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SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT
GOALS

#Sustainable Environment
Presented by:

ALBERT A. MAGALANG
Chief, Climate Change Division
Environmental Management Bureau
DENR

OUTLINE
Outcomes

of Millennium Development Goals


(lessons learned and challenges)

Transition

from MDG to Sustainable Development Goals

Introducing

SDG Opportunities

Defining

#SustainableEnvironment

Ongoing

Initiatives/Proposed Plans of Actions

SDG-related

DENR Undertakings

MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS (MDGs)

Outcomes of MDGs
The final MDG Report found that the 15-year effort has produced the most successful antipoverty movement in history:

Since 1990, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than
half.

The proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has fallen by almost
half.

The primary school enrolment rate in the developing regions has reached 91 percent,
and many more girls are now in school compared to 15 years ago.

Remarkable gains have also been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis.

The under-five mortality rate has declined by more than half, and maternal mortality is
down 45 percent worldwide.

The target of halving the proportion of people who lack access to improved sources of
water was also met.

Outcomes of MDGs

Outcomes of MDG

TRANSITION FROM MDG TO SDG


MDGs

that preceded the SDGs, were strong on monitoring and tracking,


but did not build in an evaluation function.

MDGs

established measurable, universally-agreed objectives for


eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, preventing deadly but treatable
disease, and expanding educational opportunities to all children, among
other development imperatives.

MDGs

drove progress in several important areas:


Income poverty
Access to improved sources of water
Primary school enrollment
Child mortality

TRANSITION FROM MDG TO SDG

With the job unfinished for millions of peoplewe need to go the last mile on
ending hunger, achieving full gender equality, improving health services and
getting every child into school. Now we must shift the world onto a sustainable
path. The SDGs aim to do just that, with 2030 as the target date.

This new development agenda applies to all countries, promotes peaceful and
inclusive societies, creates better jobs and tackles the environmental challenges
of our timeparticularly climate change. In December 2015, world leaders
reached a historic global agreement on climate change at the Paris Climate
Conference.

The Sustainable Development Goals must finish the job that the Millennium
Development Goals started, and leave no one behind.

SDG Opportunities
The

concept of the SDGs was born at the United Nations Conference


on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in 2012. The objective was to
produce a set of universally applicable goals that balances the three
dimensions of sustainable development: environmental, social, and
economic.

The

SDGs refer to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted


by the 193-Member United Nations General Assembly at the Sustainable
Development Summit held in New York on 2527 September 2015. They
include 17 goals and 169 targets with 230 global indicators.

SDG Opportunities
The

new agenda serves as a launch pad for renewed cooperation


over the next 15 years to end poverty in all its forms, promote shared
prosperity, and support sustainable development for everyone.

So

192 states have committed to having a national evaluation system


in their countries. This puts evaluation front and centre, as the agent
of change for the world we seek.

The

strategies will be mainstreamed in the next medium-term


development plan, the Public Investment Program, and the yearly
Budget Priorities Framework, and will be further elaborated in the
various subnational and sectoral development plans

The 17 SDGs
Goal 1: No poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2: Zero hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all
Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

The 17 SDGs
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and
productive employment, and decent work for all
Goal 9: Industry, innovation, infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization, and foster innovation

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities


Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable

Goal 12: Responsible consumption, production


Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

The 17 SDGs
Goal 13: Climate action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 14: Life below water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable
development
Goal 15: Life on land
Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage
forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice
for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable
development

Defining #SustainableEnvironment

THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY


The definition of sustainability is the study of how natural systems function, remain
diverse and produce everything it needs for the ecology to remain in balance. It also
acknowledges that human civilisation takes resources to sustain our modern way of
life.
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm

The three pillars of sustainability are a powerful tool for


defining the complete sustainability problem.
This consists of at least the economic, social, and
environmental pillars. If any one pillar is weak then the
system as a whole is unsustainable.

Sustainable Environment
A state in which the demands placed on the
environment can be met without reducing its
capacity to allow all people to live well, now
and in the future.
Definition from Financial Times Lexicon

