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Good air quality is a fundamental aspect of the quality of life and is an essential component of sustainable development economy. Poor air quality can… Read More »Air Pollution

One of the key agreements reached at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit was the Principles of Forest Management. The Principles of Forest Management stated that… Read More »Forests

In 1992, more than 100 leaders of state met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The… Read More »Commission on Sustainable Development

During 2000, the Government proposed to establish a new Sustainable Development Commission, as proposed in the White Paper A better quality of life, replacing the… Read More »UK Sustainable Development Commission

The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development defines the rights of the people to be involved in the development of their economies, and the… Read More »The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

Five years after the Brundtland Report, the UN General Assembly asked for a report on progress made towards sustainable development and convened the United Nations… Read More »Rio Earth Summit

In response to scientific predictions of man-made global warming, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) was adopted and signed by 162 countries… Read More »Climate Change

Agenda 21, established at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or “Earth Summit”, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the blueprint for… Read More »Agenda 21

At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the United Nations agreed that the best starting point for the achievement of sustainable development is at the… Read More »Local Agenda 21

In 1987 the Brundtland Report, also known as Our Common Future, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could… Read More »The Brundtland Report