The Global Partnership for Environment and Development: A Guide to Agenda 21/Post Rio Edition

By United Nations

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9211004977
• ISBN13: 9789211004977
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: United Nations Pubns
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

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U.N. Agenda 21: Rio Summit for a Global Partnership 1992

This is a summary of the June, 1992 Rio Conference on environment and sustainable world economics. The first two paragraphs from the section titled "Agenda 21: The Priority Actions" (p. 41) best describes the purpose and need for a global agreement on humanity's direction for a sustainable future: "Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. The world is confronted with abiding disparities within and between nations, a deepening of hunger, poverty, illiteracy and ill health. The ecological and economic repercussions of ozone depletion, climate change, soil and forest degradation, decline of biological diversity and expanding pollution of land, water and air augur badly for the future of our planet. Agenda 21 is a bold mandate for change. It is a blueprint for partnership on a global scale to meet the challenges of the 1990's and 21st century, a basis for urgent action by the international community to integrate environment and development and secure our common and sustainable future." This is a sobering view of current world affairs and a realistic roadmap or "blueprint" for change to a more just and sustainable existence on a beautiful, but fragile planet with finite resources. This is the predecessor document to the beautiful "Earth Charter" for a sustainable and healthy world.