World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 26 to September 4, 2002

The Summit marks the 10th anniversary of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The UN Secretary General’s five priority areas for Johannesburg are: Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity.

The Earth Times: http://www.earthtimes.org/wef_johannesburgdirectory.htm

The Daily Sumnmit: http://www.dailysummit.net

Guardian Special Reports: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldsummit2002/0,12264,757397,00.html

The World Summit on Sustainable Development:

http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/wssd/wssd1.htm

A strategy for sustainable development for the United Kingdom:

http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/uk_strategy/index.htm

UK Strategy

A better quality of life provides a national focus from which local and regional action can also follow. We have set a target for all local authorities to prepare local sustainable development ‘Local Agenda 21’ strategies by the year 2000 and hope to have sustainable development frameworks for each English region by the end of 2000.

The Strategy for sustainable development has four main aims. These are:

social progress which recognises the needs of everyone;

effective protection of the environment;

prudent use of natural resources; and

maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth and employment.

For the UK, priorities for the future are:

more investment in people and equipment for a competitive economy;

reducing the level of social exclusion;

promoting a transport system which provides choice, and also minimises environmental harm and reduces congestion;

improving the larger towns and cities to make them better places to live and work;

directing development and promoting agricultural practices to protect and enhance the countryside and wildlife;

improving energy efficiency and tackling waste;

working with others to achieve sustainable development internationally.

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