Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme.............................................................

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Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme Presentation of main findings of: UNEP/SI/IGC/2 Synthesis of responses on strengthening the scientific base of the United Nations Environment Programme Draw attention to some additional elements from: UNEP/SI/IGC/2 Add.1 Issues for consideration regarding strengthening the scientific base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/Inf/1 Information Document on Strengthening the Scientific Base of UNEP

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? Types of assessment needs and gaps with respect to environment and environmental change: A. Assessment of existing environmental challenges; B. Assessment of Inter-linkages; C. Scientific credibility, legitimacy and relevance in the assessment processes; D. Cost-effectiveness, cooperation and strengthening of existing institutions; and E. Developing country participation and capacity-building.

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report), Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? A. Assessment of existing environmental challenges Need to assess the key existing and emerging environmental challenges Ozone and climate change, where considered well covered Frequently mentioned gaps include: biodiversity especially in marine and freshwater ecosystems; societal implications of ecosystem degradation; chemical hazards, arsenic pollution and cumulative impacts of persistent pollutants; the urban environment; disturbance of the nitrogen cycle; land cover change and soils; and assessments of extreme events

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? B. Assessment of Inter-linkages: scientific inter-linkages and policy and technology trade-offs between major environmental challenges addressed by MEAs system-wide interactions of environmental changes and biophysical thresholds environment and development challenges (MDGs), which are linked through society environment interactions needed to underpin the integration of environmental concerns into sectoral plans and policies

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/Inf/1 (Information Document)

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/Inf/1 (Information Document)

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? C..Scientific credibility, legitimacy and relevance in the assessment processes: ensuring scientific credibility through independence in the scientific process and extensive expert peer review ensuring policy legitimacy and relevance through intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder involvement in identifying needs, adopting findings and in peer review avoiding overburdening the scientific community ensuring access to and credibility of data

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? C..Scientific credibility, legitimacy and relevance in the assessment processes: ensuring scientific credibility through independence in the scientific process and extensive expert peer review; ensuring policy legitimacy and relevance through intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder involvement in identifying needs, adopting findings and in peer review; avoiding overburdening the scientific community; ensuring access to and credibility of data.

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? D. Cost-effectiveness, cooperation and strengthening of existing institutions: ensuring cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of assessment processes ensuring international cooperation between intergovernmental bodies and multilateral agreements, their programmes and secretariats to avoid overlap and promote synergy gaps include the need to strengthen existing institutions involved in assessment and monitoring in support of policy development, compliance mechanisms and implementation.

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report) Box 1: Question 1: what are the likely gaps and types of assessment needs with respect to the environment and environmental change? E. Developing country participation and capacity-building ensure developing country participation in international assessments to ensure credibility, ownership and authority and address relevant scales and environment and development linkages promote coordinated financial support, capacity-building and institution building in developing countries and countries with economies in transition ensure long term south-south and south-north collaboration including support of centers of excellence and sharing of information and assessment tools

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report): Question 2: how are the United Nations Environment Programme and other organizations currently meeting those assessment needs? Types of assessment needs and gaps with respect to environment and environmental change: A. Assessment of existing environmental challenges; B. Assessment of Inter-linkages; C. Scientific credibility, legitimacy and relevance in the assessment processes; D. Cost-effectiveness, cooperation and strengthening of existing institutions; and E. Developing country participation and capacity-building.

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report): Question 3: What options exist with respect to meeting any unfulfilled needs that fall within the role and mandate of UNEP? Types of assessment needs and gaps with respect to environment and environmental change: A. Assessment of existing environmental challenges; B. Assessment of Inter-linkages; C. Scientific credibility, legitimacy and relevance in the assessment processes; D. Cost-effectiveness, cooperation and strengthening of existing institutions; and E. Developing country participation and capacity-building.

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/SI/IGC/2 (Synthesis report): Intergovernmental Panel on Global Environmental Change most respondents commented on the reference in paragraph 3(d) of decision 22/1 26 Governments expressed conditional support, 6 for the establishment of the panel, possibly as a pilot phase, felt it might be useful to establish the panel, while nineteen Governments rejected the idea an assessment panel and a subsidiary advisory body are not fully compatible

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme

Intergovernmental Consultation on Strengthening the Scientific Base of the United Nations Environment Programme