Ongoing SDG-Related Actions

Guiding Principle 2.2

Guiding Principle 2.3

Guiding Principle 2.7

Guiding Principle 2.10

Guiding Principle 2.11


Guiding Principle 2.12

Guiding Principle 2.13

Guiding Principle 2.14

To build the adaptive capacity of communities and increase the resilience of natural
ecosystems to climate change, and optimize mitigation opportunities towards sustainable
development;
The Philippines, as a State Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), is committed to its core principle of common but differentiated
responsibilities and respective capabilities.
The national priorities, and therefore, the pillars, of the NFSCC Framework Strategy on Climate
Change shall be adaptation and mitigation, with an emphasis on adaptation as the anchor
strategy. Whenever applicable, mitigation actions shall also be pursued as a function of
adaptation;
The Framework adopts the Philippine Agenda 21 for Sustainable Development, to fulfill human
needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment for current and future
generations;
The principle of complementation shall be observed to ensure that climate change initiatives
by one sector do not restrict the adaptation of other sectors;
The Framework recognizes the roles of agencies and their respective mandates as provided by
law. The Framework also recognizes the principle of subsidiarity and the role of local
governments as front-liners in addressing climate change;
The Framework recognizes the value of forming multi-stakeholder participation and
partnerships in climate change initiatives, including partnerships with civil society, the private
sector and local governments, and especially with indigenous peoples and other marginalized
groups most vulnerable to climate change impacts; and
Policy and incentive mechanisms to facilitate private sector participation in addressing
adaptation and mitigation objectives shall be promoted and supported.

National Climate Change Action Plan


(2011 2028)

Intermediate
Outcomes

Enhanced adaptive
capacity of communities,
resilience of natural
ecosystems, and
sustainability of built
environment to climate
change.

Goal:
To build the adaptive capacities of women and men in
their communities, increase the resilience of vulnerable
sectors and natural ecosystems to climate change, and
optimize mitigation opportunities towards a genderresponsive and rights-based sustainable development

Successful
transition
towards
climate-smart
development.

climatesmart to
emphasize
the need for
adaptive
mitigation

Ultimate Outcomes

Integrating SD in the INDC Development Process


MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS : DESCRIBES ANY STRUCTURED APPROACH USED
TO DETERMINE OVERALL PREFERENCES AMONG ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

Decision-making tool

Used to identify a single most preferred option

To rank options (Criteria identification)

To short-list a limited number of options for subsequent detailed


appraisal

Simply distinguish acceptable from unacceptable possibilities

100 %

100 %

MCA

MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS

SECTOR

WEIGHT ASSESMENT
SOLID WASTE

CRITERIA 1

Weight (%)

GHG
Reduction
Potential

20

Feasibility

Sustainable
Development

20

60

CRITERIA 2

Weight (%)

TRANSPORT

ENERGY

WASTEWATER

FORESTRY

Weight Weight
Weight (%) Weight (%)
(%)
(%)

Specific GHG Reduction /


Avoidance

70

100

100

100

100

Scalability of GHG
reduction/avoidance

30

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Implementability

60

60

60

40

30

Cost

40

40

40

60

70

Economic

40

30

60

20

30

Social

20

35

23

20

30

Environment

40

35

17

60

40

2030 SDGs and Targets

PDP 2011-2016
ONGOING EFFORTS

Requires balancing act between


meeting electricity needs and
protecting the environment.
To be able to achieve this goal, most
developing countries would need
significant support on clean energy
research; investments on renewable
energy and clean energy technology
development; as well the required
infrastructure for these technologies.

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Promotion of Renewable Energy,


pursuant to the Renewable
Energy Act (9513):
- Keeping renewable energy
share at no less than 30
percent mix of total energy
mix (DOE Circular 2015-070014);
Ensuring sustainable renewable
energy resource
management(EO No. 206 s.
2016), and
Development of a Policy on CoalFired Power Plants (Climate
Change Commission Resolution
2016-001)

PDP 2011-2016
ONGOING EFFORTS
Launching of the Green
Building Code

Create good, affordable public


housing, upgrade slum settlements,
invest in public transport, create green
spaces and get broader range of
people involved in urban planning
decisions.

Strengthen national and regional


development planning and increase
number of cities adopting plans and
policies towards CC adaptation,
mitigation and disaster resilient.
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Mainstreaming CCA and


DRRM in national and local
plans
-

Supplemental Guidelines for


Mainstreaming Disaster Risk
Assessment and Climate
Change Vulnerability
Assessment in the Provincial
Development and Physical
Framework Plan (PDPFP); and

Supplemental Guidelines for


Mainstreaming Climate Change
Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Reduction in the
Comprehensive Land Use Plan
(CLUP)

PDP 2011-2016
ONGOING EFFORTS
1305 LGUs with approved
SWM Plan and 9335 MRF
established servicing 12607
barangays nationwide
Sustainable management and
efficient use of natural resources

Reducing waste through adopting


sustainable practice to minimize the
adverse impacts to human health and
environment.
Strengthen scientific and
technological capacity to move
towards more sustainable patterns of
consumption and production

Enactment of the Green Jobs


Act
Institutionalization of GHG
Inventory (EO 174)
National Appropriate
Mitigation Actions (NAMAS)
and Low Emission
Development Strategies
(LEDS) for the Philippines

PDP 2011-2016
ONGOING EFFORTS

Aims to strengthen resilience


and adaptive capacity through
integration of climate change
into development planning,
improving IEC and human
capacity and mobilizing
resources for climate change
adaptation and mitigation.

