NGO Documents for the Earth Summit, 1992

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 1. People's Earth Declaration

A Proactive Agenda For The Future

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth5.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth12.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 17. Treaty on Consumption and Lifestyle

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth21.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 19. Food Security Treaty

Work to promote infrastructure facilities such as transportation, storage, communications, water and energy to enhance the capacities of women and men, enabling them to participate fully in the economic activities of the community leading to food security

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth23.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 20. Sustainable Agriculture Treaty

Preamble: Current Policy and Critique

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth24.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 23. Alternative Non-Governmental Agreement on Climate Change

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth27.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth28.htm

5 c. Decision-Making Principle. Energy decisions must be democratic and participatory, with balanced ethno-cultural, socio-economic, colour and gender participation. In particular, people directly affected must play a central role. All impacts on the biosphere resulting from the qualitative and quantitative transformation of material and energy must be taken into account, including the use of resources and the creation of waste. Full information about these impacts must be clearly and honestly presented and publicly discussed.

NGO Documents for the Earth Summit, 1992

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth30.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 32. Protecting the Sea from Global Atmospheric Changes

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth36.htm

Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum

Treaty 41. Youth Treaty

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth43.htm

Women's Action Agenda 21 for a Healthy Planet

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearthwomen1.htm#women

We demand that women be given greater access to water and fuel supplies and to food processing technologies (e.g., grinding mills; processing and packaging; oil extraction) and be assisted in setting up food cooperatives, community kitchens, women-owned seed companies, and farmers' markets. To protect trees from being used as fuel, alternative energy sources should be developed, such as inexpensive, durable, heat-storing solar or photovoltaic household cooking stoves, or at minimum, fuel-saving biomass (woodfuel, charcoal, or waste) stoves.

We reject as unacceptable the use of hormones, contaminants, additives, and irradiation in food production.

We call for special attention to the needs of women and children in urban centres experiencing phenomenal population growth. In refugee camps and hostile urban environments, the majority are denied land titles, low-cost decent permanent housing, use of basic amenities, such as water, sanitation, energy, and transportation, and access to building materials and credit.

Noting alarming increases in levels of radiation from man-made sources in our air, water, soil, and space,

Concerned at the rising death toll from nuclear power accidents, exposure to nuclear wastes and other radiation emissions,

Aware that women's breasts and uterine tissue, fetuses, and children are particularly vulnerable to radiation-induced cancers and disease,

We urge that new nuclear research, development, production, and use be stopped, that uranium mining be halted, and that nuclear power production and use be phased out and replaced by environment-friendly energy sources.

We deplore the environmental racism responsible for the dumping, siting, or placement of environmentally hazardous facilities in the communities of colour around the world, including those in North America.

We demand that export of radioactive and other toxic wastes to countries of the South and communities of colour be stopped and that the nations responsible for such wastes be responsible for cleaning them up.

We call for a ban on food irradiation and urge support for research into alternative medical diagnostic and healing methods that do not involve the use of radiation.

We propose that energy efficiency, conservation, and self-renewing sources such as sun, wind, and water be implemented globally as an alternative to nuclear power and fossil fuels. Available technology for these alternatives should be refined and implemented and retraining programs provide for workers displaced by this transition.

We call for promotion of mass transportation systems, including accommodations for bicycles, reducing reliance on fossil-fuel cars, and development of more energy-efficient motor vehicles.

We propose that a curriculum be developed and taught in every language in all schools throughout the world to educate and protect present and future generations from the risks of radiation exposure and contamination.

23-27 June 1997
Recommendations for Actions and Commitments at Earth Summit II
Non-Governmental Organization Revised Draft Background Paper

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/earth2towards.htm#2.6

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/earth2towards.htm#2.7

April 20, 1997, New York

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-comm/csd/csd19972.htm

On the Adoption and Implementation of the Revised UN Guidelines on Consumer Protection and national policies on sustainable production & consumption

21 February, 1999, United Nations, New York

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-comm/csd/csd19992.htm

Lighting the Path to Progress

Women's Initiatives and An Assessment of Progress
since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
Submitted by Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-conf/ngoearth2b.htm

