At the 1992 Earth Summit, the international community adopted Agenda 21, an unprecedented global plan of action for sustainable development. Ten years later, the Johannesburg Summit presented an exciting opportunity for the leaders of the day to adopt concrete steps and identify quantifiable targets for better implementing Agenda 21.
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The Earth Summit review:
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In Rio, 172 Governments -108 represented by heads of State or Government- adopted three major agreements to guide future approaches to development: Agenda 21, a global plan of action to promote sustainable development; the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a series of principles defining the rights and responsibilities of States; and the Statement of Forest Principles, a set of principles to underpin the sustainable management of forests worldwide. In addition, two legally binding instruments were opened for signature at the Summit: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Moreover, negotiations began on the Convention to Combat Desertification, which was opened for signature in October 1994 and entered into force in December 1996.
Source: ECLAC
Source: ECLAC