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GEO-6 Regional Assessment for Latin America and the Caribbean


development, exacerbate other tropical diseases such as leishmaniosis (WHO 2015). Recent outbreaks of the Zika virus are causing significant health effects among new-borns.


1.2.5 Sustainable Consumption and Production


Patterns of production and consumption within the region have been placing growing stress on the region’s natural capital, as outlined in later sections of this report. Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) has thus become an important area in the sustainability agendas of LAC countries.


The LAC region has been firmly committed to the implementation of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP): SCP is seen as “an important approach to mitigate the effects of desertification and climate change, and to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, and other global and regional environmental priorities”. The Regional SCP Strategy, developed in 2003, has been revised and updated in the context of the 10YFP (UNEP 2015b); it also integrates the decisions of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of LAC, and the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


During the XVII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment for LAC, the ministers stated in their Decision number 5 their willingness to: “support the implementation of the priority areas of SCP […]” and initially include inter alia the following priority themes:


• National SCP policies, programmes and strategies;


• Small and medium enterprises; • Sustainable public procurement; and •


Sustainable lifestyles.


Subsequently Decision number 7 of the XIX Meeting of the Forum, the ministers recalled the 4 priorities mentioned above and reiterated “… the commitment of the Latin American and the Caribbean Region to support the 10YFP


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and to maintain a leading role in its implementation”. In the same Decision the ministers stressed the importance and commitment to “foster additional programmes for the 10 YPF on integrated sustainable waste management” and “request the consideration of an additional programme […] for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)”.


Accordingly, the Ministers of the Environment of the LAC region approved the following nine thematic and sectoral priorities for the Regional Strategy on SCP for the 10YFP implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean (2015- 2022). These include:


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• Sustainable public procurement •


National SCP policies, programmes and strategies Sustainable lifestyles and education


• Consumer information • Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism • Sustainable buildings and construction • Sustainable food systems • Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) • Integrated waste management


1.2.6 Good governance


The Report of the United Nations Secretary General’s High- Level Panel on Global Sustainability on Strengthening Institutional Governance noted that: “To achieve sustainable development, we need to build an effective framework of institutions and decision-making processes at the local, national, regional and global levels. We must overcome the legacy of fragmented institutions established around single- issue “silos”; deficits of both leadership and political space; lack of flexibility in adapting to new kinds of challenges and crises; and a frequent failure to anticipate and plan both challenges and opportunities - all of which undermine both policymaking and delivery on the ground.”


Despite the progress made in the region in terms of environmental governance, some critical gaps remain at the country level for several countries in the region, which


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