Retreat for Government representatives participating in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

To follow on from our save the date email a couple of weeks ago, BioRegional and our partners are pleased to send you further information on the half day retreat on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and the post-2015 development agenda.

This high-level event will seek to identify concrete recommendations on how SCP can be embedded in a set of global goals.

Through a series of panel discussions, presentations and participant dialogue across three sessions this retreat will address some of the relationships between SCP and areas like food, water and energy, and participants will share ideas about how SCP could be included in the new global development framework.

Session overview:

Session 1: What is SCP and why does it matter: the scale of the challenge and metrics for measuring
Session 2: How to include SCP in a post-2015 development framework: proposals for addressing and embedding SCP in a set of global development goals
Session 3: Round table reflections: an opportunity to discuss the presentations and share views with other participants

Speakers will include:

· Nikhil Seth, Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA
· Sue Riddlestone, CEO and Co-Founder, BioRegional
· Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network (GFN)
· Alessandra Alfieri, Chief of Environmental-Economic Accounts Section, UN Statistics Division
· Anne Marie Sloth Carlsen, Senior Advisor on Environment and Sustainable Development, UNDP

With inputs from:
Government of India, to share experiences of implementing SCP at a national level
Senior representative from UNEP to share experiences of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on SCP
Senior representatives from business to reflect on the role of the private sector in delivering SCP in a global post-2015 framework

We hope you can join us for what promises to be an interesting and informative half day event on SCP.

Please RSVP to confirm your participation: freya.seath@bioregional.com