Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session
New York, 30 April-11 May, 2007
As the Policy Session of CSD in the two-year implementation cycle, the fifteenth session
of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15) served to take policy decisions
on practical measures and options to expedite implementation in the relevant thematic
areas: energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution/atmosphere
and climate change. For more information on the CSD, please visit: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/policy.htm
- CSD-15 Chairman's
Summary
- Speech delivered by Under Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert.
- Press
Release: UNDP, UNEP and World Bank commitment to strengthen cooperation on
energy access.
- Earth Negotiations Bulletin ENB On the Side coverage of CSD-15
Side Events.
UNDP-hosted events during CSD-15:
- 3 to 8 May, 2007: UNDP-hosted Knowledge Expo on Energizing the Millennium
Development Goals, featuring panel discussions on energy and gender, cooking fuels, mainstreaming
energy access for poverty reduction, and a UN-Energy side event. Click
here for more
information and presentations.
- 8 May, 2007: Side-Event: Capacity
Development for Expanding Access to Energy Services for the Poor, presented
by UNDP, ECOWAS, EAC and the Government of France.
- 11 May, 2007: Ministerial Luncheon on Delivering
Coordinated Action on the Ground to Respond to Energy Challenges, presented
by UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank.
Commission
on Sustainable Development, 14th Session
New York, 1-12 May, 2006
The fourteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14), the annual United Nations
intergovernmental negotiations on environment, took place at UN headquarters in New York from May 1 -
12, 2006. As part of a two-year cycle, CSD-14, was tasked to review progress in the thematic cluster
of energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution/atmosphere and climate change.
Specifically, CSD-14 was tasked with evaluating barriers and constraints and providing guidance on the
priority areas to be taken up at next year's CSD-15 policy session. For more information on the CSD,
please visit the official CSD website at the following link: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/review.htm
Energizing
the Millennium Development Goals:
KNOWLEDGE EXPO
New York, May
2006
The UNDP-hosted event was held from May 3 to May 5, 2006, during the fourteenth session of the UN Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD-14). The Expo featured a keynote address by Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute
at Columbia University, and many panel discussions and exhibits on energy and MDG topics. Click
here for more information and to download presentations.
Johannesburg
Summit 2002 – the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
Johannesburg, September 2002
The UN convened a World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa in September
2002. The Johannesburg Summit provided an opportunity for world leaders to adopt concrete steps and
identify quantifiable targets for better implementing Agenda 21.
For more information on the WSSD, please visit the official United
Nations website for the Johannesburg Summit 2002.
Commission
on Sustainable Development, 9th Session
New York, 16 - 27 April 2001
Energy was a key issue under consideration during the 9th session of the CSD. Numerous challenges
and recommendations were identified and ministers affirmed the critical role of energy in sustainable
development. In the Chairman’s summary of the high-level segment, it is concluded that “The
main challenge continues to be the provision of energy services to over 2 billion people in developing
countries currently without access to such services.” In this context, some proposed that the
World Summit on Sustainable Development should adopt a target of cutting by half by 2015 the proportion
of people without access to clean fuels and electricity.
Visit the CSD-9 website to
download reports
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the current CSD Session (CSD-13)
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