Description
‘The guide will be widely used in the Commonwealth and beyond to promote understanding and engagement in the WSSD process at all levels’ – Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates with the goal of mapping out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting 54-page technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), which outlines government priorities and commitments, whilst impacting on the lives of millions, will only be understood by a relatively small group of policy-makers and specialists.
The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development aims to provide a quick way in to the JPOI to help promote genuine public understanding of the agreement and practical action on the commitments. It is resource book for those working in community groups, business, local government, central government departments, regional institutions and the international community.
This guide is designed to make the decisions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development available and comprehensible to as wide an audience as possible. As such, it will be particularly useful to those who were not centrally involved in the negotiations, but who wish to take forward action in sustainable development in their own areas and in partnership with other groups.
Contents
Foreword by the Commonwealth Secretary-General
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Background
PART I: The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
1. Introduction
2. Poverty Eradication
3. Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production
4. Protecting and Managing the Natural Resource Base of Economic and Social Development
5. Globalization
6. Health and Sustainable Development
7. Small Island Developing States
8. Sustainable Development for Africa
9. Other Regions
10. Means of Implementation
11. Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development
PART II: Implementing the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
12. WSSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development
13. The Role of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
Annexes
Annex A: Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Annex B: Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
Index