1. Promising Role of Industry in Green
Economy and CSD18 Policy Options
(Sustainable Consumption and Production / Resource
Management)
UN CSD SCP18/19 by Anthony SF Chiu (AP Author)
UN CSD18 excerpt extracted by Anthony SF Chiu
Roundtable
Bangkok, Thailand November 9, 2010

2. Issues and Challenges

3. Sustainable Consumption and Production
10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP
Energy,Water,Climate,BasicNeeds...

4. International Commitment on SCP and
Regional Relevance (Chiu, 2009)
 Green Growth
(UNESCAP, 2005) at the MCED5
 Regional Green Growth Policy
Dialogues and Forums
 Seoul Initiative on Green Growth
Network (SINGG)
 Green Economy
(Global Citizen Center UNEP and
Partners)
 Three key elements (TBL)
◦ the Green Economy report, that
will provide an overview,
analysis and synthesis of how
public policy can help markets
accelerate the transition towards
a green economy;
◦ The Economics of Ecosystems
and Biodiversity (TEEB), a
partnership project focusing on
valuation issues;
◦ Green Jobs report, published in
September 2008, that looked at
employment trends.

5.  Circular Economy
International Commitment on SCP and
Regional Relevance
 3R Platform
 Global Green New Deal
(UNEP)
 UNEP/UNESCAP SCP Helpdesk Three groups of focus were prioritized:
•Product – performance standard, PSS, integrated
product policy, etc.
•Demand side management – education, market,
procurement, indicators
•Infrastructure – building and transportation
UNESCAP / UNEP SCP Helpdesk
was established in 2006
•To foster innovative practices of
sustainable consumption
and production in Asia and the Pacific
•Acted as an information hub, co-
organized and hosted meetings, and
developed specific partnership

6. P o l i c y O p t i o n s (Chiu 2009)
• Green public procurement as the main driver for SCP
and green growth (Green Supply Chain and EIP
Programmatic Procurement)
• Clear sustainability targets (EIP Indicators)
• Focus on investments towards Green Economies
• Facilitate a behavioral change of consumption patterns

7. P o l i c y O p t i o n s (Chiu 2009)
 Appropriate timing on resource pricing
 Capacity Building
 Subregional cooperation and benchmarking
 More SCP-focused strategies (Circular Economy)
 Empower the civil society
 Operationalization of database and clearing house for
indigenous technology

8. Mapping Tool
PROGRAMMES
POLICY AND
MEASURES
MEANS OF
IMPLEMENTATION,
other
SUPPORT
MECHANISMS
LEAD
ACTORS
MEASURES
OF SUCCESS
REGION
NON-SECTOR SPECIFIC/CROSSCUTTING
Green public procurement -Central and local
authorities to
develop policies,
strategies,
regulations,
incentives as well
as educational
programmes
- Information on
best practices,
experience and
know-how of
Green
Procurement to be
shared and
transferred by all
stakeholders
around the world
- Cooperation between
governments for
knowledge and technical
transfer
- Regular workshops,
training programmes and
seminars
-Dialogue with businesses,
NGOs and public sectors to
set up green purchasing
promoting organisations
National
governments;
APRSCP;
UNEP;
Marrakech
Process Task
Force on
Sustainable
Procurement;
- Eco labelling
organisations
-Number of
governments
and local
authorities
developing or
implementing
green public
procurement
law or
equivalent
-Annual
government
spend on green
products and
services
Asia
Pacific

9. Mapping Tool
THEMES/SECTORS
Waste management
-Implement sound
management of
waste;
-
-Strengthen human and
institutional capacity on
sound management of
waste;
- Dissemination of
knowledge and technology,
investment in
environmental
sound management of
waste;
-National
governments;
-UNEP;
-UNESCAP;
-Number of
integrated waste
management
programmes in
place at both
local and
national level
All
governance
levels in
AP region
Clean water
Sustainable energy
-Enabling policy
framework that
improves access to
reliable and affordable
energy;
-Develop human and financial
capacity for take up of
renewables;
-Support development of rural
organisations, community-driven
cooperatives to enhance
investments in renewable
National
government
s,
World
Bank;
Total generation
capacity from
renewable energy
sources
Asia Pacific

10. Possible Elements of a 10-year Framework
Priority sectors and areas where
tools could be applied include:
• housing and buildings,
• transportation,
• food and agriculture,
• small-scale enterprises,
• energy and water efficiency,
• the information technology
sector,
• waste management,
• sustainable tourism 319
A 10YFP should provide:
• sustainable procurement
•cleaner production guidelines and methods
•green building codes and standards
•sustainable resource use measures
•demand-side management for electricity
•reduction of fossil fuel subsidies
•promotion of renewable energy through feed-in
tariffs
•development of super-efficient consumer
products
•eco-labelling, codes of conduct for advertising
•awareness raising campaigns
•education for sustainable consumption and
lifestyles. 318