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World
Summit on Sustainable Development
WSSD
Introduction
Over the last decade, there
has been progress on putting the principles of sustainable development into
action, but many fundamental challenges remain. The impacts of globalisation
- increasingly the central context for international decision-making - were
not addressed at all in Rio. For both rich and poor countries, much more is
needed to place sustainable development as a central policy objective at every
level, and to implement the plans agreed previously. Poor countries require
access to resources, technology, markets to develop and good governance systems.
Rich countries will need to show real commitment to changing unsustainable patterns
of consumption and production and moving towards far greater efficiency in resource
use. Civil society and private sector action is central to these needs, and
means to integrate it, into what was once a government-heavy agenda, are sorely
needed.
This is a challenge for
society as a whole, but governments must create the climate in which real change
is possible. The UN is convening a World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2002. The Johannesburg Summit offers
a major opportunity to develop understanding of these issues, and have a mature
debate on practical ways to achieve progress.
For
more information on WSSD, go to the IIED web site
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Future is Now
In preparation for
the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg
in September 2002, IIED is launching a new series, The Future is Now,
to learn from the past and to inform the future. The series will be comprised
of four issues. We hope it will give the reader an overview of what was
accomplished at Rio and the challenges that remain and must be tackled
at Johannesburg.
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| WSSD
Briefing Papers
A set of WSSD Briefing
Papers are published by IIED in collaboration with the Regional and International
Networking Group (RING).
For more information
as well as a full set of Briefing Papers, go
to the IIED web site
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| National
Strategies for Sustainable Development. Strategies For Sustainable Development:
Meeting The Challenge |
46 KB |
| Drylands
management |
41 KB |
| Sustainability
and trade |
41 KB |
| Poverty
and environment |
40 KB |
| Ecological
debt |
43 KB |
Food and
Agriculture - the impact of
agribusiness |
41 KB |
| Local
Agenda 21s |
44 KB |
| Biodiversity |
44 KB |
| Mining
and Sustainable Development |
40 KB |
| Health
and Sustainable Development |
44 KB |
Links
For more information on
the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, including
links to other sites, click here.
Sommet Mondial sur le
Développement Durable 
For a French Language
web site on the 2002 Johannesburg Summit go to: http://www.sommetjohannesburg.org/
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