The Earth Summit's Agenda for Change
Author: Michael Keating
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13:
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From the Earth Summit to Local Agenda 21
Author: William M. Lafferty
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1134056370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of in-depth case studies emphasizes the diversity and inventiveness of local initiatives since the Rio 'Earth Summit' within different national settings. From the Earth Summit to Local Agenda 21offers a realistic counterpoint to the official monitoring and assessment procedures of national governments and international bodies. It highlights the problems of assessment and policy evaluation and clearly sets out the policy stages necessary for more effective realization of Local Agenda 21 objectives.
Agenda 21
Author: United Nations
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-03-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781482672770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgenda 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.
The Rio Earth Summit
Author: Stephanie Meakin
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"From 3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro hosted the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The focus of this conference was the state of the global environment and the relationship between economics, science and the environment in a political context. The conference concluded with the Earth Summit, at which leaders of 105 nations gathered to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable development. This paper will summarize the goals of the Conference, what was accomplished, and what it all means to Canadians"--Introduction
Human and Environmental Security
Author: Felix Dodds
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1136563784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSecurity has tended to be seen as based on military force, yet this illusion is crumbling, literally and figuratively, before our eyes in the conflict zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. It is now clear that real human security, defined by the Commission on Human Security as 'protecting vital freedoms', can only be achieved if the full range of issues that underpin human security - including environmental integrity - are addressed. This ground-breaking book, authored by prominent international decision makers, tackles the global human security problem across the range of core issues including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, access to water, food security, loss of biodiversity and climate change. The authors identify the causes of insecurity, articulate the linkages between the different elements of human security and outline an agenda for engaging stakeholders from across the globe in building the foundations of genuine and lasting human security for all nations and all people. This is powerful, necessary, solution-focused reading in these times of peril, global conflict, mass inequity and rampant environmental degradation.
The Way Forward
Author: Felix Dodds
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-21
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0429588992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1997. 1997 marked the fifth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - the celebrated ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro which represented the high-water mark of intergovernmental action for sustainable development. Whilst some were tempted to dismiss the Conference as a gesture of concern by the participating governments, the list of resolutions which arose from the Summit is formidable, and the key text to emerge from the conference process, Agenda 21, had proven to be crucial to efforts to disseminate and implement the principles of globally sustainable development. The Way Forward outlines the successes and failures of those first five years. Calling on a list of eminent experts, it provides an unparalleled analysis of the agreements that were reached, and the stakeholders who were charged with implementing them. It reviews the progress that was made at the intergovernmental, national and grassroots levels, and offers a cogent summary of the major issues that needed to be addressed for the future. Lucid, compact and authoritative, this is the essential guide to ‘Rio plus five’.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development
Author: L. Hens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2005-11-17
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781402036521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
The Global Environment
Author: Norman J. Vig
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-04-14
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1000949192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll serious environmental threats are now international in scope and more than one thousand international environmental agreements already exist. Yet the prospects for international cooperation leading to the management of impacts on the planet remain grim. The Global Environment meets the need for an authoritative assessment of the state of international environmental institutions, laws and policies at the end of the 20th century. The book examines disagreements over the meaning of sustainable development, problems inherent in implementing environmental policies and the conflict over the exclusion of developing countries from the Kyoto Protocol. It discusses the profound trade-offs that may be required, the role of international financial interests in promoting incompatible forms of development and analyses international environmental institutions, law and policy and sustainable development.
The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Author: Janet R. Strachan
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1853839280
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
