The Stockholm+50 Preparatory Meeting

28 March 2022. UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was be convened by the President of the General Assembly and was chaired by the Stockholm+50 co-hosts, Sweden and Kenya. 

See Programme + Concept note

The meeting was structured around three consecutive interactive discussions on the preparations for the three Stockholm+50 Leadership Dialogues and considered other preparations for the international meeting on 2-3 June 2022. 

 After the Food Systems Summit, climate COP26, the High Level Dialogue on Energy, UNEA5.2, and UNEP@50, and ahead of climate COP27 and biodiversity COP15 amongst other key events, Stockholm+50 is a timely opportunity to reinforce the 1972 principles and to generate urgent actions for a healthy planet for the prosperity through 3 dialogues: 

Leadership Dialogue 1: Reflecting on the urgent need for actions to achieve a healthy planet and prosperity of all Leadership 

Draft background paper for Leadership Dialogue 1 # 5 p. 

• The background paper highlights the urgency for key actions to achieve a healthy planet for all – for health, for equity, for rights, for job opportunities, for development now and in the future, and for all life on Earth. It also offers a set of questions to explore pathways of regeneration, recovery, rebalance, renewal and reimagining – all of which will help to transform commitments to action.
• Page 3 Food systems are one of the key drivers of biodiversity loss and changes in land- and water use, and they are also impacted by biodiversity degradation and climate change. Interventions in food production and consumption can bring simultaneous multiple benefits to human and planetary health as well as to jobs and livelihoods. Governments, businesses and consumers can do better on what we grow, how we grow it, how we distribute it, and how we tackle food loss and waste. These steps could all ensure greater  resilience of food supply chains.

Dialogue 2: Achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic Leadership

Draft background paper for Leadership Dialogue 2 # 6 p. 

• Page 2: The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on the world’s food security and nutrition – over 800 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020, over 160 million more than in 2019.
• Page 4: Innovative technologies that are required to support the transformation of high impact sectors will need to be integrated into recovery measures. (...) There is immense potential for developing economies to ‘leapfrog’ obsolete. 
• Page 5:  South-South and triangular cooperation is essential now more than ever. Such global cooperation will need to embrace technology co-development and cooperation, replication of technologies, enhanced infrastructure and skills, increased access to data and knowledge exchange for capacity building. technologies and models.

Dialogue 3: Accelerating the implementation of the environmental dimension of Sustainable Development in the context of the Decade of Action 

Draft background paper for Leadership Dialogue 3

• Page 3: It is crucial that increased public and private capital is directed to systemic and transformational change in countries where green transition processes are underfunded. Although the USD 100 billion Copenhagen commitment has yet to be met, there was modest progress at COP26, including through increases in pledges to the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund. 
• Page 4: Larger volumes of finance urgently need to flow to developing countries at lower cost – and quickly. Regional or global partnerships and mechanisms to pool risks could provide a possible solution to channel funding quickly where it is needed most, and to finance sustainable recoveries from emergencies and disasters.

 

Upcoming:
5 upcoming Regional Multi-Stakeholder Consultations for Stockholm+50: ‘A healthy planet for the prosperity for all.’

The regional consultations will be held as follows:

1. Asia and the Pacific: 4-5 April 2022 | More info and register
2. Latin America and the Caribbean: 5-6 April 2022 | More info and register
3. Africa: 12-13 April 2022 | More info and register
4. Europe: End of April TBC | More info coming soon
5. West Asia: 11-12 May 2022 | More info coming soon

The regional consultations are open to government representatives, all major groups, stakeholders, and the private sector (accredited or not accredited by UNEP and ECOSOC), to share their actions towards a healthy planet and a sustainable recovery and bring to the table their commitments and pledges for action and implementation.

Here you will find more information about all Multi-Stakeholder Consultations.

5-6 April 2022. Regional consultation Africa

Parallel Working Groups on Africa’s priorities

Working Group 4: ‘SUSTAINABLE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS: Safeguarding productivity and ensuring access for all’Themes: Climate Smart Agriculture, Sustainability in Food Value Chains 

• Co-facilitator: Ms. Beatrice Gakuba - Afrika Women Agribusiness Network (tbc)
• Prof. Baldwyn Torto, Principal Scientist, icipe

Working Group 5: ‘CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Scaling up action in high impact sectors 

’Themes: Circularity action within ACEA 5 big bets (Textiles & fashion, Plastics and Packaging, Electronic Waste, Built environment & Food systems), Green jobs, youth reskilling and employment 

Themes: Climate Smart Agriculture, Sustainability in Food Value Chains 

• Co-facilitators: Ms. Bonmwa Fwangkwal, Programme Officer, African Circular Economy Alliance, Eng. I. B. 
• Nartey-Tokoli, Managing Director, Jekora Ventures Limited (tbc)