CSD-14 on energy, air pollution/atmosphere, climate change
and industrial development
The 14th session of CSD, which took place at the United Nations headquarters
in New York, 1-12 May 2006, focused on the topics of energy, air pollution/atmosphere,
climate change, and industrial development. This session reviewed progress,
and obstacles to progress, in meeting sustainable development goals in
the above four areas.
ICSU (together with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations)
submitted a Discussion Paper to CSD as official input from the S&T
Community. In the development of this Paper, information and perspectives
was sought from all ICSU National and Scientific Union Members and Interdisciplinary
Bodies.
For the CSD meeting, ICSU organized an international delegation of prominent
scientists and engineers to participate in the meeting discussions, and
delivered a formal statement at the high-level segment, attended by government
ministers from more than 90 countries.
ICSU also organized a side event on “Prediction of Climate Change
and its Impacts: State-of-knowledge and Priority Areas for Strengthening
Science-Policy Links.”; as well as a separate day-long gathering
among Major Groups representatives, which included a multi-stakeholder
discussion about defining R&D priorities in the area of energy.
The formal outcome of CSD-14 is the Chair’s Summary, on the
CSD website:
Statement by the Scientific and Technological Community at the High-level
Segment
Sustainable
Development
