Surrey, UK - Salvo Code supporter, BioRegional Development Group, whose 'One Planet Living' idea has gained worldwide recognition, has submitted a proposal for one planet living at Rio+20 to the UN. This will be considered, along with many others, as potential content for the negotiating text. BioRegional would like to be able to tell the UN that as many people as possible support its proposal.
The United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit taking place in June 2012, will be the most important sustainability event in 20 years. It is a rare opportunity for people around the world to have a conversation about sustainability, which could lead to renewed commitment and action for that better world we all want to see.
Here is what BioRegional says:
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Summary of our Proposal
The concepts and approaches of one planet living could be adopted or adapted as an effective way to achieve the objectives of Rio+20, which include renewing commitment to sustainability and a Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Our specific Proposals for this are that the UN works with civil society (that's all of us!) to:
1. Vision - Present a clear, simple, ambitious and positive vision of a better world which politicians and citizens can get behind, feel pride in and are motivated to achieve. We propose and offer one planet living as that vision, that is - a world in which we live happy, healthy lives within our fair share of the world's resources, wherever we live, and leave space for wildlife and wilderness.
2. Roadmap to achieve the vision - Based on our experience of using the one planet living approach and framework, which includes co-creating action plans using the ten principles of one planet living, we propose that at Rio+20 nations commit to creating and implementing Roadmaps and Action Plans to achieve the Vision supported by a set of simple Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). We are suggesting that some nations prototype the plans ahead of Rio+20 to help others understand what is involved. The general idea of Roadmaps and SDG's has already picked up a lot of support. We propose that Plans are developed in a co-creation process with civil society and that they are needed at the appropriate levels: global, national, regional and local.
3. Support and guidance - From Intergovernmental Panels on Resources such as IPCC and IPBES offering science based advice, Solutions Bank of peer reviewed solutions measured against the SDG's, and education and training based on implementing the Vision and SDG's.
4. Remove barriers to sustainability - We have also made some sector specific proposals to address the barriers which we find are stopping us from implementing one planet living when we are working on it on the ground. These include Proposals on implementing renewable energy, human settlement, circular economies, biodiversity and natural capital, economic and monetary policies and institutional frameworks.
*Our proposal already has the support of Global Footprint Network, World Society for the Protection of Animals, Foster and Partners Architects and more.
**Pressure from civil society has just this week helped lead to the date of Rio+20 being changed so that it does not clash with the Queens Jubilee celebrations, meaning that it is easier for leaders of Commonwealth countries to attend. Public pressure works!
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Note: This year, BioRegional's founders won social entrepreneur of the year award at the World Economic Forum. BioRegional Reclaimed has worked with the salvage trade and Salvo in helping to promote the reclamation and reuse of demolition material since 2003, sponsoring and publishing Pushing Reuse by Thornton Kay and Jonathan Essex in 2009. Salvo helped source reclaimed material for BedZed in Surrey which houses BioRegional's office.
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BioRegional: Support our proposal for Rio+20 UN Earth Summit
UN Conference on Sustainable Development: BioRegional Development Group
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