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?
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..
Read our press releases to know the real story - what really goes on behind the scene!. more...
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
Indian Delegation:
to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26
to September 4, 2002.more...
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
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...
Analysis
and Reports. Analyses
of the latest happenings and events in the WSSD process.more...
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...
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...
Issues
A discussion of various issues relating to the WSSD
process, including poverty, global governance, financing for development etc.
more...
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?
WSSD: dialogue of the deaf 
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
Indian Delegation:
to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26
to September 4, 2002.