09 June 2016 - 10 June 2016
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
The Regional Policy Dialogue provides an opportunity for leading scientists and policy-makers to dialogue and identify critical opportunities and challenges to collaboratively and effectively implement the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, with a focus on the Africa regional context and through the lens of a systems based approach to natural resource management.
During the various sessions scheduled for the Regional Policy Dialogue, Michael will deliver expertise on a keynote address “decoupling socio-economic development from escalating resource use and environmental degradation” and participate in the 'all-star' IRP panel discussion “Critical Inter-linkages in the Natural Resource Nexus and Comprehensive Policy Responses to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa” to include input on a session for Sustainable Agricultural Systems on the following day.
The objectives of the Regional Policy Dialogue are:
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Outcomes of the Regional Policy Dialogue:
(1) Awareness and understanding about the impacts and need for the sustainable management of natural resources in poverty eradication and economic development efforts, and policy coherence in the implementation of the SDGs is increased.
(2) Awareness and understanding about key challenges, opportunities for harnessing double-dividends of poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, and best-practices in implementation across a selection of key priority sectors for Africa (including agriculture, natural resource management with a focus on the extractives sector, and urbanization and land management) is improved.
(3) Areas where further research and analysis is required are identified in order to support innovative and coherent policy responses to the SDGs, and areas for future science-policy interface between the IRP and stakeholders are agreed.
(4) Areas of additional support at the Regional level post the adoption of the 2030 Development Agenda identified.
Organized by
Department of Environmental Affairs, Republic of South Africa
https://www.environment.gov.za/
The International Resource Panel
http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
http://web.unep.org/regions/roa
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313