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GENERAL /
WORLD SUMMIT CHALLENGES
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The Jo'burg Memo -- Fairness in a Fragile World
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper Special Edition: Now Hindi version
available! The Jo'burg Memo is Heinrich Boell Foundation's contribution
to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the
critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next
decade. Sixteen authors, eminent activists, politicians, intellectuals,
and managers from across the world joined forces in order to produce
this Memorandum for the World Summit. YOU are invited to
comment on the Memo. MORE
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The World Comes to One Country
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WSSD History
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An insider history of the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg 2002; by Victor Munnik and Jessica Wilson, published
by the Heinrich Boell Foundation Southern Africa Office. What happened
at the World Summit on Sustainable Development? The World Comes
to One Country attempts to answer this question from a civil
society perspective, based on interviews with insiders, ongoing
discussions with prominent players from all sides and the author's
own experience. MORE
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Comments on the Jo'burg Memo
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #18; Comments on the Jo'burg Memo: With
contributions from David Fig, Angel Ibarra, Martin Khor, Fred Luks,
Wangari Maathai, Daniel Mittler, Ricardo Navarro, José Ramos-Horta,
and Silvia Ribeiro. MORE
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Limits to Sustainable Development?
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Publication
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World Summit Paper #14, updated version: Limits
to Sustainable Development? A case study of Thailand from a Cultural
Perspective on Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia; by Karl
H. Segschneider: For the last two years the Heinrich Böll
Foundation has played an active role in the preparatory process
for the Johannesburg Summit in various regions of the world, including
South East Asia. The publication reflects problems regarding development
strategies and conflicting paradigms that were imposed to the region
after World War II. Based on a specific case study, it considers
the cultural dimension of Thailand’s development process and
its impact. MORE
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Arabic World Summit Sourcebook
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WSSD Challenges
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The large amount of information and material available about the
World Summit in English is not useful for many non-English speakers.
Relevant material has now been compiled and translated into Arabic,
in order to distribute it amongst civil society activists from different
Arab countries. It's purpose is to facilitate the national debates
on the major challenges towards WSSD 2002 and to provide activists
with further reading and Internet resources. The Manual is now
for download. MORE
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Managing Sustainability World Bank-Style
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #19; Managing Sustainability World Bank-Style:
An Evaluation of the World Development Report 2003 -- This
publication, a co-operation between the Heinrich Boell Foundation
Washington and the London-based Bretton Woods Project, offers a
timely collection of discussion pieces on the WDR 2003, the World
Bank's flagship publication to be launched during the World Summit.
MORE + [ pdf;
63 pages ]
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Generation Jo'burg: A New Vision for the World Summit
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #11: Generation Jo'burg: A New Vision for
the World Summit; this publication is a compilation of six documents
produced by the participants of Heinrich Boell Foundation's Capacity
Building Programme and a brief assessment and comment on the
outcome of PrepComm III
in New York, which the group attended as part of the programme.
Taken together, these seven documents provide an insight into the
Southern view of the Rio process; May 2002. MORE
+ [ pdf; 30 pages ] + [ Version
Español ]
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The Road to Joburg After September 11
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #9: Documentation of an online debate
(held in November 2001) on the impact of the September 11 attacks
and consequences for the Johannesburg Summit process; March 2002.
MORE + [ pdf;
54 pages ]
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Rio+10 and the North-South Divide
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #8: Rio+10 and the North-South Divide;
by Wolfgang Sachs; November 2001. MORE
+ [ pdf; 16 pages ]
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From Rio to Johannesburg
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #5: Contributions to the Globalisation of
Sustainability; by Juergen Trittin, German Environment Minister,
Uschi Eid, Sascha Müller-Kraenner and Nika Greger; September 2001.
MORE + [ pdf;
35 pages ]
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On the Road to Earth Summit 2002
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WSSD Challenges
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Documentation of a Conference, April 2001, New York, organised
by the The Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington Office. MORE
+ [ pdf; 88 pages ]
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Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002
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WSSD Challenges
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Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002; Energy, Transport,
Information for Decision-Making; report of an international conference,
Berlin, Germany, January 2001. MORE
+ [ pdf;
42 pages ]
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Globalisation and Sustainability
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #6: Globalisation and Sustainability;
by Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy, Environment.
MORE + [ pdf;
29 pages ]
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10 Years after Rio: Debating Development Perspectives
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WSSD Challenges
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World Summit Paper #2: Concise outlook on sustainable development
implementation; by Karl H. Segschneider; May 2001. MORE
+ [ pdf; 86 pages
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ISSUE RELATED
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Changing Course
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Publication
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Publication: World Summit Paper #22, Changing Course:
A Contribution to a Global Energy Strategy, an Öko-Institut
Policy Paper by Uwe R. Fritsche and Felix Chr. Matthes; commissioned
and published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. MORE
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Making Global Trade Work for People
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Globalisation
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A UNDP study prepared by an international team of experts, with
support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation
and UNDP, joined by the Ford Foundation, the Heinrich Boell Foundation
and the Wallace Global Fund. The study is an independent reassessment
of the current system of global trade and looks at ways that it
can be improved to contribute more effectively to human development.
