Mercy Global Concern - 2006

Mercy Global Concern: Briefing paper 1, May 2006

Sustainable Developement

Trends in Sustainable Development, and their interrelated challenges are being addressed at the 14th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (May 1-12, 2006). The four areas are:

1. Energy for sustainable development
   
2. Industrial development
   
3. Atmosphere and air pollution
   
4. Climate change

“Progress in reducing air pollution … and ozone depletion has occurred because governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations have taken these challenges seriously. We still have problems where we need to do more — there are 1.6 billion people who don’t have access to electricity and 2.4 billion who still use firewood or dung to cook and heat. We need reliable and clean energy for industrial and economic development, and if we are to address climate change, we need to implement solutions now,” says JoAnne DiSano, Director of the UN Division for Sustainable Development.

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