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SDGs: Asia-Pacific Perspectives for the Post-
2015 Development Agenda- Inputs from IGES: focus on implementationdrawing upon lessons from March 11-
Hideyuki MoriPresident
Institute for GlobalEnvironmental Strategies (IGES)
7 May 2012, ADB HQ in Manila, Philippines
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Goods and Services
Market Mechanism
PhysicalCapital
NaturalCapital
HumanCapital
SocialCapital
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Basic Framework for the Integrated MDGs
Basic Framework: An environmentally safe
and socially just space for humanity Nine planetary boundaries (Environmental
ceilin : climate chan e, biodiversit loss,
nitrogen cycle, ocean acidification, etc.
Eleven social boundaries (Social floor);
Income, health, education, food, gender, jobs,resilience, water, energy, social equity, etc
(Source: Oxfam discussion paper, Feb 2012)
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Experiences with NSDS (National Sustainable DevelopmentStrategies) are mixed.
Key to effective implementation is introduction of specificmechanisms and systems at the national level.
Cities played an important role by introducing local agenda21.
Civil society and business are empowered to take their own
initiatives.
The above remain true, but new trends such as rapidlyincreasing middle class in Asia and continued vulnerability
in most parts of Asia need to be taken into account.Relevant messages in this respect will be drawn from
experiences from the Eastern Japan Triple Disaster inMarch 2011.
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Coastal village being engulfed by the Tsunami on March 11
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Disaster Management
If natural disaster is not avoidable, we need to establish theway to minimize the damage and way to be resilient.
Asia is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. Accordingto UNISDR, from 2000-2009, almost 85% of global deaths
from natural disasters occurred in this region.
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Sustainable development can be disruptedby big natural disasters like the March 11
The resilience of societies is critical for quickand effective recovery
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Sustainable and Resilient Society (1)
Why Resilience? A resilient society has adaptive capacity and robustness
Handle shocks while maintaining functionality
Grow stronger over time.
Extreme events can damage past achievements
Delay progress on sustainable development.
Resilience enablesa quick return
Social,
Economic, andEnvironmental
Condition
Time
Disruption from shockdue to vulnerability
Sustainable Development Pathway
resilience and vulnerability in sustainable development.
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A few Features of March 11
In this emergency, however, no looting and rioting
happened in the affected areas. Some report thatvictims have given up hope but this is not the case.But it is the demonstration of mutual trust andsocial bonds still existing at local level.
Assistance from the international communityincluding developing countries came and it showedreciprocity in the time of crisis. This reciprocity isthe basis of international trust and can also serveas an important basis for sustainable development.
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Mountains of debris still remaining in Tsunami affected coastal cities
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Importance of local decision making
Debris still remain in the affected areas and
this is due to lengthy governmentprocedures to deliver the necessary budgetfor debris clearance and a rigid application
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of the government technical guidelines.
Decentralized local governments
decision making power is thereforeconsidered critical for quick recovery, whichfits into the realities faced in affected areas.
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Swift financing for recovery
Swift financing is a key to revive damaged
local industries. In many cases heavybureaucracy prevalent in the governmenthindered quick delivery of necessary finance.
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One good example this time is an attemptmade by the association of local oyster
farms. They obtained adequate fundsthrough an innovative mechanism utilizingthe internet.
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Before Disaster After Disaster
Oyster Farm in a Tsunami Affected Area in Tohoku
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Rescue workers searching for Tsunami victims in Fukushima
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Implications of Fukushima
Perception of risk: To what extent a risk associated
with a particular technology should be comparedwith risks associated with other alternativetechnologies,
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consulted, what would be the role of experts, andwhat would be the decision making processagreeable to all key stakeholders.
Sound governance: Promotion and regulation ofparticular technologies should be separated toensure proper check and balance.
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Decentralized system and life style change
Due to highly centralized energy system in Japan,people suffered from power cuts and had to wait forlong time for power recovery.
More distributed ener s stem backed b renewable
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energy is important to make the society more resilient.Appropriate policies such as the FIT needs to beintroduced.
Life style change is a key for demand control, for whichpolicies such as peak cut electricity pricing, subsidyschemes (eco-points), and public campaigns are useful.
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Distributed Energy System in Tohoku
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Thank you very much for your attention.
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