Knowledge Centre : Development Practice : Sustainable Development : 2002 WSSD : Key Information Websites
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- Contribution from UNEP DTIE to the WSSD
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The Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is contributing to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) with a number of mutually supportive initiatives. DTIE has facilitated the preparation of a series of sectoral reports, whereby industry organisations take stock of progress towards sustainable development, and outline future challenges and actions to be taken. In addition, DTIE is organising a side event on "Energy for Sustainable Development" jointly with IEA and Eskom. Finally, DTIE is leading a number of partnership initiatives to be launched on the occasion of the Summit. These are action-oriented initiatives that need only be agreed by those directly involved (so-called "Type 2" partnerships). They are expected to become one of the main outcomes of the Summit.
http://www.uneptie.org/outreach/wssd/home.htm
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- Earth Council
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The Earth Council is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that was created in September 1992 to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements. It is led by a body of 18 Members, drawn from the world's political, business, scientific and non-governmental communities.
(Added: Thu Aug 16 2001 Modified: Wed Mar 26 2008 Hits: 114)
- Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
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DAILY and SUMMARY REPORTS: The ENB will be publishing daily and summary reports on negotiations at the WSSD in both English and French. The summary, which includes an analysis section, will be published shortly after the Summit. The ENB/Linkages team is a group of professionals with experience working in the environment of multilateral negotiations.
(Added: Fri Aug 23 2002 Hits: 108)
- Earth Summit Watch
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Holding Governments Accountable For Their Commitments To Sustainable Development In 1992, the leaders of the world's nations met at the Earth Summit in Rio to set out an ambitious agenda to address the environmental, economic, and social challenges facing the international community. Earth Summit Watch is a unique citizens' initiative to monitor and encourage actions by each national government to implement the promises made in Rio and thereafter to move toward sustainable development. It is clear while some progress has been made, much remains to be done.
http://www.earthsummitwatch.org/
(Added: Fri Aug 30 2002 Hits: 98)
- EarthWire WSSD
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EarthWire/WSSD gives you a free daily overview of news related to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. EarthWire/WSSD is a joint initiative by GRID-Arendal and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The service is partly financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment. Prior to the conference, our team of journalists will be compiling WSSD-related stories from about 40 newspapers around the globe. Relevant stories are included in EarthWire/WSSD by 10:00 GMT. In addition to our daily updated main page, you can also view the articles by country, topic, or time period. A search engine allows users to search for issues and keywords in the archive. Press releases and news from research organisations, the public sector, and environmental organisations are available as well.
http://www.earthwire.org/wssd/
(Added: Fri Aug 30 2002 Hits: 110)
- Radio Earth Summit
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Radio Earth Summit is a project of Friends of the Earth International. At the Earth Summit, FoEI has three priorities: - a corporate accountability treaty - trade justice, and - ecological debt. Radio Earth Summit is primarily focused on gathering stories from people who have been affected by the activities of multinational corporations. We would like you to send us Your Story about a corporation and your thoughts about the Earth Summit in Jo'burg this August.
http://www.radioearthsummit.org/
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- rio-plus-10.org
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Friend's of the Earth website on the Jobrg WSSD summit. Here you can find all the information on issues that were discussed in Jo'burg: Reports from all over the world illustrate the real extent of the problems that have been addressed at the summit. Also has backgrounds and position papers.
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- Rio10
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The Project’s main aim is to boost the participation, in terms of quality as well as quantity, of the South’s civil society in the preparation for, participation in and follow-up of the Johannesburg Summit in 2002. It particularly focuses on furthering an inclusive public debate in each country in order to substantiate the negotiating positions of the governments concerned. The project involves NGOs and social organisations in 30 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The purpose of the website is for these NGOs to be able to share information; to communicate with each other; to make their documents and political proposals for the Johannesburg Summit available to others; to debate issues concerning the Johannesburg Summit. The website will also be a forum for sharing ideas on how to lobby governments, develop strategies for information campaigns in the different countries, and in other ways prepare well for the Johannesburg Summit.
