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The
World
Summit on Sustainable Development |
The Johannesburg
Summit 2002, also known as Rio+10 and Earth Summit 2002, is the next big
meeting on how the world is doing at achieving sustainable development. From
September 2-11, 2002, it will bring together tens of thousands of participants,
including heads of state and government, national delegates and leaders from
non-governmental organizations, businesses and other major groups. The goal is
to get leaders to adopt concrete steps and identify quantifiable targets for
improving people's lives and conserving natural resources in a world that is
growing in population, and faces ever-increasing demands for food, water,
shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.
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Canada
and the Earth Summit 2002
This site reports on Canada’s preparations for the Johannesburg summit,
including the National Report to review progress Canada has made on meeting the
commitments it undertook at the 1992 Rio Summit. The initial framework for the
report has five themes: Health and Environment, International Environmental
Governance, Conservation and Stewardship, Sustainable Communities and Innovation
and Partnerships.
IISD's
Linkages Portal
The Winnipeg-based International
Institute for Sustainable Development has a major Internet portal to WSSD
preparations.
ICLEI
The Toronto-based International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives has
a series of links to events leading up the WSSD.
THE ROAD TO JOHANNESBURBG
| 1972 | Stockholm
Conference on the Human Environment, the first global environmental meeting,
advocated both environmental protection and human development, a concept later
described as sustainable development.
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| 1983 |
The United Nations votes to create the World Commission on Environment and
Development.
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| 1987 |
Our
Common Future, the report of the World Commission on Environment
and Development popularizes the term sustainable development, defined as
development “…that meets the needs of the present without comprising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
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| 1992 |
UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, also known as
the Earth Summit, is the largest-ever meeting of heads of state and government.
Leaders approve Agenda 21, a global action plan for sustainable development, and
a statement on the conservation of forests. Leaders begin to sign conventions on
climate change and biological diversity.
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| 1997 |
Five-year review of the Earth Summit
finds very limited progress in implementing the Rio agreements and promises.
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| 2002 |
The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg is the 10-year review of progress achieved in implementing the Rio agreements. |
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Background
links
A summary of Agenda 21 and the other Earth Summit agreements
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Statement
of forest principles