Mercy Global Concern - 2005

13th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development - 11-22 April 2005

Source: WEDO (Women’s Environment & Development Organization)

Governments of the world have recognized, time and again, that poverty eradication and gender equality are critical components of sustainable development. Governments have made important commitments to a sustainable development agenda with gender equality and women’s empowerment and human rights at its core in numerous international agreements, including Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation, the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Declaration and as a key cross-cutting issue in the ten-year work plan of the Commission (CSD-11)...

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EU leaders drop 2050 emissions reduction target

Source: Planet Ark

European Union leaders backed a goal for ambitious cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday but dropped a longer-term target for 2050, despite support from environment ministers earlier this month. European Union leaders backed a goal for ambitious cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday but dropped a longer-term target for 2050, despite support from environment ministers earlier this month.

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UN Environment Programme Ministerial to focus on environment & MDGs

Source: UNEP

The importance of a healthy environment for realizing the Millennium Development Goals will take centre stage next week when more than 100 environment ministers meet at the world headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya.

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'Water for Life' Decade: Appropriate policies needed to make better use of water

Source: FAO

"Appropriate policies and good governance practices are needed to encourage and guide farmers to make better use of water," FAO said in a message on the eve of the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life 2005-2015' to be launched by the United Nations and Governments tomorrow 22 March, on World Water Day.

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