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Freier Handel, Nachhaltiger Handel
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Globalisation
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In German: World Summit Paper #21; Free Trade, Sustainable
Trade, a Contradiction? Background Paper debating trade and
sustainable development after Johannesburg. A study by the Sustainable
Europe Research Institute (SERI). MORE
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Sustainability and Justice
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Equity and Justice
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World Summit Paper #13: Sustainability and Justice -- A Political
North-South Dialogue: In October 2000, the Heinrich Boell Foundation,
in cooperation with Friends of the Earth Europe and within the framework
of the Programa Cono Sur Sustentable, organised the conference “Sustainability
and Justice”. Does sustainable development represent a common
political project between North and South and where do these projects
converge, were the key questions of the conference, that is documented
in this publication. MORE + [ pdf;
92 pages ]
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Energy Turnaround
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Energy
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World Summit Paper #15: Energy Turnround -- The Path to a Sustainable
Energy System in Germany: Commissioned by the Heinrich Boell
Foundation, the Oeko-Institut has taken a thorough look at the future
of energy in Germany. Based on studies produced by different institutes,
this publication develops strategies for embarking on a new energy
system, culminating in two scenarios for the period to 2020 that
are compared with a status quo scenario. MORE
+ [ pdf; 96 pages
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Globalising Precaution for Genetically Modified Organisms
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Precautionary Principle/GMOs
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This study focuses on the regulation of genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) and traces back the history, components and future consequences
of the Precautionary Principle. It scrutinises the criticism on
the Precautionary Principle based on the premises of 'sound science'
and how, for GMOs, disputes around the Precautionary Principle dominate
the conflict between the USA and Europe, but also rifts between
trade and environmental law. April 2002. MORE
+ [ pdf;
31 pages ]
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Gender and Sustainable Development
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Gender
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World Summit Paper #10: Overview on the topic of Gender
Equity and Sustainable Development, commissioned by the Heinrich
Boell Foundation from the Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future,
published by that body as Social Briefing Paper No. 2; March
2002. MORE + [ pdf;
56 pages ]
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Sustaining our Global Public Goods
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Global Public Goods
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The concept of Global Public Goods is relatively new, ranging from
the global environment, international financial stability and market
efficiency, to health, knowledge, peace and security and humanitarian
rights. This paper seeks to outline some of the latest policy ideas,
framing the international debate about some of these key global
issues by examining them through the "lens" of Global Public Goods.
MORE + [ pdf;
17 pages ]
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Global Taxes for Global Priorities
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Finances
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Overview of global tax proposals and assesses progress, problems
and strategic issues; by James A. Paul & Katarina Wahlberg; published
by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, WEED and the Global Policy Forum,
March 2002. MORE + [ pdf;
36 pages ]
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Globalisation and Poverty
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Globalisation/Poverty
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World Summit Paper #7: Globalisation and Poverty: An Ecological
Perspective; policy paper by Roldan Muradian and Joan Martinez-Alier;
November 2001. MORE + [ pdf;
36 pages ]
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Who Owns Biodiversity?
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Biodiversity
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A Brief Description of the Debate over the Rights to Biological
Diversity in the North-South Context; by Beatrix Tappeser and
Alexandra Baier, Öko-Institut Freiburg. MORE
+ [ pdf; 27 pages
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Breaking the Impasse: Forging an EU Leadership Initiative on Climate
Change
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Climate Change
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World Summit Paper #3: Policy paper by Hermann E. Ott and
Sebastian Oberthür; June 2001. MORE
+ [ pdf; 34 pages ]
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Making Corporations Accountable
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Global Economy
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A Background Paper for the United Nations Financing for Development
Process by James A. Paul and Jason Garred, published jointly by
the Heinrich Boell Foundation, WEED
and the Global
Policy Forum, New York 2000. MORE
+ [ pdf; 17 pages ]
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Rethinking the relevance of ODA
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Financing for Development
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Current trends in the debate on the future of Official Development
Assistance; background paper for the United Nations Financing
for Development process by Jens Martens, issued jointly by the Heinrich
Boell Foundation, World Economy, Environment and Development (WEED)
and the Global Policy Forum. MORE
+ [ pdf, 19 pages, 162
KB ]
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New World Conferences
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Financing for Development
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New prospects for global environment and development financing?
Prospects for breaking new ground in financing; discussion paper
by Barbara Unmuessig, issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation. MORE
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REGION RELATED
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Limits to Sustainable Development?
