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"Lessons from Johannesburg: What is the Future for UN Summits?":
An opinion piece by Rémi Parmentier, September 10 2002. Download
now.
Joint Declaration by EU, others: The Way Forward on
Renewable Energy. In response to inaction by the Earth Summit, a
"coalition of the willing" is being formed to carve a
path forward toward a
renewable energy future. Download
now
Citizen Coal: Australia and its neighbours. Greenpeace report
on Australian exports of coal and the effect on energy policies
in the Asian region. Download
now
Traditional adversaries call for action on climate change:
Greenpeace and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
have issued a joint statement calling for government action on climate
change. Download
the joint statement
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for the story
Dow Chemical: the Toxic Machine
Briefing on Dow Sentrachem plant in Chloorkop, South Africa. Download
now
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for an Executive Summary
Dow Sentrachem, Chloorkop: organic and metal contaminants in
wastewater and in the downstream environment. Report by the Greenpeace
Research Laboratories, University of Exeter, UK. Download
now
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Corporate Crimes: The need for an international instrument
on corporate accountability and liability JOHANNESBURG VERSION Download
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Wijma: logging illegally in Cameroon ’s rainforest Download
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WWF/
Oxfam/ Greenpeace comments on the Chairmans text on Trade and Finance
Means of Implementation
This joint statement details our deep concerns with issues or insufficient
or completely lacking in the text being discussed at the Earth Summit.
LEAKED:
Means of Implementation from the Chair
The implementation of Agenda 21 and the achievement of the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium
Declaration as well as in this plan of action requires a substantially
increased effort, both by countries themselves and by the rest of
the international community, taking fully into account the Rio principles,
in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities,
as relevant.
LEAKED:
The EU and US non-paper on 'Gobalisation, Trade and Financing'
Globalisation - the growing integration of economies and societies
around the world - offers opportunities and challenges for sustainable
development and has the potential to improve living standards for
all.
Earth
Summit - general
Letter to Heads of State and key Ministers on Type 1 & 2
agreements, from ANPED, Consumers International, Danish 92 Group,
Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF.
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the letter now. Download the background
document
Who to
blame 10 years after RIO? The role of the US, Canada, and Australia
undermining the RIO agreements. UPDATED, JOHANNESBURG VERSION
"Bush, 'Security' and the Earth Summit": An opinion piece by
Rémi Parmentier, August 13 2002. Download
now.
"Eco
Equity:" Comments and annotations on the advance unedited text of
the draft plan of implementation for the World Summit on Sustainable
Development arising from the Bali Prepcom. 15 July, 2002. Download
now
"The Bali Paradoxes." An opinion piece by Rémi Parmentier, June
12 2002.
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now
Leaders from Sweden, Brazil (past Earth Summit hosts) and South
Africa met in late June in Rio, Brazil, to pass the torch to South
Africa. NGOs have written to the leaders to urge them to rescue
the Earth Summit.
Download the letter.
Response from Kofi Annan to NGO letter
"Earth Summit is sinking"
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Earth Summit Ship is sinking: NGOs warn Kofi Annan
Letter to Kofi Annan Download now
Press release Download
now
Hundreds of environmental and development groups from Spain and
Latin America have called on the leaders meeting at the Madrid Summit
to support the massive uptake of renewables through the Earth Summit.
(in Spanish only) Press
release (Spanish only), Declaration
(Spanish only), Signatures
Greenpeace
proposals for outcomes of the Earth Summit.
The Johannesburg
Earth Summit and why Greenpeace is going. This is a general
introduction to the summit and what greenpeace hopes will come out
of it.
Greenpeace
checklist for a successful Earth Summit. Compare this with the
final summit outcome and see if governments have done their job
or not.
Beyond
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
This document, published at the close of the Rio Earth Summit, analyses
what the summit did and did not achieve. It is reproduced here with
a new foreword, examining the impact of Rio over the last 10 years.
The
2002 foreword.
French
(foreword) version.
Spanish
(foreword)
version.
Who to
blame 10 years after RIO? The role of the US, Canada, and Australia
undermining the RIO agreements.
Summary
paper
French
version
Spanish
version
Towards
WSSD: the last crossroad between a clean and grey future by
Maria Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
Greenpeace
statement on the UN international conference on financing for development.
Commentary on the environmental record of the Danish government.
WSSD
Prepcom 4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002
Greenpeace launches the Bhopal Principles on
Corporate Accountability. More>>
Corporate Crimes -- the full report (pdf): part
one, part
two, part
three
Press release Download
now
"Wind
Force 12 - a blueprint to achieve 12 percent of the world's electricity
from wind power by 2020. Wind
Force 12 Report - executive summary (MS Word).
