Agendas for Sustainability

A collaboration between the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Earth Council, this book examines the problem definitions, objectives, principles, priorities, and actions proposed on eleven of the major agendas for the environment proposed after the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Considering the processes used for devising global environment and development agendas, this text provides practical suggestions for their future development and influence. A collaboration of the latest research from the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Earth Council, the book presents similarities and differences in problem definition, objectives, principles, priorities and actions across eleven of the major agendas put forward for environment and development after Rio. Points of divergence and areas of common ground are investigated for over 30 environment and development-related topics, such as biodiversity, consumption patterns, trade, urbanization, population, education, deforestation and water resources.