WHEN:
Throughout September 2001. The best time to subscribe is now!
QUESTIONS:
Week 1 (3 -
9 September)
How can cities be made part of a sustainable future? What are the key
barriers, good models, roles and responsibilities involved in improving
21st century urban life? How should Earth Summit 2002 address this
issue?
Week 2 (10 - 16
September)
How can marginalized people participate effectively in today’s
globalised world? What are the roles and responsibilities of key actors?
What obstacles and processes should be addressed at Earth Summit 2002 to
tackle this issue?
Week 3 (17 - 23
September)
HIV/AIDS is a great threat to sustainable development; how can
multi-sectoral responses be developed to influence government policies
and pharmaceutical companies on this issue? How can Earth Summit 2002
tackle the wider question of equitable health care?
Week 4 (24 – 30
September)
How can multi-national companies be influenced to adopt corporate
citizenship and accountability for sustainable development? Who are the
key actors and what are the main barriers? What strategies could Earth
Summit 2002 develop to address this issue?
If those questions
trouble you, please join us to discuss them.
HOW: To subscribe to
the debate, visit www.lifeonline.org/debate
and click the 'Join the Debate' link on the web page to register. You
can then contribute to the debate and receive the moderated debate
messages by email or just follow the debate on the web.
The debate will be
moderated by UNED Forum with support from Lifeonline partners TVE, One
World and PANOS.
OUTCOME:
We will produce weekly summaries and a final report of the discussions,
analysing the results and different viewpoints and recommendations. The
report will be widely disseminated to policy-makers and all other
interested stakeholders engaged in the 2nd PrepCom of the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (New York, January 2002) and be
made available online.
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More information is available at www.lifeonline.org
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Join us throughout September for a lively discussion. Visit www.lifeonline.org/debate
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friends as you see fit.
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Questions? E-mail the moderator Jasmin Enayati, UNED Forum at jenayati@earthsummit2002.org
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