United Nations Earth Summit (1992)
For 12 days in June 1992, more than 35,000 environmental activists, politicians, and business representatives, along with 9,000 journalists, 25,000 troops, and unc...
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Earth Summit
On June 3 and 4, 1992, the Earth Summit (formally the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or UNCED) met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a twenty-year follow-up to the U...
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New York (dpa) - With global energy use expected to increase by 50
per cent in the next 25 years, the United Nations on Monday urged
governments to devise long-term energy p...
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Oslo (dpa) - Norway marked the 20th anniversary Monday of the
groundbreaking Brundtland report that paved the way for the 1992 UN
Environment Conference against the backdrop...
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Zimbabwe is likely to win approval to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from some Western countries and human rights organi...
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Zimbabwe, a country suffering from acute food shortages and rampant inflation, won approval to lead the important U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development despite protests from the U.S., European...
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Nov 27 (Reuters) - Delegates from about 190 nations will
meet in Bali, Indonesia, from Dec. 3-14 to launch negotiations
on a new U.N. pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. Here are some ...
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On a fine Sunday in late August, Wahei Tatematsu, a 59-year-old
writer, was sweating as he planted trees together with local children
on the slopes of the remains of Ashio Copper Mine, once o...
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Excerpts from former Vice President Al Gore's acceptance speech Monday for the Nobel Peace Prize he shared with the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.__Seven years ago tomorrow, I re...
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United Nations Earth Summit (1992)
Earth Summit
UN urges long-term energy policy to spur economy, development
