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website 10 Mar 05 Millenium Project Report on Environmental Sustainability Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability - Environment and human well-being: a practical strategy summary final report (PDF) | full report | about the Millennium Development Goals In 1971, Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, commissioned a report on the state of the planet. Entitled “Only One Earth”, the report summarized the findings of 152 leading experts from 58 countries in preparation for the first UN meeting on the environment, held in Stockholm in 1972. The 1972 meeting was followed by a second in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, and a third in 2002, in Johannesburg. Over these three decades, forests disappeared, green-house gasses accumulated, air and water pollution rose, and zoonotic and vector-borne diseases exploded. Land degradation worldwide led to grinding poverty, hunger, and abandonment of the village for the city. All of this continues today. So why will this latest incarnation of environmental analysis, the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Environmental Sustainability, be any different? Very simply, our final report, summarized here, is an action plan, and the task force, whose members are listed in this summary, is committed to seeing that the plan’s recommendations are endorsed by heads of state, and implemented by all sectors, from government ministries to private business to civil society. The community of nations has talked enough. We encourage you to read this summary and act on its recommendations in ways that make sense in your own context. Lead the way and others will follow you to a world that is environmentally more sustainable, economically more stable, and socially more just. links Related articles on Global issues: biodiversity biodiversity loss, extinction threats, commercial applications of biodiversity Related articles on Global issues: global warming issues, policies |
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