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Sustainable Energy
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Stakeholder
Forum resource page on climate change and energy, covering:
Latest Developments; Key
Documents
; Climate
Change & Energy - the United Nations Conferences
Stakeholder
Resources:
Business
& Industry; Indigenous
Peoples;
Interfaith
Community
; Local Authorities
; Multilateral Organisations; Non-Governmental Organisations; Parliamentarians
; Science & Technology; Trade Unions
; United Nations; Regional
Resources
; Nuclear
Energy Resources
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Stakeholder Forum
Briefing Paper on climate change and energy (PDF)
(RTF):
Addressing some of the key problems associated
to climate change and carbon dioxide emissions, the paper profiles key
proposals for improvement, in particular: energy efficiency and renewable
energies. The paper also contains a concise overview of the evolution of the
Framework Convention and Kyoto Protocol since 1992. Summary tables are
presented on: regional energy emission and climate change trends; the role
of stakeholder groups; and inter-linkages of sustainable energy and climate
change to other sustainable development issues. |
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Stakeholder
Forum roadmap on climate change and energy |
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United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:
Homepage for official negotiations |
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Earth
Negotiations Bulletin – Climate Change:
Reporting on latest developments in the official negotiations process |
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Agenda
21: Chapter 9: Protection of the Atmosphere Agenda
21: Chapter 9: Protection of the Atmosphere (UNCED
Earth Summit, Rio, 1992) Agenda
21: Chapter 9: Protection of the Atmosphere (UNCED
Earth Summit, Rio, 1992) |
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Programme
for the Future Implementation of Agenda 21 (Rio
+5, New York, 1997) (Paragraphs
42-46 on energy, 48-56 on atmosphere.) |
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Report
of the Secretary General on Energy and Transport
(Word
format)
- UN World Summit on Sustainable Development background document (2001) |
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Texts
of the Framework Convention on Climate Change & the Kyoto Protocol
(1992/1997) |
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Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports. “3rd Assessment Report”
- Policy-makers summaries (2001). “2nd
Assessment Report” -
Policy-makers summaries (all six UN languages) (1995). |
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World
Energy Assessment. UNDP, DESA, World Energy Council (2000) |
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Report
of the Interactive Thematic Session on Energy.
UN
Conference on the Least Developed Countries |
Freshwater
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Stakeholder
Forum resource page on Freshwater, covering:
Issues:
Community Empowerment and
Information Management; Environment; Financial and Economic
Mechanisms; Human right to water; Integrated water
resource management; Food Security
; Freshwater and UN conferences; Water
and conflict
Stakeholders: International; Regional
organisations & agreements; Non-Government Organizations; Business; Academic
Organizations; Media
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Briefing Paper on Freshwater (PDF)
(RTF):
This paper focuses principally on the global drop in basic water supply and
sanitation over the last 10 years. It considers critical international and
regional aspects relating to the continued freshwater overuse, mis-use and
infrastructural problems. Some solutions are addressed with regards to
enabling greater access to water, as well as furthering sustainable water
use and management. |
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Stakeholder
Forum Roadmap on Freshwater |
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International
Conference on Freshwater, Bonn, Germany, 2001:
Bonn Ministerial Declaration
(PDF)
Bonn Recommendations (PDF)
Bonn Keys (by the Facilitator) (PDF) |
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2nd World Water Forum, The Hague,
Netherlands, 2000
Ministerial
Declaration on Water Security |
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8th
Informal Environment Ministers Meeting, Multi-stakeholder Dialogues on Water
and Energy,
2000
Full report; stakeholder background papers; comparative analysis;
conclusions |
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Millennium Targets,
2000 |
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UN
Commission on Sustainable Development 6th Session, 1998 |
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Programme
for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 Ch. 18 Freshwater
United Nations General Assembly 19th Special Session New York, 1997
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Chapter 18 of Agenda 21,
1992 |
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United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Freshwater
Portal: Part of the UNEP.Net information system, an extensive catalogue of information
resources ranging from documents, to databases, to maps and graphics, covering the most critical freshwater issues of the day: water scarcity,
irrigated agriculture, water and sanitation, water quality, groundwater, transboundary water management, water and ecosystems, floods and droughts,
and urban water. |
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Water For People,
www.waterforpeople.org |
Food Security
Public Health and HIV/AIDS
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Stakeholder
Forum resource page on HIV/AIDS, covering:
Issues: Access to health care
services, medication and reproductive rights; Social and Economic Aspects
Developing
countries; Industrialised countries
Organisations:
Faith Communities; NGOs;
Institutions; Media & Education; Industry; Trade Unions; UN; Women;
Youth |
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Stakeholder
Forum Briefing Paper on HIV/AIDS (PDF)
(RTF):
The devastating toll of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is examined in this paper.
