Moving Forward: Sustainable and Inclusive Development

Jens Wandel

Resident Representatives Retreat : January 25, 2012

Jens Wandel, UNDP Deputy Regional Director

Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level

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• Math &

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• Infant

mortality

• Homicides

• Imprisonment

www.equalitytrust.org.uk

Health and social problems are worse in more unequal countries

www.equalitytrust.org.uk Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level

This is not just a question of National Income

per capita

Index of:

• Life expectancy

• Math & Literacy

• Infant mortality

• Homicides

• Imprisonment

www.equalitytrust.org.uk Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level

Social mobility is lower in more unequal countries

More equal countries recycle more waste

Source: Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level (2009)

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The economic argument

Growth needs Green:

• China has set emissions targets in 7 provinces.

• Germany has a 45% renewables target by 2030.

• South Korea’s growth model is based on Green growth

Future growth needs a more equal society

• More equal societies have better education systems and are more competitive in knowledge economies

• Ultimately it’s a question of where societies want to invest: in health and equity vs. insurance and prisons

Sustainable Development

Social Equity Economic Growth

Environmental Protection

Fully Sustainable Societies

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Human development without high Co2

Albania Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus Bosnia Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

FYR Macedonia

Georgia

Germany

Hungary

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Poland

Romania

Russian Federation

Serbia Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

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Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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What proposals are on the table at Rio + 20 Summit?

• Sustainable Development Goals

• SG’s energy for All campaign

• Green economy industry roadmaps

• Social Protection Floor

• Green economy Knowledge platform

• Private sector sustainability reports

• International environmental governance

“The Future We Want”

Food for Thought on current Rio proposals

• Sustainable Development goals

• SG’s Energy for All campaign

• Social Protection Floor

• Green Economy

• Important that they are universal

• 3 targets: access, renewables and efficiency…first SDG?

• Can this be more than pensions? What about Social business?

• What about people and inequality ?

• Not monetizing nature

Post Rio: How does UNDP partner with Governments?

• Strategy development: Low carbon development

• Measurement and policy advice: Social exclusion

• Analysis: Ecological footprint

• Advice: Fossil fuel subsidy removal

• Advice: Social protection

• Capacity: Green procurement

• Projects: Green local development

• Sustainable development planning (green+ inclusive)

• Policy implementation: removing harmful subsidies with social cohesion

• Policy advice on building a social protection floor

• Beyond green to Sustainable procurement

• Local development and Green jobs with equity

Post-Rio plans What support do we provide now?