"Eco Equity:" Comments and annotations on the advance unedited text of the draft plan of implementation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development arising from the Bali Prepcom. 15 July, 2002. Download now.
Leaders from Sweden, Brazil (past Earth Summit hosts) and South
Africa are meeting in Rio, Brazil, to pass the torch to South Africa.
NGOs have written to the leaders to urge them to rescue the Earth
Summit.
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the letter.
Response from Kofi Annan to NGO letter
"Earth Summit is sinking"
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"The Bali Paradoxes." An opinion piece by Rei Parmentier, June
12 2002.
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now.
Greenpeace's
comments on the proposed "Institutional Framework
for Sustainable Development" for discussion at
Prepcom 4 in Bali.
Annotations on and proposed
amendments to the chairman's text for negotiation at the WSSD prepcom
4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002.
WSSD Prepcom 4, Bali,
Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002
Greenpeace launches the
Bhopal Principles on Corporate Accountability. More>>
Corporate
Crimes -- the full report (pdf): part
one, part
two, part
three
Press release Download
now
Earth Summit Ship is sinking: NGOs warn
Kofi Annan
Letter to Kofi Annan Download now.
Press release Download
now.
"Wind Force 12 - a blueprint to achieve 12 percent
of the world's electricity from wind power by 2020. Wind
Force 12 Report - executive summary (MS Word).
Wind
Force 12 Report (full pdf version).
Greenpeace and other Non Government
Organisations write to Secretary General Kofi Annan
to call for a
need for action at the Earth Summit 2002. Download
the letter.
Annotations
on and proposed amendments to the chairman's text for negotiation
at the WSSD prepcom 4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002.
Other papers from preparatory committees
Greenpeace,
WWF and FOE call on G8 Governments to support renewables proposals
at the Earth Summit, in line with the recommendations of the G8
Renewables Task Force.
Paper one: Ancient
forests at the WSSD.
Paper two: Climate
change at the WSSD.
Paper three: Agriculture
and Genetically Modified Organisms at the WSSD.
Paper four: Ocean
and fisheries at the WSSD.
Paper five:Phasing
out hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals - a sustainable development
imperative.
Paper six: Nuclear
power and radioactive waste at the WSSD.
Paper seven: Financial
resources and mechanisms.
Paper eight: The
polluter pays principle and financial assistance.
Paper nine: Sustainable
procurement.
Annotations
on the chairmanｴs paper arising from WSSD prepcom 2.
Earth
Summit - general
Hundreds of environmental and development
groups from Spain and Latin America have called on the leaders
meeting at the Madrid Summit to support the massive uptake of
renewables through the Earth Summit.
(in Spanish only) Press
release (Spanish only), Declaration
(Spanish only), Signatures
Greenpeace
proposals for outcomes of the Earth Summit.
The
Johannesburg Earth Summit and why Greenpeace is going. This is a
general introduction to the summit and what greenpeace hopes will
come out of it.
Greenpeace
checklist for a successful Earth Summit. Compare this with the
final summit outcome and see if governments have done their job or
not.
Beyond
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED). This document, published at the close of the Rio Earth
Summit, analyses what the summit did and did not achieve. It is
reproduced here with a new foreword, examining the impact of Rio
over the last 10 years. The
2002 foreword.
French
(foreword) version.
Spanish
(foreword)
version.
Who to
blame 10 years after RIO? The role of the US, Canada, and
Australia undermining the RIO agreements.
Summary
paper.
French
version.
Spanish
version.
Towards
WSSD: the last crossroad between a clean and grey future by
Maria Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
Greenpeace
statement on the UN international conference on financing for
development.
Commentary on the environmental record of the Danish
government.
Sectoral papers
Greenpeace
commentary on "industry as a partner for sustainable
development"
Convention
on Biological Diversity. Read the speech made by Paulo Adario,
the director of Greenpeace's Amazon campaign.
Clean
Energy for Sustainable Development. How governments can
stimulate a massive uptake in renewable energy, and save the
climate.
Spanish
version.
French
version.
Ocean
and fisheries at the Earth Summit.
Governance
Sign-on
statement: Preserve Multilateral Environmental Agreements from
WTO challenge now.
Type 1
versus type 2 outcomes: explaining the jargon, exposing the
trap. By R駑i Parmentier, Political Director, Greenpeace
International.
See the UN's latest release on this subject: Partnership
Initiatives Should Not Substitute for Government Commitments to Promote Sustainable Development, Speakers Stress
International
Environmental Governance and the WSSD.
Letter
to the UN stating Greenpeace's position on the Global Compact.
What Greenpeace thinks about the UN Global Compact with global
corporations, and what changes would need to be for Greenpeace to
support it.
Greenpeace
response to the World Environment Organisation (WEO) or Global
Environment Organisation (GEO).
Earth Summit and trade
Annotations
on and proposed amendments to the chairman's text for negotiation at
the WSSD prepcom 4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002.
Greenpeace's
comments on the proposed "Institutional Framework for
Sustainable Development" for discussion at Prepcom 4 in Bali.
Greenpeace
comments and annotations on the WTO Doha ministerial
declaration, January 2002.
Other documents
Greenpeace backgrounder - new
partnership for Africa's development (NEPAD)
Globe
Europe's action agenda for the Earth Summit
Globe
Europe's roadmap to the Earth Summit - Draft Resolution from
12-14 April Conference in Stockholm.
El
camino de la sostenibilidad (Bush's War on Sustainability).
Spanish document - Espal.
Exporting
global warming - the UK's support for fossil fuel energy in the
developing world.
"Respect
Europe" Conference, Goteborg, 14 June 2001 by R駑i Parmentier,
Political Director, Greenpeace International.
ECO, the NGO newsletter produced at international
meetings
Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 7 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 6 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 5 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 4
June 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 3
June 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
31 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
30 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
29 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
28 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
27 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 3 * New York,
USA* ECO 5 April 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 3 * New York,
USA* ECO 3 April 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 2 * New York, USA* ECO February
2002
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