Wind
Force 12 Report (full pdf version).
Greenpeace
and other Non Government Organisations write to Secretary General
Kofi Annan to call for action at the Earth Summit 2002. Download
the letter.
Greenpeace's
comments on
the proposed "Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development"
for discussion at Prepcom 4 in Bali
Annotations
on and proposed amendments to the chairman's text for negotiation
at the WSSD prepcom 4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002.
Other
papers from preparatory committees
Greenpeace,
WWF and FOE call on G8 Governments to support renewables proposals
at the Earth Summit, in line with the recommendations of the G8
Renewables Task Force.
Paper one: Ancient
forests at the WSSD.
Paper two: Climate
change at the WSSD
Paper three: Agriculture
and Genetically Modified Organisms at the WSSD.
Paper four: Ocean
and fisheries at the WSSD.
Paper five:Phasing
out hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals - a sustainable development
imperative.
Paper six: Nuclear
power and radioactive waste at the WSSD.
Paper seven: Financial
resources and mechanisms.
Paper eight: The polluter
pays principle and financial assistance.
Paper nine: Sustainable
procurement.
Annotations
on the chairman´s paper arising from WSSD prepcom 2.
Sectoral papers
Greenpeace
commentary on "industry as a partner for sustainable development"
Convention
on Biological Diversity. Read the speech made by Paulo Adario,
the director of Greenpeace's Amazon campaign.
Clean
Energy for Sustainable Development. How governments can stimulate
a massive uptake in renewable energy, and save the climate.
Spanish
version.
French
version.
Ocean
and fisheries at the Earth Summit.
Governance
Sign-on
statement: Preserve Multilateral Environmental Agreements from
WTO challenge now.
Type
1 versus type 2 outcomes: explaining the jargon, exposing the
trap. By Rémi Parmentier, Political Director, Greenpeace International.
See the UN's latest release on this subject: Partnership
Initiatives Should Not Substitute for Government Commitments to
Promote Sustainable Development, Speakers Stress
International
Environmental Governance and the WSSD.
Letter
to the UN stating Greenpeace's position on the Global Compact.
What Greenpeace thinks about the UN Global Compact with global corporations,
and what changes would need to be for Greenpeace to support it.
Greenpeace
response to the World Environment Organisation (WEO) or Global
Environment Organisation (GEO).
Earth Summit and trade
Annotations
on and proposed amendments to the chairman's text for negotiation
at the WSSD prepcom 4, Bali, Indonesia 24 May - 7 June 2002.
Greenpeace's
comments on the proposed "Institutional Framework for Sustainable
Development" for discussion at Prepcom 4 in Bali.
Greenpeace
comments and annotations on the WTO Doha ministerial declaration,
January 2002.
Other documents
Greenpeace backgrounder - new partnership
for Africa's development (NEPAD)
Globe
Europe's action agenda for the Earth Summit
Globe
Europe's roadmap to the Earth Summit - Draft Resolution from
12-14 April Conference in Stockholm.
El
camino de la sostenibilidad (Bush's War on Sustainability).
Spanish document - Espańol.
Exporting
global warming - the UK's support for fossil fuel energy in
the developing world.
"Respect
Europe" Conference, Goteborg, 14 June 2001 by Rémi Parmentier,
Political Director, Greenpeace International.
ECO,
the newsletter produced daily at the Summit and its preparatory meetings
by the ECO Equity Coalition
Johannesburg Summit ECO#8, 4 September 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#7, 3 September 2002
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now
Johannesburg Summit ECO#6, 2 September 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#5, 30 August 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#4, 29 August 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#3, 28 August 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#2, 27 August 2002
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Johannesburg Summit ECO#1, 26 August 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 7 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 6 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO 5 June
2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
4 June 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
3 June 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
31 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
30 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
29 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
28 May 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 4 * Bali, Indonesia* ECO
27 May 2002
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Johannesburg
Summit Prepcom 3 * New York, USA* ECO 5 April 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 3 * New York, USA* ECO 3 April 2002
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Johannesburg Summit Prepcom 2 * New York, USA* ECO February
2002
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EVENTS
Climate
Change and the Kyoto Protocol
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and
Greenpeace International organise a joint event in Johannesburg
Invitation
Bhopal Exhibition
One night in December 1984, a lethal gas leaked from the Union Carbide/DOW
factory in Bhopal (India), killing 8000 people within days and injuring
half a million. Since then, thousands more have died a slow death,
and 150 000 are chronically ill.
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