ENSC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Our Common Future, United Nations Conference On Sustainable Development, Ecosystem Health
11 Jan 2017
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1972 : stockholm un conference on human environment: starting to question the environmental impacts of modern development. 1987: our common future ( the brundtland report ); proposing more equitable global development, concerns about energy, emissions, land use, etc. 1992 : un conference on environment and development ( rio or earth summit )". United nations framework convention on climate change. 2002: un conference in johannesburg ( rio plus ten ) International grappling with contradictions and anomalies (both environmental and social) apparent in global business as usual (ie development and progress) Joburg: corporate responsibility and the decline of environment vs. development paradigm; emergence market-oriented proposals. Rio+20 follow-up : united nations conference on sustainable development - or rio+20 - took place in rio de janeiro, brazil on 20-22 june 2012 . It resulted in a focused political outcome document which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development. Health as an entry point to environmental concerns:
