Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations University Press
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
New York
Physical Description:
22 p.;
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35676
Legacy PEIN ID:
75679
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Environmental management - Oceania
Abstract
Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992 (also known as the Rio Earth Summit), the critical importance of innovation and change has been repeatedly highlighted within efforts to create a more sustainable society. These efforts have enjoyed a certain amount of success in that they have increased awareness of the principles of sustainability and helped to change the way that governments think and act. Many of the principles enshrined in the introduction to Agenda 21, 1 for example, are now reflected in government policymaking and in the actions of local authorities. Yet, despite all the efforts that have been made, environmental conditions across the globe are still deteriorating; prevailing consumption patterns are still unsustainable; and there are still no proper regulatory frameworks in place to prevent the free markets negative impact on the environment. Many more steps need to be taken if we are successfully to transform the sustainability principles and slogans that arose from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit into actual practice.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations University Press
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
New York
Physical Description:
22 p.;
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35676
Legacy PEIN ID:
75679
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 21-Apr-2009
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021