The document discusses Jacob Scherr's proposal for the United Nations to use crowdsourcing as a new platform to develop global sustainability goals. Scherr believes that past UN negotiations have failed to create an effective sustainability plan and that crowdsourcing could engage stakeholders around issues like global warming, clean energy, and pollution. He presented this idea at the Rio+20 Conference and argues the UN must consider crowdsourcing as a serious work process for addressing sustainability challenges.

1. Will the United Nations Support
Crowdsourcing Sustainability

2. Crowdsourcing Sustainability

3. Crowdsourcing Sustainability -- Is
That Even Possible?
● Jacob Scherr -- Director of Global Strategy &
Advocacy Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC)
● UN Conference on Sustainable
Development
● Known as Rio+20
● Designed to address that various
sustainability issues

4. At The Rio+20 Conference
● World leaders
● Government officials
● Private sector
● NGOs
...coming together to shape how we can reduce
poverty, advance social equity and ensure
environmental protection

5. Addressing Global Sustainability
● 190+ governments agree that a solid global
sustainability plan will lead to a more
prosperous future
● There have been a number of informal
sustainability meetings, at the UN
headquarters in NYC
● Unfortunately, these meetings have
produced more frustration than actual value

6. What Seems To Be The Issue
● It’s impossible to negotiate a single
sustainability plan for the entire planet
● Jacob Scherr explains that negotiations have
never worked before
● Jacob Scherr explains the UN must think
outside the box -- a new platform

7. The New Platform
● This new platform would be the foundation of
all global sustainability goals
● This platform will not only encourage
stakeholders but hold them responsible
● Jacob Scherr states that this new work
process is -- crowdsourcing

8. What The Crowd Can Address
● Global warming
● Clean energy
● Preventing pollution
● Reviving the World’s oceans
● UN must take this work process seriously

9. What are your thoughts on the
possible use of crowdsourcing all
global sustainability goals?

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