said at Delhi Ministerial dialogue attended by 41 countries ,Rio + 20 must be about three things – integration,
implementation and coherence.
These are the common messages we’ve heard over the past months during the prepcoms
and intersessional - as well as at Solo and Beijing.
By definition, sustainable development is about integration – integration among the three
pillars: social, economic and environmental and ensuring their coherence.
In practice, this is not easy. This partly explains why progress has been slow.
Our governments, our international and national organizations are mostly geared to
specialization. Ministries work in silos. Agencies have special focus areas – health, education,
agriculture, etc.
Of course, we all must specialize and do what we do best. But our problems and
challenges do not specialize. Therefore, we must talk to each other, think holistically, and plan
and act accordingly.
We need an institutional framework to ensure this happens
implementation and coherence.
These are the common messages we’ve heard over the past months during the prepcoms
and intersessional - as well as at Solo and Beijing.
By definition, sustainable development is about integration – integration among the three
pillars: social, economic and environmental and ensuring their coherence.
In practice, this is not easy. This partly explains why progress has been slow.
Our governments, our international and national organizations are mostly geared to
specialization. Ministries work in silos. Agencies have special focus areas – health, education,
agriculture, etc.
Of course, we all must specialize and do what we do best. But our problems and
challenges do not specialize. Therefore, we must talk to each other, think holistically, and plan
and act accordingly.
We need an institutional framework to ensure this happens
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