National Framework Strategy on


Climate Change,2010-2022 and
National Climate Change Action Plan,
2011-2028, as provided for under the
Climate Change Act (RA 9729)
National Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Plan, 2011-2028, as
provided for under the DRRM Act
Provision of CC and DRRM data,
vulnerability assessment (VA) tools and
methodology and installation of
automatic weather stations (AWS) and
early warning system
Completion of geological hazard
maps (1:50,000 and 1:10,000)

PDP 2011-2016
ONGOING EFFORTS

Aims to strengthen resilience


and adaptive capacity through
integration of climate change
into development planning,
improving IEC and human
capacity and mobilizing
resources for climate change
mitigation and climate change
adaptation.

Allocation of financial resources for


climate change and disaster risk
reduction and management,
through the People Survival Fund (RA
10174) and Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Fund (RA 10121)
Tracking of government spending on
climate change through climate
expenditures tagging
Rehabilitation and recovery efforts
(e.g., Yolanda Recovery and
Reconstruction Plan)
Implementation of capacity building
programs on CCA/M (e.g., NGP)

National Greening Program


The National Greening Program (NGP) is a massive forest rehabilitation program of the government
established by virtue of Executive Order No. 26 issued on Feb. 24, 2011 by President Benigno S.
Aquino III. It seeks to grow 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares nationwide within a period of six
years, from 2011 to 2016.

Aside from being a reforestation initiative, the NGP is also seen as a climate change mitigation
strategy as it seeks to enhance the countrys forest stock to absorb carbon dioxide, which is largely
blamed for global warming. It is also designed to reduce poverty, providing alternative livelihood
activities for marginalized upland and lowland households relating to seedling production and care
and maintenance of newly-planted trees.

As a convergence initiative among the Departments of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and DENR, half
of the targeted trees to be planted under the program would constitute forest tree species intended
for timber production and protection as well. The other 50% would comprised of agroforestry
species.

Areas eligible for rehabilitation under the program include all lands of the public domain. Specifically,
these include forestlands, mangrove and protected areas, ancestral domains, civil and military
reservation, urban greening areas, inactive and abandoned mine sites and other suitable lands.

Medium Term Plan on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants


(SLCP) Reduction (2016-2021)
The mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) such as methane. Black carbon,
tropospheric ozone and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is part of the overarching climate
goal of the country.
Objectives:

Enhance national capacity to take action on prioritized measures to mitigate SLCPs

Develop national action plan for SLCP reduction in the Philippines

Leverage finance to support SLCP mitigation programs and initiatives in the country

Enhance awareness and promote SLCP mitigation in the Asia Pacific region

Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the


Examples:
Goal 13 Climate Action

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climaterelated hazards and natural disasters in all countries ;
Goal 15 Life on Land: esp.

15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and


sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater
ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands,
mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under
international agreements
15.9 By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values
into national and local planning, development processes, poverty
reduction strategies and account

EbA in the Sustainable Development Goals


Examples:
Goal 14 Life below Water: esp.
14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal
ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by
strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in
order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities: esp.

11.b By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human


settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans
towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to
climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement,
in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 20152030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

EbA in the SDGs


Examples:
Goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation: esp.
11.b By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems,
including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
Goal 2 Zero Hunger:

2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and


implement resilient agricultural practices that increase
productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that
strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme
weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that
progressively improve land and soil quality

EbA in the Paris Agreement (Article 7 Adaptation)


2. () adaptation is a key component () to protect people,
livelihoods and ecosystems ()
5. () adaptation actions should follow a country driven,
gender responsive, participatory and fully transparent approach
taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and
ecosystems ()
9. Each party shall () engage in adaptation planning and ()
implementation () which may include ()

(c) The assessment of climate change impacts and


vulnerability () taking into account vulnerable people,
places and ecosystems;
(e) Building the resilience of socioeconomic and
ecological systems, incl. through economic diversification
and sustainable management of natural resources

ROLES of the KEY SECTORS


NEDA proposes to meet the SDGs, we may need legislation:
centralized coordinating and reporting mechanism to be in place for both the long-term
vision and the SDGs
For monitoring SDGs, focusing on addressing issues on data availability and
disaggregation, definition, measurement method and accountability mechanism
important to involve the legislative branch, since some action may require legislation and the
local government units, given our devolved governance structure

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board approved a resolution enjoining government


agencies at the national and subnational/local levels to provide the necessary data support to
monitor the countrys performance on the SDGs

ROLES of the KEY SECTORS


academe and research community to come up with methodologies for cost-effective
monitoring systems for the SDGs
development partners to increase support for strengthening data collection and capacitybuilding
institutions and government departments should integrate the evaluation of the SDGs, in all
policies
international support to help build the capacity of governments to mobilize and share
knowledge, expertise, and technology and financial resources.

Thank you.

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