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A/CONF.216/PC/8
(c) Further enhance awareness-raising and transparency in informationsharing;
(d) Ensure corporate social and environmental responsibility in private
sector decision-making.
Assessment of progress and remaining gaps
116. The process of developing integrated national sustainable development
strategies has advanced. While mainstreaming sustainable development into
economic planning processes is widely supported, further actions are needed to:
(a) Ensure that national budget allocations adequately reflect sustainable
development priorities;
(b) Deepen work on sustainable development indicators, including the
System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting;
(c) Include assessments of effects on poor and vulnerable populations;
(d) Institutionalize more inclusive access to information by poor and
vulnerable groups;
(e) Increase investments in science and technology and build technological
capabilities in all countries;
(f) Strengthen regulations and incentives for sustainable production and
consumption;
(g) Phase out environmentally harmful subsidies.
New and emerging issues
117. The importance of strengthening international support for and capacitybuilding
in countries most vulnerable to emerging sustainable development threats
like climate change is unquestioned. However, more effort is needed to:
(a) Enhance early warning, disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction;
(b) Increase capacity-building to protect biodiversity and ecosystems;
(c) Raise agricultural productivity sustainably and ensure food security;
(d) Slow deforestation and extend sustainable forest management;
(e) Address challenges of rapid urbanization in developing countries;
(f) Strengthen links among scientific research, education and policy;
(g) Ensure that scientific research incorporates local knowledge.
Green economy in the context of sustainable development and
poverty eradication
118. There is no consensus definition or model of a green economy. Rather,
approaches will differ with national priorities and policy contexts. A green economy
must be understood in relation to the Rio Declaration and Principles, and the
development and poverty eradication agendas remain central for developing
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