Outcomes on sustainable development united nations. For optimistic observers, the second earth summit is a chance to take honest stock of the situation and present ways to break political deadlock and hasten progress on the ground, in the air and in the oceans. The earth summit diaries, 21 june 2012, available at. Rio 2012 issues briefs sustainable development the united.
The earth summit was the largest gathering of world leaders as of 1992, with 117 heads of state and representatives. Earth summit1992, rio declaration, agenda 21 youtube. Twenty years after the earth summit, we reiterate that, as recognized in. Rio earth summit article about rio earth summit by the free. In june 2012, world leaders and civil society representatives, including wwf, will again gather to make critical decisions on sustainable development. Far from cooking up a plan to save the earth, what may come out of the summit could instead be a deal to surrender the living world to a small cabal of bankers and engineers one that will dump the promises of the first rio summit along the way. A summary of the major documents signed at the earth summit and the global forum. Technology transfer and iprs at the earth summit 1992 and beyond. United nations conference on sustainable development. It resulted in a focused political outcome document which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development in rio, member states decided to launch a process to develop a set of sustainable development goals sdgs, which will build upon. It resulted in a focused political outcome document which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development.
New zealand signed the unfccc on the first day of the earth summit, 4 june 1992. The summits outcome document the future we want has been lambasted by environmentalists and antipoverty campaigners. This convention amounted to an official recognition that climate change is a major global issue requiring governments to act. World summit on sustainable development johannesburg, south africa, 26 august4 september 2002. The original rio earth summit in 1992 saw the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc open for signatories. The united nations conference on sustainable development, june 2012 congressional research service 1 overview the united nations u. About forty thousand people attended either as delegates or observers. The conference was hosted 20 years after the crucial united nations conference on environment and development unced held in rio in 1992, also known as the 1992 earth summit. Ppt the earth summit powerpoint presentation free to. In june 2012, world leaders and civil society representatives, including wwf, will. It marked the 20th anniversary of the original earth summit, and was intended to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development. Jun 07, 2012 and as a new report card pdf in the journal nature finds, this is true of most of the agreements and promises that were made at that 1992 rio summit.
It was the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with 117 heads of state attending. Australian human rights commission recommended for you. Do you want to know everything about olympism at a glance. In rio, member states decided to launch a process to develop a set of. At the 1992 earth summit, the international community adopted agenda 21, an unprecedented global. Find here the list of all factsheets and reference documents. Documents signed at the earth summit and the global forum. Find here the list of all documents published on this website. The earth summit was the biggest intergovernmental conference ever held. Together they fulfil the mandate given to the conference by the united nations general assembly when, in 1989, it called for a global meeting to devise integrated strategies that would halt and reverse the negative impact of human behaviour on the. We, the heads of state and government and highlevel representatives, having. We do not inherit the earth from our fathers, we borrow it from our children 2. Implementation of the rio principles the rio declaration on environment and development, adopted by 178 member states in 1992 at the earth. One of the conference key outcomes was the earth summit agenda 21, a blueprint for a balanced and integrated approach to environment and development issues into the 21st century.
United nations conference on environment and development. Principle 10 of the rio declaration, environmental issues are best handled with the. Striving for environmental excellence runs parallel to achieving. The rio declaration on environment and development, a set of 27 principles, was. At the original earth summit, 178 governments agreed to. This section contains the major reports, studies, publications and information regarding the olympic movement. Unced in rio the earth summit environmental issues formally moved into the political mainstream.