{"id":2298,"date":"2013-07-01T20:16:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T00:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.synapse9.com\/signals\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2013-09-11T09:45:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T14:45:55","slug":"un-devel-goals-omit-common-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synapse9.com\/signals\/un-devel-goals-omit-common-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Development Goals… leave out Common Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report I.<\/span> (below) 18 June – Comment to UN organizers of Final Report on MDG’s in dialog with Major Groups – \u00a0MDG solutions are not designed to hold, because the goals were defined as performance metrics not cultural growth and development. \u00a0JLH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Report II. <\/span>(above) Comment to UN President, Member State Delegates and UN SDG agencies, on the UN Sustainable Development Goal Progress Reports of UN Agency and Stakeholder Groups – UN Development Goals… Leave out the common needs for a world that works as a whole<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. UN\u00a0High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons, Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda <\/a>–\u00a0May 2013<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. UN Development Group:\u00a0The Global Conversation Begins – \u00a0Emerging views for an new Development Agenda<\/a> – June 2013<\/li>\n
  3. United Nations NGO and Civil Society Stakeholder Forum <\/span>Initial Stocking Taking Analysis of the SDGs eInventory<\/a> – June 2013<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. United Nations Global Compact: <\/span>Report on UN Post-2015 Development Agenda<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Sustainable Development Solutions Network<\/span> <\/a><\/span>An Action Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a> – June 6 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    by: <\/strong>Jessie Henshaw <\/strong>UN representative of Institute for Planetary Synthesis (IPS) & Science Adviser on natural systems to the\u00a0NGO Commons Cluster – PDF copy (See related problem\/solution discussions linked below) <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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    1 Jul 13 – Report II.<\/p>\n

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    Left out are the deep common interests we ALL share, a secure world working together as a whole. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

    The progress reports on the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals display an inspired cultural image of the future, but tragically omit the most important practical necessities of sustainability. Over time\u00a0the discussion has drifted, toward\u00a0being only about sustaining\u00a0ideal economic development,\u00a0quite overlooking the conflicting critical tasks\u00a0of sustaining the Earth. It\u2019s been thrilling to observe the process of dream weaving online, and\u00a0in the many meetings I\u2019ve attended\u00a0at the UN.\u00a0 \u00a0There\u2019s clearly been a massive response from the global social networks, and an eagerness to build a new vision for our future. The vision\u00a0we see forming is highly\u00a0impractical though.\u00a0\u00a0 For\u00a0me, as a natural systems scientist who understands the implications, it has been extremely painful to watch as the discussion proceeded, with the critically important steps of sustainability being consistently left out.<\/p>\n

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    What it being left out is<\/em><\/h3>\n
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    1. how the separate interests\u00a0of\u00a0people\u00a0will work together.<\/li>\n
    2. the steps needed for a\u00a0\u201csoft landing\u201d<\/em> for a world economy designed to grow forever, consuming the earth ever faster.<\/li>\n
    3. the steps for creating a stable world commons, as our secure and reliable niche on earth, where people can thrive within the earth\u2019s\u00a0natural boundaries.<\/li>\n
    4. how expanding investment in self-interests can avoid\u00a0causing ever growing resource conflicts between them,\u00a0already visibly becoming intense.<\/li>\n
    5. sound methods of \u201cinternalizing all externalities\u201d\u00a0such as whole systems accounting offers, to allow rational choices about\u00a0the impacts that businesses cause by operating, and their accumulating liabilities for our economic future and the earth\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n