of knowledge management
• Agreement of methological framework for
  indicators
• Integrate early warning systems
• Subsidiarity

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Compliance

• CEDAW National multi-stakeholder forums
• Environmental Ombudsman
• Parliament
• Environmental Court
• Regional bodies
• Trans-national Corporations

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Involvement of Stakeholders

• Awareness raising, technical knowledge,
  implementation field experience and monitoring
• Develop norms of engagement
• UNED have developed a set of principles for
  stakeholder participation

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Involvement of Stakeholders

• Accountability, Effectiveness, Equity,
  Flexibility, Good Governance, Inclusiveness,
  Learning, Legitimacy, Ownership, Participation,
  Partnership, Societal Gains, Strengthening
  Intergovernmental Institutions, Transparency,
  Voices not Votes.

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Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Funding

• Good science does not necessarily lead to good
  decision making
• Common portal for conventions
• Precautionary Principle
• Risk Management Scientific Body within UNEP
• Funding at present is too little for the enormity
  of the task

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Towards Earth Summit 2002

• Embrace complexity
• Gary Lawrence