The plain language guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development / Janet R. Strachan ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strachan, Janet R.

Commonwealth Secretariat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002 : Johannesburg, South Africa).

World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Physical Description:

xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.

Summary:

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates with the goal of mapping out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting 54-page technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), which outlines government priorities and commitments, whilst impacting on the lives of millions, will only be understood by a relatively small group of policy-makers and specialists.

The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development aims to provide a quick way in to the JPOI to help promote genuine public understanding of the agreement and practical action on the commitments. It is a resource book for those working in community groups, business, local government, central government departments, regional institutions and the international community.

This guide is designed to make the decisions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development available and comprehensible to as wide an audience as possible. As such, it will be particularly useful to those who were not centrally involved in the negotiations, but who wish to take forward action on sustainable development in their own areas and in partnership with other groups.

Contents:

The Lindner Preface x

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) xviii

The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) xix

Origins of the World Summit on Sustainable Development xxi

Agenda 21 xxi

Rio Declaration xxi

Climate change and biodiversity conventions xxii

Forests, desertification and small island developing states xxii

Finance xxii

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) xxiii

Major groups xxiii

Part I The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Chapter I in summary 3

Rio principles elsewhere in the JPOI 4

2 Poverty Eradication 8

Chapter II in summary 8

Eradicating poverty 8

Water and sanitation 10

Energy 10

Industrial development 11

Slum dwellers 11

Child labour 12

Poverty eradication elsewhere in the JPOI 12

3 Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production 19

Chapter III in summary 20

Ten-year framework of programmes 20

Cleaner production and eco-efficiency 21

Decision-making processes and corporate responsibility 21

Energy 22

Transport 23

Waste 23

Chemicals management 24

Consumption and production elsewhere in the JPOI 24

4 Protecting and Managing the Natural Resource Base of Economic and Social Development 34

Chapter IV in summary 35

Water and sanitation 36

Integrated water resources management 36

Sustainable development of oceans, seas, islands and coastal areas 37

Sustainable fisheries 38

Conservation and management of oceans 38

Maritime safety and pollution 39

Vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management 40

Climate 41

Air pollution and atmosphere 41

Agriculture 42

Desertification and drought 43

Mountains 44

Sustainable tourism 44

Biodiversity 45

Forests 46

Mining, minerals and metals 47

Managing the natural resources base elsewhere in the JPOI 48

5 Globalization 68

Chapter V in summary 68

Globalization elsewhere in the JPOI 70

6 Health and Sustainable Development 77

Chapter VI in summary 77

Healthcare systems and services 78

HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis 79

Respiratory disease and air pollution 79

Lead poisoning 80

Health elsewhere in the JPOI 80

7 Small Island Developing States 88

Chapter VII in summary 88

Energy 90

Health 90

Barbados Programme of Action on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States Review 90

Small island developing states elsewhere in the JPOI 90

8 Sustainable Development for Africa 98

Chapter VIII in summary 98

Health 100

Disasters and vulnerability 101

Water and sanitation 101

Agriculture and food security 101

Management of chemicals 102

Digital divide 102

Tourism and biodiversity 102

Habitat agenda 103

Africa elsewhere in the JPOI 103

9 Other Regions 108

Chapter IX in summary 108

Latin America and the Caribbean 108

Asia and the Pacific 109

West Asia 110

Economic Commission for Europe region 110

Other regional initiatives elsewhere in the JPOI 110

10 Means of Implementation 120

Chapter X in summary 121

Enabling financial environment 122

Foreign direct investment 122

Official development assistance 122

Financial mechanisms and institutions 123

Debt 123

Doha development round 124

Exports of developing countries 124

Small and vulnerable economies and commodity-dependent countries 125

Mutual supportiveness of trade, environment and development 125

Health and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 126

Trade policy for environmental purposes/environmental measures 126

Human rights 127

Right to self-determination 127

Environmentally sound technologies/technology transfer 127

Science and technology 128

Issues of global public interest 129

Education 129

Capacity-building 130

Means of implementation elsewhere in the JPOI 132

11 Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development 143

Chapter XI in summary 144

International level 145

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 146

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 146

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 147

International institutions 148

Regional level 149

National level 149

Major groups 150

Institutional framework issues elsewhere in the JPOI 151

Other cross-cutting themes 151

Part II Implementing the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

12 WSSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development 161

Criteria for WSSD partnerships 161

Partnerships: A test of trust 162

Advantages of partnerships 162

Implementing the JPOI 163

13 The Role of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 168

Structure 168

Major groups 168

First ten years: Follow-up to Rio 169

World Summit on Sustainable Development 169

Follow-up to Johannesburg 170

The review session 171

The policy session 171

Annex A Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development 176

Annex B Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 238.

Notes:

"Stakeholder Forum ; Commonwealth Secretariat."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853839280

OCLC:

56387092