A service of the International Council of Environmental Law -toward sustainable development - (ICEL)

A service of the International Council of Environmental Law - toward sustainable development - (ICEL)



Friday, November 4, 2011

Rio+20: IFSD Consultants' Report

Further to Decision 26/1* regarding "International Environmental Governance" adopted by the 26th UNEP Governing Council,  the Bureau for UNCSD (Rio+20) has now released the Consultants' Report on "Options for Broader Reform of the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD): Structural, Legal, and Financial Aspects" as well "UNEP comments on the draft consultants' Study on IFSD."


*"Invites the Prepartory Committee for the United Nations Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, in its consideration of the institutional framework for sustainable development, to consider the options for broader institutional reform identified in the Nairobi-Helsinki Outcome as a contribution to strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development by improving international environmental governance”; and

"Also invites the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development at its second session to initiate a full analysis of the financial, structural and legal implications and comparative advantages of the options identified in the Nairobi-Helsinki Outcome, using the expertise of relevant United Nations system entities, including the United Nations Environment Programme and relevant stakeholders and major groups eligible to participate in the Preparatory Committee".




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