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Region/Asia
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World Summit Paper #14: Limits to Sustainable Development? A
case study of Thailand from a Cultural Perspective on Sustainable
Development in Southeast Asia; by Karl H. Segschneider: For
the last two years the Heinrich Böll Foundation has played
an active role in the preparatory process for the Johannesburg Summit
in various regions of the world, including South East Asia. The
publication reflects problems regarding development strategies and
conflicting paradigms that were imposed to the region after World
War II. Based on a specific case study, it considers the cultural
dimension of Thailand’s development process and its impact.
MORE + [ pdf;
118 pages ]
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Sustainable Germany -- A View from the South
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Region/Europe
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World Summit Paper #16: Sustainable Germany -- A View from the
South: "We saw the growth in the
number of cars exceeding population growth..." On
the occasion of the World Summit the Heinrich Boell Foundation alongside
with several partners has conducted a project entitled "Sustainable
Germany - A Southern Perspective 10 years after Rio". A team
of five experts from countries of the South were invited to take
a critical view of the implementation of sustainable development
in Germany. MORE + [ pdf;
94 pages ]
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Sustainable Development, Governance, Globalisation: African Perspectives
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Regions: Africa
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This volume contains the papers originally presented at an international
conference held in September 2001. focusing on an African perspective
on sustainable development and the need for Africans to have a remarkable
impact at the WSSD. MORE
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190 pages ]
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Overview Of The Changes, Trends And Initiatives Undertaken In Africa:
1992-2001
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Regions: Africa
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Review Of Implementation Of The Outputs Of The United Nations
Conference On Environment And Development; Overview Of The Changes,
Trends And Initiatives Undertaken In Africa: 1992-2001; Background
paper by Wagaki Mwangi, issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation;
September 2001. MORE + [ rtf;
29 pages ]
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EU Strategy for Sustainable Development
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Regions: Europe
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EU Strategy for Sustainable Development -- Stakeholders' Views;
discussion paper by the European Environmental Bureau, Friends of
Nature International, Friends of the Earth Europe and the Heinrich
Boell Foundation, April 2001. MORE
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83 pages ]
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Sustainable Development in the Balkans
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Regions: Europe
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Conference proceedings of a European Civil Society conference in
Struga, Macedonia, May 2000, focussing on sustainable development
in the Balkans. MORE + [ pdf;
58 pages ]
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Towards the World Summit on Sustainable Development
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Regions: Africa
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World Summit Paper #1: Discussion paper by the South African
NGO Caucus on the World Summit for Sustainable Development; February
2001. MORE + [ pdf;
31 pages ]
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SELECTED
NON-HBF PUBLICATIONS
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The Future is Now -- Challenges for Indonesia
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WSSD Challenges
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Third booklet of the "The Future is Now" Series of the
International Institute
for Environment and Development. This booklet addresses two
broad areas of critical importance for the final WSSD preparatory
meeting in Bali - and for the future, beyond the Johannesburg Summit:
first, the challenges of realising effective sustainable development
governance; and secondly, some of the particular issues which confront
African countries, and which WSSD should address. A range of authors
have tackled these issues, and present some strong challenges to
governments and others involved in the critical stages of preparation
for the Summit. -- [ pdf;
116 pages ]
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The Future is Now -- Equity for a Small Planet
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WSSD Challenges
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Second booklet of the "The Future is Now" Series of the
International Institute
for Environment and Development. The subjects tackled in this
booklet outline some of the most significant contexts for sustainable
development. They address particular situations, but have more generally
applicable lessons and questions. And they raise a number of critical
challenges which should underpin whatever comes out of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development -- [ pdf ]
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The Johannesburg Opportunity
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WSSD Challenges
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Key Elements of a Negotiation Strategy; policy paper for the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) by the German Advisory
Council on Global Change (WBGU); October 2001 -- [ publication
web site ]
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Poles Apart -- A World of Differences
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WSSD Challenges
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2nd report on Global Environmental Negotiations; published by Centre
for Science and Environment, India, with support from the Heinrich
Boell Foundation. The series "Reports on Global Environmental Negotiations"
provide a readable southern perspective on the state of global environmental
negotiations. [ 2nd
report on the web ] + [ MORE ]
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State of the World 2002 Report
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WSSD Challenges
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WorldWatch Institute publication; featuring a Foreword by U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, State of the World 2002 includes chapters
on climate change, farming, toxic chemicals, sustainable tourism,
population, resource conflicts and global governance, with a special
focus on the -- [ State
of the World on the web ]
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How to Lobby at the WSSD
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Lobbying
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Briefing for Participation in Earth Summit 2002; Stakeholder Forum
for Our Common Future; edited by Felix Dodds -- [ pdf;
62 pages ]
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