The Plain Language Guide to the WSSD Understanding the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

About this book

The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg brought together thousands of delegates who mapped out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting dense 54-page technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, identifies priorities in the implementation of Agenda 21 and other international agreements, as well as commitments which will take these priorities forward.

Contents

Foreword; Preface; Background; Part I: The JPOI; Introduction; Poverty Eradication; Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production; Protecting and Managing the Natural Resource Base of Economic and Social Development; Globalization; Health; Small Island Developing States; Africa; Other Regional Initiatives; Means of Implementation; Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development; Part II: Implementing the JPOI; WSSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development; Implementing WSSD: The Role of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Annexes; Cross-cutting Issues; Source Texts; Glossary, Bibliography, Index

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Biography

Jan McHarry is an independent consultant. Janet Strachan works in the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Rosalie Callway is International Policy Officer at the Local Government International Bureau. Georgina Ayre is Head of Policy and Research at Stakeholder Forum