(Added: Wed Sep 04 2002 Hits: 114)
- SciDev.Net
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SciDev.Net is a free-access, Internet-based network devoted to reporting on and discussing those aspects of modern science and technology that are relevant to sustainable development and the social and economic needs of developing countries. Their section on Science and Sustainability includes: frequently updated news of science and technology-related initiatives linked to the Johannesburg summit; opinion articles by key stakeholders engaged in different aspects of the topic; a discussion forum to which users can submit their views; annotated links to key background documents, speeches, meetings and websites related to the theme of 'science and sustainability'. SciDev.Net is sponsored by Nature and Science in association with the Third World Academy of Sciences. It is published with the financial support of the UK Department for International Development, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
(Added: Mon Jun 10 2002 Hits: 146)
- Sustainable Development International
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Sustainable Development International is part of the official media roadmap in the lead up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg where world leaders will meet to discuss how far we have come since Rio in 1992 and what we need to do to move forward. Central to the discussion will be the question of implementation.
(Added: Thu Feb 28 2002 Hits: 149)
- Terra Viva
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The unofficial record of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development. An IPS-Inter Press Service independent publication.
http://www.ipsnews.net/riomas10/index.shtml
(Added: Mon Sep 02 2002 Hits: 85)
- The Daily Summit
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The Daily Summit is the first port of call for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the World Summit on Sustainable Development (aka "WSSD," "the World Summit," and "Earth Summit 2"). Our site is fresh, updated many times every day. It's an unparalleled linker - directing you to all the other summit news on the web. And most importantly, it'll be coming to you live from Joburg from 23rd August to 5th September 2002. The Daily Summit is supported by the British Council, which aims to connect people worldwide with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK, and to build lasting relationships between the UK and other countries.
http://www.dailysummit.net/about/about.htm
(Added: Fri Aug 09 2002 Hits: 120)
- The Jo'burg Memo
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- FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD - A Memorandum for the World Summit on Sustainable Development What will be the legacy of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development? Will it be remembered as an "historic" watershed, as we now regard the 1992 Rio Earth Summit? Will Johannesburg generate results that will be worthy of celebration, or will it lead to yet another meaningless global photo opportunity? We publish this Memorandum a few months before the Summit, at a critical juncture of renewed political momentum. It is our contribution to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next decade.
(Added: Mon Aug 19 2002 Hits: 120)
- The World Summit on Sustainable Development Fourth Preparatory Committee (WSSD PrepCom IV)
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Coverage of PrepCom IV, Bali, Indonesia, 25 May - 7 June 2002.
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/2002/pc4/
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- Towards Earth Summit 2002
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Key links, resources, news up-dates on the preparations for Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. Site maintained by UNED Forum.
http://www.earthsummit2002.org
(Added: Mon Jul 30 2001 Hits: 101)
- Trade Unions @ the Johannesburg Summit
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WSSD web-site for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Over 400 representatives of trade unions from all over the world are converging on Johannesburg to participate in the Johannesburg Summit Their aim is to convince governments and the international community that decent jobs and clean and safe workplaces are the key to the future of sustainable development
(Added: Fri Aug 30 2002 Hits: 110)
- UN Commission on Sustainable Development
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The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED; to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels.
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm
(Added: Thu Jul 12 2001 Hits: 186)
- World Summit on Sustainable Development - Business and Human Rights
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A webpage about the World Summit has been added to the independent, non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Website. This webpage contains links to articles & reports about multinational corporations & the World Summit.
(Added: Wed Sep 04 2002 Modified: Mon Sep 29 2003 Hits: 123)
- World Summit on Sustainable Development - Live
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Includes: live webcast; daily journal, statements and speeches; press conferences and releases; meetings summaries; documents and daily highlights.
http://www.un.org/events/wssd/
(Added: Fri Aug 30 2002 Hits: 113)
- WSSD Web Site of the Heinrich Boell Foundation
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This Web Site wants to provide you with basic information about the upcoming World Summit, outline its main policy issues and present civil society activities in the run up to and during the summit.
http://www.worldsummit2002.org/
(Added: Mon Aug 19 2002 Hits: 100)