F. Persistent pre-eminence of military and nuclear energy activities
It is only in the aftermath of the Cold War that the true extent of the devastating environmental effects of military activity and nuclear weapons production has become apparent. Cleaning up the toxic legacy of weapons production tests the capacity of even the richest countries. And thus far no nation has truly addressed the ticking time bomb of where and how to safely dispose of tons of nuclear waste generated in conventional civilian nuclear power plants.
Yet, military spending continues at approximately $800 billion per year globally, sucking vital human and financial resources away from pressing social, educational and industrial needs.
Meanwhile, the prospect of increasing legal traffic in plutonium for reprocessing and use in nuclear power plants is truly frightening. It is likely to spawn an illegal traffic in the highly lethal substance, the policing of which would undermine the most basic concepts of civil liberty and freedom of movement.
Also, the main weapons-producing nations have increased their export of conventional weapons, sometimes to offset reduced domestic military procurement. This has created a glut of weapons on the world market, which only worsens civil strife and local tensions.
Mindless industrialization, export promotion and import of toxic wastes in India has led to environmental degradation. Imports of toxic wastes from Australia, Canada, UK, and the US has multiplied many times. Much of this toxic waste comes in the name of recycling but facts indicate otherwise. Imports of non-reusable lead battery waste are up from 126 tones in 1992 to 346 tones in 1993. Greenpeace International reports that just one company in Tamil Nadu, Futura Industries, has imported 10,000 tons of plastic waste since 1992, of which 30-40 percent could not be refused (Political Environments, # 4, a publication of the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment, Summer-Fall, 1996).
Women have long been involved in global disarmament, and have been the strongest voices claiming the elusive "peace dividend" for the betterment of the human condition. Women continue to organize to draw attention to the ongoing health and environmental problems at Chernobyl and Chelyablinsk, to continued nuclear testing in the Pacific, and to rapacious uranium mining on indigenous lands in the US Women are in the forefront of demanding a halt to the construction of new nuclear plants in favor of other renewable energy sources. While welcoming agreements on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and ending nuclear testing, they continue to call for elimination of all nuclear weapons.
In Russia, the Movement for Nuclear Safety, an NGO, is striving to educate citizens about the dangers of nuclear energy for civilian use through campaigns by sending fliers to activists, mass media channels, citizens' groups, schools and universities. As people gain access to information they become more concerned and this increases their involvement in environmental causes.
In Germany, Mothers Against Nuclear Energy led a successful campaign whereby together with other groups they prevented the construction of a project for reprocessing a nuclear fuel in Wackersdorf, Bavaria. The group also hopes to prevent the completion of a nuclear research reactor in Garching, which is supposed to produce neutrons with the help of highly enriched uranium.
The Mozambican Campaign Against Landmines (CMCM), along with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and other Southern African Landmines Campaigns, will host the Fourth International NGO Conference on Landmines in Maputo, Mozambique, from 25 to 28 February 1997. Thousands of women and children have either been killed or maimed by landmines at an alarming rate.
There are over 62 types of mines from 17 countries, including the former Eastern Bloc, the US, China, Italy, Portugal, France, Sweden and South Africa. On the continent of Africa which is the most heavily mined continent, countries like Mozambique have had a lot of landmine accidents:
On December 5, 1995, in a village in Maputo province, Mozambique, several children were collecting scrap metal to sell. Among the bits they found was a landmine. When the scrap metal was weighed on a scale in the market, the landmine exploded, killing eight children instantly. Three others died later at the hospital.
Women's organizations also consider the reduction of military spending to be an essential prerequisite to true implementation of Agenda 21 and further agreements.

NGO Non Paper 2, Draft 17 May 1999

Earth Summit 2002

Energy. The use of fossil fuels and nuclear power are boh security issues as they impact beyond the boundaries that countries have. The need to address energy as an issue outside of the climate debate is vital particularly to enable there to be development of sustainable patterns of production and use of energy.

UN Agency Involvement: Climate Secretariat, UNEP, UNESCO, UNDP

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/ngo-doku/ngo-comm/csd/commissi62.htm

prepared by the NGO Energy & Climate Change Caucus

Para 7. Governments and other policy-makers should especially support a strong role in energy decision-making by women, indigenous peoples, youth, the aged, the disabled, and other underrepresented sectors of civil society.
http://www.igc.org/csdngo/energy/ene_ECGAPdraft_June_2000.htm

At the 8th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 4 May 2000

http://www.igc.org/csdngo/energy/ene_caucus_statement_CSD8.htm

Caucus Statement:
First Session of theAd Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development, 7 March, 2000, UNHQ, New York

NGO Energy & Climate Change Caucus recommendations for key issues of energy and sustainable development, and proposed programme of work

http://www.igc.org/csdngo/energy/ene_caucus_statement_IGEESD.htm

on Preparations for 6-10 March first session of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development (IGEE), February 28, 2000

http://www.igc.org/csdngo/energy/ene_report_February_2000.htm

First Session of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and

Sustainable Development, 6-10 March, 2000

as Part of Preparations for the Ninth Session of the UNCSD on the Issue of Energy

http://www.igc.org/csdngo/energy/ene_position_January_2000.htm