Network of Women Ministers and leaders of the Environment MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 23 rd FEBRUARY 2011.

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MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND

LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

23rd FEBRUARY 2011

Rio+20

MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND

LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

23rd FEBRUARY 2011

Rio+20Sascha Gabizon, WECF

Women Rio+20 Steering Committee

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Content:Content:

•Women and GE

•Women and IEG

•Planning for Rio+20

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Do women need a Green Economy outcome in Rio?Do women need a Green

Economy outcome in Rio?

• Or is the market already going green and including women by itself?

• China's richest person a waste-paper woman Zhang Yin - worth estimated 3.4 billion USD.

China Daily, 12 October 2006

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Living with less than 1 dollar a dayLiving with less than 1 dollar a day

•Social and economic inequities are especially hard on women and children

•Women are 70% of the 1.3 billion poor

•More pressure on women from current food, fuel and financial crises

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Markets needs legal frameworks and incentives to assure equity

Markets needs legal frameworks and incentives to assure equity

•The vulnerable and poor cannot rely on market mechanisms alone

•They need rights to protect their lives and livelihoods

• A ‘green’ economic system must promote social equity and gender equity

• Link IEG and GE!

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Possible priorities for women and the Green Economy

Possible priorities for women and the Green Economy

•Target: 40% women’s share in new green jobs

•Social protection floor - especially for women house-workers / informal sectors

•Regulation for safe and healthy jobs (chemicals, radiation..)

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Promote women’s economic contributions: enable them!Promote women’s economic contributions: enable them!

•Secure women’s property rights, land tenure, and control over natural resources

•Promote women’s access to finance, technologies, information, health care

•Enable women - and men - to combine their jobs with childcare

•Promote women in decision making in policy and business (e.g. Norway)

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•Women and GE

•Women and International Governance

•Planning for Rio+20

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Possible priorities for women and international governance

Possible priorities for women and international governance

Outcome from Rio2012:

•Support an agreement to implement Rio Principle 10*

•Assure women’s equal access to information, public participation and justice

* Examples exist a.o. in UNECE Aarhus Convention, Biosafety Protocol as essential elements of capacity-building, in many national legislations in all regions

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Possible priorities for women and international governance - 2

Possible priorities for women and international governance - 2

•The economy should support well-being for all within the carrying capacity of the planet

•Currently; most of humanity (women) and the planet are used for the economy of a few

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Making the economic sector work for society and environment

Making the economic sector work for society and environment

• Governance of financial and economic systems

• Abolishing perverse subsidies = cheapest way to sustainable development

• New funding for social and environmental protection, and women in GE:

– Financial Transaction Tax (tobin) – Ocean levy– Kerosene tax– Mining/Primary extraction tax

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Create an international environmental governance structure

Create an international environmental governance structure

Which fits these objectives (form fits function):• Bring environment ministers higher on the

agenda • Influence financial decisions with impact on the

environment• Assess and monitor new technologies before

widespread use (geo-engineering, nanotech, ..)• Provide new funding means, incl.soft funding• Have the authority to improve coherence

between international agencies• Equitable, transparent, accountable, dispute

settlement

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Bottom up - support local women’s organisations

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•Women and GE

•Women and International Governance

•Planning for Rio+20

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Possible plans for women’s actions up to Rio2012

Possible plans for women’s actions up to Rio2012

•High-level women’s summit in Rio 2012

– Output: Women’s Rio2012 Resolution as input for the UNCSD

– Women and Green Economy session in UNCSD

•Women and the Green Economy Best-Practice Award

– International call for best practices– Award ceremony

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Milestone Date Possible action 2nd PrepCom 2011, NY 7-8 March 2011 - Informal meeting with Hon.

Elisabeth Thompson and WomenRioSteeringCom - Announce Women and GE award

Women Summit Greece June 2011 Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinpoulou/Sascha Gabizon

2nd Intersessional, NY 14-15 Nov. 2011 Side-event Asia Regional Prepcom, Bangkok

Oct – Dec 2011 Meeting and regional resolution

Latin America Regional Prepcom, Santiago de Chile

Oct – Dec 2011 Meeting and regional resolution

African Regional Prepcom, Addis Ababa

Oct – Dec 2011 Meeting and regional resolution

ECE prepcom, prob.Geneva

Oct – Dec 2011 Meeting and regional resolution

Rio+20 and water, Bonn 15-16 Nov 2011 Check with UNSGAB, prob.Uschi Eid

3rd Intersessional, NY 5-7 March 2012 Side-event 3rd Prepcom, Rio 30 May-1 June

2012 meetings

Women Rio+20 Summit 2-3 June 2012? Agree resolution women+Rio2012 UNCSD Rio2012 04-06 June 2012 Bring resolution into outcomes

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Possible Actors from GovernmentPossible Actors from Government

•Network of Ministers and Leaders of Agriculture (announced interest)

•Women on Ban Ki Moon’s High level Panel on Sustainable Development

•Heads of State: Brazil, Argentina, Liberia, Finland..

•Women ministers of equality and finance/economics

•Parliamentarians

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Possible actors from civil societyPossible actors from civil society

•Women Rio+20 steering committee

•Women in Major Groups such as:– ITUC women– Women Mayors of cities– Women CEOs (davos)– Women in science– Women in NGOs

•Ciwil: Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership and other women

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Thank YouThank You