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Conference Calls for Industrial Clean-up
COPENHAGEN : The outlook for cleaner Industrial development grew brighter at the conclusion here of the ministerial-level International Conference on Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development (14-18 October). Organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and hosted by the Danish Government, ft brought together some 400 delegates from 100 countries of the North and. South.
Ministers laid most of the blame for world industrial pollution on the doorstep of the industrialized nations.
"Because the greater part of current emission of pollution into the environment originates in developed countries", their report states, "these countries bear the main responsibility for combating such pollution."
They called for international co-operation between all countries, especially between developed and developing countries, as essential to acquiring and using relevant scientific information and envi-ronmentally-sound technologies.
Government and Industry were hsked to work together in using existing, as well as establishing new mechanisms that promoted pollution prevention, waste minimization, cleaner production, energy efficiency and rational use of natural resources and in making these available to the Third World.
This would entail mobilization of financial resources and enhanced technical co-operation with developing countries, at bilateral and multilateral levels. At the same time, additional financial resources would have to be channelled to the South.
Acknowledging the fundamental interdependence between economic growth and environmental protection, ministers called for new approaches to industrialization that would allow industry to contribute to economic and social benefits for present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs and without impairing basic ecological processes.
Reduction of pollution intensity in all industrial activities through cleaner production was recognized as the key to achieving ecologically sustainable industrial development (ESID).
Emphasizing the central role of industry and industrial institutions in the transition to ESID, the Conference agreed on a number of initiatives that would be netded in this endeavour.
They included pollution prevention: integration of environmental awareness and responsibility at all management levels; adherence to environmental codes of conduct increased R+D activities for cleaner production: use of substitute materials; "cradle-to-grave" assessment approach to industrial products and projects; and application of cleaner industrial production processes and more rational use of natural resources; de-
velopment, transfer and adaption of environmentally-sound technologies, knpw-how and skills lo meet the needs of other countries, particularly the South; mobilization of financial resources and development of human resources towards this end; and provision of Information on envi-ronmentally-sound management and energy conservation.
Transnational companies as well as other foreign investors were encouraged to apply standards of environmental responsibility similar to those in their home countries to operations in their host countries.
Ministers encouraged nongovernmental organizations representing all parties involved in the Industrial process to carry out and participate In ESID activities.
Turning to government initiatives to achieve ESID, the Conference called on governments to review the environ-
mental impact of current and planned policies and build in environmental concerns. They were asked to establish new or strengthen existing procedures for reviewing industrial projects with potentially significant environmental effects; apply a balanced mix of regulatory and economic instruments; and design policies based on the "polluter pays" principle.
Al an international level, Ministers recommended that governments increase international co-operation in mobilizing financial resources for achieving ESID.
Noting that transfer of techniques and technologies was one of the keys to pollution prevention and cleaner production, ministers agreed to encourage international cooperation in their transfer.
The Conference also called for international co-operation in addressing concerns about
linkages between the environment and trade in manufactured goods.
UNIDO and other United Nations organizations dealing with environmental Issues were apked to co-ordinate their efforts. Because to the critical situation In the least developed countries, ministers saw the need for special measures lo support their ESID endeavours.
UI DO was asked to assist developing countries In a number of other ways, Including building their scientific and technical capacity for pollution prevention and cleaner production essential to ESID; Implementing International environmental conventions ' and protocols; determining the environmental soundness of Industrial technologies; integrating environmental considerations Into their Industrial strategies and policies; and identifying financial resources to help achieve ESID.