preparations.jpg (2975 bytes)
joburg_tower.jpg Touted by some as the ‘last chance to save the world’, world leaders will meet at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg from August 26 to September 4, 2002. Can we expect substance over rhetoric and concrete proposals over lip service to the environment?

deaf.jpg WSSD: dialogue of the deaf
The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self-interest and unilateralism by the rich, will the concerns of poor countries ever be addressed in global negotiations?
more..


pressrelease.jpg (2561 bytes)
Read our press releases to know the real story - what really goes on behind the scene!.
more...
text.jpg (2433 bytes)
Compiled by the Centre for Science and Environment
Click here for pdf  file

joburg_logo.jpg (7354 bytes)The World Summit on Sustainable Development is the second milestone in the ongoing process of discussion and debate on global sustainable development. The first summit was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and was called the "Earth Summit" – an opportunity to debate on the "common good" of all the people of the world. Over the last ten years, the increasing divide between the North and the South has reduced sustainable development negotiations to ineffectual talk-shops for trade benefits, with "common good" receding farther and farther away

icon.gif (870 bytes) Indian Delegation: to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26 to September 4, 2002. more...

icon.gif (870 bytes) Daily coverage from Jo'burg Earth Summit 2002


For information on the summit and to participate, visit the official website:  www.johannesburgsummit.org
Please use the links on the left to know more about the WSSD process at CSE

icon.gif (870 bytes) Press Releases: Read our press releases to know the real story - what really goes on behind the scene!. Read our press releases to know the real story - what really goes on behind the scene!. more...

icon.gif (870 bytes) News & Trends. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) Analysis and Reports. Analyses of the latest happenings and events in the WSSD process. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) Factsheets
A compact analysis of the Conventions, Commissions, Panels, Forums, Programmes, and Agreements that are an intrinsic part of global environmental negotiations today. Each Factsheet tackles and demystifies the processes of diverse issues such as  climate change, biodiversity and hazardous wastes and pollutants. more...

icon.gif (870 bytes) CSE Meetings & Workshops
Dissemination of information forms a key mission of CSE, and especially the GEG unit. We recognise that awareness and participation with Civil Society is key to ensuring pressing local issues with a global outreach are given an appropriate voice in global environmental negotiations. Our intra-regional meetings and workshops are geared towards meeting this end. more...

icon.gif (870 bytes) Issues
A discussion of various issues relating to the WSSD process, including poverty, global governance, financing for development etc. more...