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-- Rio Declaration - Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) --
Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, adopted at Stockholm on 16 June 1972, and seeking to build upon it, With the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States, key sectors of societies and people, Working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.
Agenda 21 Agenda 21 explains that population, consumption and technology are the primary driving forces of environmental change. It lays out what needs to be done to reduce wasteful and inefficient consumption patterns in some parts of the world while encouraging increased but sustainable development in others.
Agenda 21
Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests Preamble The subject of forests is related to the entire range of environmental and development issues and opportunities, including the right to socio-economic development on a sustainable basis. The guiding objective of these principles is to contribute to the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests and to provide for their multiple and complementary functions and uses.
Forest Principles - from the 1992 Earth Summit
Water for Life
Water is essential for life. No living being on planet Earth can survive without it. It is a prerequisite for human health and well-being as well as for the preservation of the environment. However, four of every ten people in the world do not have access to even a simple pit latrine; and nearly two in ten have no source of safe drinking water.
Environment - Data & Statistics
GEF Secretariat Project Map : This database provides a list of all Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects, worldwide, from all implementing agencies. Environment Monitors : This publication series, which includes seven countries and numerous environmental themes, is an excellent source of data and statistics on the environment. Mapping The Global Environment : The purpose of these maps is to help identify critical environmental problems at the global, national and sub-national levels. Maps have also been developed to represent the distribution of a number of environmental issues such as air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions : CO 2 Emissions Per PPP-Adjusted GDP (Kg) Per Capita CO 2 emissions (metric tons)
Environment - Major Reports Related to China AAA
Reports Available for Download Other Recent Bank Contributions and Involvement Towards More Sustainable and Market-based Ecological Compensation Mechanism: Pilot Project of Payments for Ecological and Environmental Services in Lijiang City, China The Bank has been assisting in the water sector, both urban and rural, for many years.
Objective of the AAA Program Design Major Thematic Studies Major Expected Outputs Links to Further Information For years, water shortage, water pollution and flooding have constrained growth and affected public health and welfare in many parts of China, where per capita availability of natural fresh water is only a quarter of the world average.
Environment - Addressing Water Scarcity in China
Water Resources Management | World Bank – Water
Challenges Water is essential for socio-economic development and for maintaining healthy ecosystems. Properly managed water resources are a critical component of growth, poverty reduction and equity. The livelihoods of the poorest are critically associated with access to water services.
Water crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the available water within a region is less than the region's demand. The term has been used to describe the availability of potable water in a variety of regions by the United Nations and other world organizations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Others, for example the Food and Agriculture Organization , said in 2003 that there is no water crisis but steps must be taken to avoid one in the future. [ 3 ] The major aspects of the water crisis are allegedly overall scarcity of usable water [ 4 ] and water pollution . [ edit ] Research
Water scarcity already affects every continent. Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world's population, live in areas of physical scarcity, and 500 million people are approaching this situation. Another 1.6 billion people, or almost one quarter of the world's population, face economic water shortage (where countries lack the necessary infrastructure to take water from rivers and aquifers). Water scarcity is among the main problems to be faced by many societies and the World in the XXIst century.
Water for Life
It is axiomatic that the climate impacts documented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are likely to undermine the realisation of a range of protected human rights. Yet it is only in the recent past that an explicit human rights approach has been brought to bear on the climate change problem. Scholars and human rights bodies have begun to advocate a human rights-centred approach to climate change—an approach which would place the individual at the centre of inquiry, and draw attention to the impact that climate change could have on human rights protection. This article focuses on the human rights claims raised in the climate negotiations, the implications these claims may have and the interests they may serve.
The Increasing Currency and Relevance of Rights-Based Perspectives in the International Negotiations on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The 36th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the seventeenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) will take place concurrently from 14 to 25 May.2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Secretary of UNFCCC Yvo de Boer opens the United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 3, 2007, in Bali Indonesia. The 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at the Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua , in Bali , Indonesia , between December 3 and December 15, 2007 (though originally planned to end on 14 December). [ 1 ] Representatives from over 180 countries attended, together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. [ 2 ] The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( COP 13 ), the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol ( MOP 3 or CMP 3), together with other subsidiary bodies and a meeting of ministers. [ 2 ] Negotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol dominated the conference.2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Connie Hedegaard , former president of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen (left chair to Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on 16 December) [ 1 ] The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference , commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit , was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen , Denmark , between 7 December and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol .After the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference on the island Bali in Indonesia in December, 2007 the participating nations adopted the Bali Road Map as a two-year process to finalizing a binding agreement in 2009 in Copenhagen . The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 13) and the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 3 or CMP 3). The Bali Road Map includes the Bali Action Plan (BAP) that was adopted by Decision 1/CP.13 of the COP-13 .
Bali Road Map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tim Flannery
China's dam projects
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