Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA)

February 23, 2014

Ram Kishan

IPCC AR5 - 0.85 deg C warming between 1850 - 2012 Available budget for limiting temperature increase below 2 deg

with 66% probability is 3760 GtCO2, of which 1890 has been used by 2011.

Assuming emission stabilize at 2010 levels, the available budget will be consumed within 40 years.

Limiting the increase to below 2 deg implies peaking of global emissions between 2015 - 2020 and sharp decline thereafter.

The remaining carbon budget is smaller if we want to ensure higher probability of limiting the increase in temperature to below 2 deg C.

Estimated global reductions by 2030 under strong 2 deg path is about 26% below 1990.

Based on Green Development Rights approach, the range of reduction for developing countries is 23% to 40 % (returning to 2015 emission level) below BAU emissions in 2030.

Countries fall in lower middle income (Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and Srilanka), LDCs (Bangladesh and Nepal) and lower income group (Afghanistan, Myanmar).(lower middle income country - per GDP less than USD 4000; low income country - per capita income below USD 1000)

Region accounts for 1.7 billion population, of which about 1.25 is in India.

South Asia is the poorest region in the world. 51% of the world’s poor live in South Asia (compared to

29% in Sub-Saharan Africa), as per Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

The HDI index of South Asia is 0.558 - low human development and medium human development group.

HDI index of south Asia is just above that for sub-Saharan Africa.

Outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference

To build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post 2015 development agenda

To establish an "inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly".

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Addressing climate change is a pre-requisite to ending poverty and achieving sustainable development

The IPCC has hammered it time and time again, that climate change disproportionately affects the poorest and that action cannot wait another minute

Climate change is the greatest threat to development

Hard to credibly justify the SDGs in September 2015 without climate change goals while academia, civil society and even the private sector

SDGs cover areas like energy, agriculture, water, forests, oceans, cities and economic growth, they can, and will, massively contribute to both mitigation and adaptation action

Tackling climate change is recognised as critical to the achievement of the development goals.

Climate change should be a stand-alone goal, as well as be mainstreamed throughout the other goals.

Climate change goals, targets and indicators should be nationally relevant and should also aim to build local-level resilience and reduce climate risks.

Getting the indicators and measurement frameworks right is crucial, while accountability and governance mechanisms will underpin implementation.

International resources will still be very necessary for achieving climate compatible development goals, but the role of national and sub-national governments, and the private sector, will increase.

Within regions, countries should form a common voice to influence SDG negotiations; within countries, civil society must play a stronger advocacy role

Climate Change (CC) may reduce poor people’s livelihood assets, for example health, access to water, homes and infrastructure.

Climate change is likely to directly impact children and pregnant women because they are particularly susceptible to vector- and water-borne diseases

increased heat-related mortality and illness associated with heatwaves (which may be balanced by less winter-cold-related deaths in some countries);

Declining quantity and quality of drinking water, which worsens malnutrition, since it is a prerequisite for good health;

Reduced natural resource productivity and threatened food security

Climate change may alter the quality and productivity of natural resources and ecosystems

Loss of livelihood assets (natural, health, financial and physical capital) may reduce opportunities for full time education in numerous ways.

Global climate change is a global issue, and responses require global co-operation, especially to help developing countries adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.

Realization that development can happen without adverse environment impact

Development which is climate sensitive including infrastructure

South Asia till need to develop thus need to make sure doesn’t follow same old western development

Conscious of cost for development on environment

Climate resilient development at all levels

Evident there is convergence to both the processes

Different people into two processes

Need coordination at national and international level

Working in isolation is counter productive

SDGs has climate change specific goal, hence although more important to coordinate

Finally financing for both the processes?

Country level specific asks on the SDGs and UNFCC process

Roadmap for implementation and convergence for common good

Compliance and accountability

Resource allocation domestic or international?

Role of global process at national level

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