Since the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) finished in September 2002, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) have been collaborating to produce this website. It presents an extensive collection of documents in English, Spanish and French which set out civil society priorities and contributions for WSSD. The contents of this website are also available in full on a CD-ROM.
A vast array of materials was generated by civil society oragnisations around the world during the preparations for Johannesburg. Business associations, trade unions, NGOs, women's organisations, youth groups and many others produced policy statements, records of their own activities, critiques of their government's performance, information briefings and so on.
This website presents a broad range of ideas and information developed as a result of the Johannesburg Summit which would otherwise be lost - focussing not just on the inter-governmental process, but on a range of meetings and initiatives developed in the space created by the official event.
Documents can be found using a Search Facility which allows you to search for documents produced by one of the organisations listed on this site, or for specific content as found within any of the documents.
CONTENTS
About this website
About the lead organisations
About the sponsors
About the contents of this website
Using the website
WSSD: An assessment by Tom Bigg, IIED
The WSSD – Civil Society on a CD-ROM, a tribute to
the power of reason by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, ANPED
KEY WSSD DOCUMENTS
Chairperson’s summary of the
partnership plenary discussion on water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and
biodiversity (WEHAB)
Chairperson’s summaries of the round
tables
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002 Corrigendum
Addendum: Summary of the partnership plenary
session on regional implementation
Summaries of the round tables
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