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London meeting

SWS Commission Report


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05-06 September 2008

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London meeting

First MEETING of the SWS COMMISSION, London

19 November 2007
 


The SI Commission for a Sustainable World Society, the body established to address the global environmental agenda, climate change and the issues of governance required to deal with these common challenges, meeting at 10 Downing Street, hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown... Statement

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Commission for a sustainable world society

Commission sets sights on Poznan Conference, Copenhagen and beyond

05-06 September 2008


OUTLINE FOR THE REPORT OF THE SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 2009

 
 
I.  From a high carbon economy to a low carbon society
 
 
A.  The creation of the SWS Commission at the SI Councils in Santiago in November 2006 and in Geneva in June 2007 as a continuation of the Socialist International’s longstanding work on the environment, sustainable and equitable economic development, eradicating poverty, and guaranteeing peace and security
 
B.  Meetings of the Commission, the work at the XXIII Congress in Athens, seminars of the Commission
 
C.  Work and meetings around the Bali Conference in December 2007 and the Poznań Conference in December 2008
 
D.  Work and meetings during the run-up to the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009
 
 
 
 
 
II. From Bali to Copenhagen
 
 
A.  Assessment of the Bali Roadmap and Bali Action Plan and follow-up UNFCCC Conferences in 2008
 
B.  Assessment of the Poznań Conference in December 2008
 
C.  Assessment of subsequent UNFCCC Conferences in 2009
 
D.  Status of the UNFCCC negotiations and negotiating text as of September 2009
 
 
 
 
III. Mitigation, adaptation, technology transfers, financing
 
 
A.  Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: setting criteria for carbon emissions reduction by country
 
B. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in energy consumption through increasing efficiency in line with a country’s growth
 
C.  Reversing deforestation through preservation and reforestation
 
D.  Technology transfers and capacity building with regard to mitigation
 
E. Technology transfers and capacity building with regard to adaptation and response
 
F. Funding for technology transfers and capacity building
 
 
 
 
IV. Implementing the commitments
 
 
A.  Who measures? Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance
 
B. Education and reaching the people  at local, national and international levels
 
C. Redefining and reforming global governance and international institution building
 
 
 
 
V. Beyond Copenhagen: the way forward
 
 
A. The vision for a sustainable world society in the longer term: a blueprint for a future of equitable and ecological development and growth, including policies and best practices
 
 




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