The World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26 to September 4, 2002. It brought together heads of state, leaders from NGOs, businesses, and other groups to discuss advancing sustainable development. The summit sought to identify progress and further efforts needed since the 1992 Earth Summit, address new challenges, and renew commitments to sustainable development. It resulted in the Johannesburg Declaration which reaffirmed commitments to poverty eradication, environmental protection, and equitable development. A Plan of Implementation was also adopted outlining specific actions to promote sustainable consumption and production, conservation, poverty reduction, and other goals.

1. WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 26 AUG- 4 SEPT 2002
By
Lenin Vinod L
Cinthiya Mary
MBA TOURISM 1st Yr

2. Stockholm to Johannesburg
Stockholm 1972 – Need to respond to the problem of environmental
deterioration
Brundtland 1987
Rio 1992 – Protection of environment and social & economic development
UNFCC
Kyoto Protocol
Cartegena Protocol
Johannesburg Declaration 2002

3. WSSD – 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development
Johannesburg, South Africa
26th Aug – 4th Sept, 2002
People, Planet and Prosperity
Links between environment, poverty and development

4. WSSD 2002
Participants :
o Heads of State and Government
o National delegates
o Leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
o Businesses and other major groups

5. Focus
 Re-examine critical environmental and development
issues and formulate innovative, concrete and realistic proposals for
managing them
 Identify accomplishments and areas where further efforts are
needed to implement Agenda 21 and other outcomes of the Rio
Summit
 Identify future challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of a
sustainable future
 Renew political commitment and support for sustainable
development

6. Johannesburg Declaration on
Sustainable Development
Reaffirm commitment to sustainable development
Build humane, equitable and caring global society for the need of
human dignity
Future to inherit a world free of indignity and indecency
occasioned by poverty, environmental degradation and patterns of
unsustainable development
Responding positively to produce a practical and visible plan in
bringing about poverty eradication and human development

7. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development is built on three interdependent
and mutually reinforcing pillars - economic development, social
development and environmental protection – which must be
established at local, national, regional and global levels.
- WSSD,2002

8. Plan of Implementation-Outcomes
Concrete actions & measures at all levels
Enhance International Co-operations
Benefit all - women, youth, children & vulnerable groups
Involve all relevant sectors through partnership

9. Poverty Alleviation
 Halve the proportion of world’s people income with
less than 1$ by 2015
 Establish a world solidarity fund
 Develop national programmes for sustainable development and
local & community development
 Promote women’s equal access to and full participation
 Develop policies to improve indigenous community
 Deliver basic health services

10. Contd.
Ensure child education
Provide access to agricultural resources and techniques
Build basic rural infrastructure
Increase food availability and affordability
Combat desertification & mitigate effects of drought and floods
Increase access to sanitation

11. Changing unsustainable patterns
of consumption & production
 Fundamental changes in the way societies produce &
Consume are indispensable for global sustainable development
 Identify appropriate tools, mechanisms

12. Protecting & Managing the natural resource base
of Economic & Social Development
 Impact of human activity in ecosystem
 Program of action with financial and technical assistance
 Develop integrated water resource management and water
efficiency plan
 Improve water resource management & scientific understanding
of water cycle
 Promote effective co-ordination among various International &
Intergovernmental bodies
 Promote Sustainable Tourism Development and capacity-building

13. Contd.
 Ensuring the sustainable development of Ocean, seas,
islands and coastal areas with effective co-ordination and co-
operation
 Achieve sustainable fishery
 Promote the conservation and management of oceans at all levels
 Advance implementation of Global Programme of Action for the
protection of Marine Environment
 Enhance maritime safety and protection of the marine
environment from pollution

14. Contd.
Improve scientific understanding and assessment of
marine and coastal eco-system
An integrated approach to address vulnerability, risk assessment
and disaster management
Change in Earth’s Climate – Stabilization of Greenhouse gases
Sustainable agriculture and rural development to increase food
production, food security & safety
Strengthen the implementation to combat desertification
Specific protection of vulnerable mountain ecosystems

15. Contd.
Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
Sustainable forest management of both natural and planted forest
at national & global level
Sustainable mining development through transparency,
accountability and capacity-building

16. Sustainable development in
Globalizing world
Strengthen Trade-related technical assistance,
outcomes of Doha Conference
Promote corporate responsibility and accountability
Strengthen the capacities of developing countries to encourage
public/private initiatives
Strengthen regional trade and co-operation agreements
Assistance in digitalization

17. Health & Sustainable Development
Increase in capacity of health care systems and basic health
services
Promote preservation, development and use of effective traditional
medicine
Develop partnerships to enhance health education
Promote equitable and improved access to affordable and efficient
health services
Implementing national preventative and treatment strategies

18. Sustainable development of small
Island developing states
Support availability of adequate, affordable and
environmentally sound energy services

19. Regional adaptation of
Sustainable Development
 Sustainable development of Africa – alleviating
poverty
 Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
 Sustainable development in Asia and Pacific – alleviating poverty
 Sustainable development in West Asia – managing natural
resources
 Sustainable development in the Economic Commission for Europe
region

20. Means of Implementation
Mobilization and effective use of financial resources, mechanisms
and institutions
Efficacy, coherence and consistency of internal macro-economic
policy
Facilitate greater flow of Foreign direct investment
Reduce unsustainable debt burden
Concrete actions and implementation of WTO agreements
Diversify exports in commodity-dependent countries

21. Contd.
Enhance trade liberations and infrastructure
Promote multi-lateral trade agreement and environmental
agreements
Promote, facilitate and finance environmentally sound science &
technology
Support education, public awareness and research
Public participation in environment and decision making

22. Institutional framework for sustainable
development
Strengthening the Institutional framework for SD at International Level
Enhance integration of sustainable development goals
Collaboration within and between International institutions
Implement the outcomes effectively
Promote corporate responsibility
Promote global economic governance

23. Contd.
Role of General Assembly
Adopt sustainable development
Political direction to implementation
Role of Economic & Social Council
Organize periodic SD themes
Transfer work to Commission on SD
Intensify gender mainstreaming

24. Contd.
Role & Function of Commission on Sustainable Development
Review & evaluate progress and suggest implementations
Address new challenges and opportunities
Discuss on Themes and partnership promotion
Scientific contribution to SD
Role of International Institutions
Support capacity-building programmes
Encourage partnership initiatives
Develop Information & Communication Technology

25. Contd.
Strengthening Institutional framework of SD at Regional level
Facilitate balanced integration of economical ,social and environmental
dimensions
Mobilization of technical and financial assistance
Promote multi-stakeholder partnership
Strengthening Institutional framework of SD at National level
Steps to formulate national SD strategies
Promote Public and private participation
Enhance role and capacity of local authorities and stake-holders

26. References
UNESCO site
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/extras/img/DESDbri
efWSSD.pdf
United Nations Report of the World Summit on
Sustainable development 2002
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/WSSD_POI_PD
/English/WSSD_PlanImpl.pdf