Publications and Related Resources

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Here are some publications and online resources that relate to the upcoming U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development and the parallel World Sustainability Hearing:

Daily Findings from the World Sustainability Hearing

• Day of Energy and Climate Justice - August 26, 2002
• Day of Forests, Indigenous and Forest-Dependent Communities - August 27, 2002
• Day of Oceans, Lakes, Waterways, and Fisher People - August 28, 2002
• Day of Day of Poverty, Human Rights, Women, and Youth - August 29, 2002
• Day of Hunger, Agriculture, Water, and Food Security - August 30, 2002
• Day of Democratic Governance and Corporate Accountability - August 31, 2002

World Sustainability Hearing Documents

• Summary of the Hearing (English) - PDF Document
• Resumen del Tribunal (Español) - en PDF

U.N. Rio +10 Earth Summit-Related Publications

PrepCom IV Documents (Bali, May/Jun. 2002):

• Chairman's Text for Negotiation (May 9, 2002) - PDF Document

  » For a full list of PrepCom IV-related documents, please click here.

PrepCom III Documents (NYC, Mar./Apr. 2002):

• Statement by Mr. Desai to the OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development:Financing the Environmental Dimension

  » For a full list of PrepCom III-related documents, please click here.

PrepCom II Documents (NYC, Jan./Feb. 2002):

• Opening Statement by Non-Governmental Organizations (presented by Martin Khor of Malaysia's Third World Network on Jan. 29, 2002)
• NGO Major Group Statement on "Progress Achieved in Applying Integrated Approaches to Sectoral Objectives of Sustainable Development" (presented by Anju Sharma of India's Center for Science and Environment on Jan. 30, 2002)
• NGO Major Group Statement on "Progress Achieved in Enabling Multi-Stakeholder Participation in Sustainable Development Institutions and Mechanisms" (presented by Arlene Griffin of Fiji's Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era and Emad Adly of Egypt's Arab Network for Environment and Development on Jan. 30, 2002)

  » For a full list of PrepCom II-related documents, please click here.

Regional Preparatory Statements:

• African Preparatory Process Documents for Rio +10
• Alliance of Small Island States Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting
• Asia-Pacific Rountable on Sustainable Development Summary
• European Draft Ministerial Declaration
  [Adobe Acrobat Reader required - click button to download.]
• Latin American Preparatory Conference Rio +10 Platform for Action
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10/23-10/24/2001
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• West Asia (Arab Region) Preparatory Conference Summary

Other Related Publications, Resources, and Directories

• Toward a Sustainable Future
  Commentary by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan to the American Museum of Natural History (May 14, 2002)
• The Jo'burg Memorandum: "Fairness in a Fragile World"
  Sixteen authors, eminent activists, politicians, intellectuals, and managers from across the world joined forces to produce this Memorandum for the World Summit and to contribute to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next decade. The authors argue that poverty reduction is critical to moving global society toward a truly sustainable future.
• The Future is Now (PDF)
  In preparation for the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August/September 2002, the International Institute for Environment and Development is launching a new series, The Future is Now, to learn from the past and to inform the future. The aim is to provide an overview of what was accomplished at Rio and the challenges that remain.
• Thinking Locally? Act Globally! Overcoming the Barriers to Effective Local Action on Sustainable Development (PDF)
  This report by the Northern Alliance for Sustainability to the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is the result of feedback from a range of NGOs from across Europe on political and institutional obstacles and barriers preventing many local sustainability programmes from achieving their full potential. It was first distributed at CSD 10, acting as the first global prepcom for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
• Int'l. Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Briefing Papers
  Published in collaboration with the Regional and International Networking Group (RING), these papers cover climate change, toxic chemicals, drylands management, environmental rights, local Agenda 21s, UN financing for the development process, national strategies for sustainable development, sustainability and trade, ecological debt, poverty and environment, food and agriculture, biodiversity, tourism gender and globalisation, mining and water.

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