Earth Summit 2002

Author : Felix Dodds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134206735

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Earth Summit 2002 by Felix Dodds Pdf

'As we start the preparations for the Earth Summit in 2002, 10 years from Rio and 30 years from Stockholm, we need to set targets and dates that are realistic to deliver the change that is needed. There will also need to be a debate on the international machinery to achieve what we want, and 2002 will be significant in setting out the direction. This book has drawn in some of the key people who are working to make 2002 a significant event' FROM THE FOREWORD BY KLAUS TOPFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AND CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS At the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, world leaders adopted a comprehensive programme of action for implementing sustainable development worldwide. As preparations for Earth Summit 2002 proceed, leading players from around the world present a frank assessment of progress to date. They set goals and describe mechanisms that will enable the international community to complete the tasks set in Rio and prepare for new challenges and opportunities. This book will be a catalyst for the public and political momentum required to push forward the global sustainable development agenda.

Author : Felix Dodds,Michael Strauss,with Maurice F. Strong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136261909

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Only One Earth by Felix Dodds,Michael Strauss,with Maurice F. Strong Pdf

Forty years after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012. This book will enable a broad readership to understand what has been achieved in the past forty years and what hasn’t. It shows the continuing threat of our present way of living to the planet. It looks to the challenges that we face twenty years from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, "The Earth Summit," in Rio, in particular in the areas of economics and governance and the role of stakeholders. It puts forward a set of recommendations that the international community must address now and in the the future. It reminds us of the planetary boundaries we must all live within and and what needs to be addressed in the next twenty years for democracy, equity and fairness to survive. Finally it proposes through the survival agenda a bare minimum of what needs to be done, arguing for a series of absolute minimum policy changes we need to move forward.

Author : L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402036523

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The World Summit on Sustainable Development by L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath Pdf

This book provides an overview of the most important issues as they are dealt with in the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development’s Plan of Implementation. It addresses the science behind the discussions on poverty, production and consumption patterns, water, energy, Small Island Developing States, sustainability issues in Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America, and the role of the financial world in the sustainable development of education, science and research.

Author : L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402036538

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The World Summit on Sustainable Development by L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath Pdf

This book provides an overview of the most important issues as they are dealt with in the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development’s Plan of Implementation. It addresses the science behind the discussions on poverty, production and consumption patterns, water, energy, Small Island Developing States, sustainability issues in Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America, and the role of the financial world in the sustainable development of education, science and research.

Author : Kenny Bruno,Joshua Karliner
Publisher : Food First Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0935028897

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Earthsummit.biz by Kenny Bruno,Joshua Karliner Pdf

A muckraking expose of corporate greenwashing and of the disturbing trend toward U.N.-corporate "partnerships" that give corporations good PR without requiring them to improve their behavior. In the decade between the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, transnational corporations have increasingly used their resources to deter regulation, suppress opposing voices, and try to buy civil society's acquiescence with slick PR. But we don't have to acquiesce, and neither should the U.N. The United Nations may not be perfect, argue Kenny Bruno and Joshua Karliner, but in its principles and structure it has the potential to counter the WTO-a potential it is squandering, say the authors. earthsummit.biz exposes the current state of corporate rhetoric vs. corporate reality and debunks the paradigm of transnational "responsibility" and self-regulation. It contains 18 corporate case studies, as well as the complete texts of the U.N.'s toothless Global Compact with corporations, and the Global Compact's civil society counterpart, the Citizens Compact on the United Nations and Corporations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1011612569

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World Summit on Sustainable Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Canada. Environment Canada,Earth Summit 2002 Canadian Secretariat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Canada
ISBN : UIUC:30112063469214

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Sustainable Development by Canada. Environment Canada,Earth Summit 2002 Canadian Secretariat Pdf

This report provides an overview of Canada's major environmental, social and economic developments over the last decade. It highlights some of Canada's successes, speaks of some of the remaining challenges and explores some of the current efforts underway to meet those challenges. It examines, more specifically, the following: decision-making structures and processes; social sustainability; sustainable communities; health and environment; conservation and stewardship of biodiversity; sustainable development of natural resources; climate change; the Canadian Arctic; international cooperation.

Author : Derek Osborn,Tom Bigg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134054060

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Earth Summit II by Derek Osborn,Tom Bigg Pdf

In June 1997, heads of government and senior representatives from over 130 countries met in New York to consider what progress had been made since the first Earth Summit in 1992, and la decide upon priorities for the future. Earth Summit II presents the principal official documents agreed al the Summit alongside an authoritative analysis of where progress is and is not being made, the reasons for this, and the priorities of the parties involved. Finally, the authors look forward to the ten-year follow-up in 2002, and propose methods for ensuring that that event is both effective and participatory. Insightful and comprehensive, this will be essential reading for policy makers, lobbyists and students on environment and development courses.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-03
Category : Agenda 21
ISBN : 1482672774

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Agenda 21 by United Nations Pdf

Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. Its purpose is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels. The "21" in Agenda 21 refers to the 21st century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : OCLC:1200940713

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Earth Summit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Flavin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 039305053X

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State of the World 2002 by Christopher Flavin Pdf

In "State of the World 2002," the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team describes how to meet the complex challenges of restoring a sustainable balance between the growing human population, rising levels of consumption, and the threats to the natural systems that support all life on the Earth.The book provides concerned citizens and national leaders with comprehensive analysis of the global environmental problems we face, together with detailed descriptions of practical, innovative solutions, like charting the most environmentally sound path to a hydrogen-fueled economy, or accelerating the rapidly growing conversion of farmers worldwide to organic farming and sustainable agriculture.Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World 2002 presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Ranee K. L. Panjabi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UCSD:31822025637307

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The Earth Summit at Rio by Ranee K. L. Panjabi Pdf

The first comprehensive examination of the Rio Earth Summit's accomplishments and failures, exploring in detail the political and economic conflicts that arose between developed and developing nations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN : OCLC:870104899

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GreenHouse People's Environmental Centre by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jr, Charles O. Holliday,Stephan Schmidheiny,Philip Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351281942

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Walking the Talk by Jr, Charles O. Holliday,Stephan Schmidheiny,Philip Watts Pdf

The authors argue the business case for sustainable development in this study that explores a range of issues beginning with corporate social responsibility and ending with eco-efficiency.

Author : Carl Death
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136941115

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Governing Sustainable Development by Carl Death Pdf

Multilateral UN summits from Stockholm to Copenhagen have set the pace and direction for the global governance of sustainable development. The 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) was a key moment in the evolution of sustainable development as a discourse and summitry as a technology of government. It firmly established multi-stakeholder partnerships, carbon-trading and communication strategies as primary techniques for dealing with environmental crises. It was also a significant event in terms of South African domestic politics, witnessing some of the largest protests since the end of Apartheid. Carl Death draws on Foucauldian governmentality literature to argue that the Johannesburg Summit was a key site for the refashioning of sustainable development as advanced liberal government; for the emergence of an exemplary logic of rule; and for the mutually interdependent relationship between ‘mega-events’ (summits, world cups, Olympic games) and ‘mega-protests’ understood as Foucauldian counter-conducts. Analysing detailed and original research on the WSSD, Death argues that summits work to make politically sustainable a global order which is manifestly unsustainable. Paradoxically however, they also provide opportunities for the status quo to be protested and resisted. This work will be of great interest to scholars of development studies, global governance and environmental politics.