Its present and future impact on global sustainable development, especially
for the poorest members of society and least developed countries, is
discussed. Some of the suggested strategies for dealing with the most
critical aspects of the disease are also reviewed. |
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UN
AIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
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UN
General Assembly Special Session, June 2001:
The
Global Strategy Framework on HIV/AIDS
Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDs |
 | World
Bank
HIV/AIDS
Programmes and Initiatives |
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World
Health Organization-
Reference page with links to publications, surveillance & response, WHO
Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (HSI), and UNAIDs
and HIV/AIDS report of
the Director General |
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The
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
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Gender
and HIV/AIDS. UNIFEM |
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Human
rights, Women and Aids . WHO 2000 Fact sheet no.
247 |
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Framework
of Action Towards Involving Workers in Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Workplace.
ICFTU (2000) |
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Global
Business Council on HIV/AIDS |
Corporate / Stakeholder Citizenship
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UN
Secretary General's Report "Towards Global Partnerships", 2001 (DOC)
(PDF)
UN General Assembly Resolution 56/176, "Towards Global
Partnerships" (PDF) |
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Global
Reporting Initiative |
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Van
der Gaag, P (2001) Global Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
Regimes, Governments, stakeholders and how to use companies in creating and
protecting sustainable societies. www.anped.org
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Lord
Holme (1999) Corporate Social Responsibility : speech given at Norsk
Hydro conference 28/4/99. www.wbcsd.ch/newscenter/speeches/csr/CSRLord.pdf
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Toronto
Multi-stakeholder Consultative Meeting on Voluntary Initiatives and Agreements,
(1999): Chairman’s Summary www.un.org/esa/sustdev/toronto.htm
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Gender
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Stakeholder
Forum Briefing Paper on Gender (PDF)
(RTF):
The need for gender equity cuts across all aspects of Sustainable
Development. This paper depicts some of the on-going blocks to gender equity
at global and regional levels. Touching on a vast array of issues: human
rights and security; poverty;
access to and management of resources; trade and finance; development;
and health, it
outlines some means to tackle these problems and proposes some key questions
which need to be addressed by the Johannesburg Summit. A central theme to
improving gender equity is the need to inspire and build a culture of
partnership. Partnership not only between men and women but also between
civil society and institutions, and between the local to global levels of
policy making for sustainable development. |
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Stakeholder
Forum roadmap on gender |
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Stakeholder
Toolkit for Women and NGOs website; booklet - UN documents; NGO
documents; networking resources; links; compilations of international
agreements; etc |
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CSD
NGO Women's Caucus - position papers; links; Earth Summit 2002
activities |
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Women's
Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) |
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Huairou
Commission |
Governance
Research
Centres
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Centre
for Science & Environment |
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International
Institute for Environment & Development |
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International
Institute for Sustainable Development |
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North
- South Centre |
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Overseas
Development Institute |
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The
South Centre |
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Third
World Institute |
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World
Resources Institute |
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World
Watch |
Stakeholder
Forum websites:
Other
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Official
UN website for the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September 2002: www.johannesburgsummit.org |
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World
Summit on Sustainable Development / Civil Society Secretariat, South
Africa, at http://www.worldsummit.org.za/ |
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People,
Planet and Prosperity: South African Government website for the World
Summit on Sustainable Development at http://www.joburgsummit2002.com/ |
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IUCN
- The World Conservation Union, website for the World Summit at http://www.iucn/wssd |
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