| European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Council (EEAC) |
| Fondazione Enrico Mattei |
| Friends of the Earth International Secretariat |
| Friends of the Earth: Measuring Progress |
| Global Environmental Facility |
| Global Reporting Initiative |
| Group of 77 |
| International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| International Council for Social Welfare |
| International Institute for Environment & Development |
| International Labour Organisation |
| International Tropical Timber Organisation |
| Marine Stewardship Council |
| oikos |
| Oxfam International Secretariat |
| Stockholm Environment Institute |
| The Rainforest Alliance |
| UNCSD |
| UNCTAD |
| UNED Forum |
| UNED Forum Earth Summit 2002 |
| UNEP IETC |
| UNESCO |
| UNICEF |
| United Nations Centre on Human Settlements/HABITAT |
| United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
| United Nations Development Programme |
| United Nations Environment Programme |
| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| World Bank |
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| World Health Organisation |
| World Meteorological Organisation |
| World Resources Institute |
| World Trade Organisation |
| WWF Global Network |
| World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) |
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| European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Council (EEAC) |
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| European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Council (EEAC) |
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| Fondazione Enrico Mattei |
| A non-profit, non-partisan research institution established to carry out research in the field of sustainable development. One of its aims is to promote interaction between academic, industrial and public policy spheres in order to comprehensively address concerns about economic development and environmental degradation. It host the site of the Global Network of Environmental Economics. |
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| Fondazione Enrico Mattei |
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| Friends of the Earth International Secretariat |
| A federation of autonomous environmental organizations from all over the world, campaigning on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our day, and catalysing a shift toward sustainable societies. |
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| Friends of the Earth International Secretariat |
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| Friends of the Earth: Measuring Progress |
| This site looks at the strengths and weaknesses of one alternative indicator for measuring success of our economies - the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW). |
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| Friends of the Earth: Measuring Progress |
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| Global Environmental Facility |
| GEF funds defray the added costs of making planned projects environmentally friendly and finance regional approaches to multinational problems. GEF partnerships unite governments, non-governmental organizations, scientists & the private sector behind cost-effective solutions that pave the way for sustainable economic development. |
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| Global Environmental Facility |
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| Global Reporting Initiative |
| An international, multi-stakeholder effort to create a common framework for the voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental and social impacts of organisation-level activity. GRI objective is to elevate the comparability and credibility of sustainability reporting practices world-wide. |
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| Global Reporting Initiative |
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| Group of 77 |
| As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical co-operation among developing countries. |
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| Group of 77 |
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| International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| The ICFTU organises and directs campaigns on the respect of trade unions and workers' rights, the eradication of forced child labour, the promotion of equal rights for working women, the environment, education programmes for trade unionists around the world, the encouragement of the organisation of young workers, and the investigation of the trade union situation in many countries. |
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| International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
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| International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| ICLEI is an association of local governments dedicated to the prevention and solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems through local action. Members include approximately 300 cities, towns, counties, and their associations from around the world. |
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| International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
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| International Council for Social Welfare |
| ICSW's basic mission is to promote forms of social and economic development to reduce poverty, hardship and vulnerability throughout the world, especially amongst the disadvantaged. It strives for recognition and protection of fundamental rights to food, shelter, education, health care and security, believing that these rights are an essential foundation for freedom, justice and peace. It seeks to advance equality of opportunity, freedom of self-expression and access to human services. |
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| International Council for Social Welfare |
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| International Institute for Environment & Development |
| An independent, non-profit organisation which promotes sustainable patterns of world development through research, policy studies, consensus building and public information. With a focus equity and justice, and the rights and needs of poor people, IIED address the connections between economic development, the environment and human needs, with the aim to improve the management of natural resources so that communities and countries of the South can improve living standards without jeopardising their resource base. |
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| International Institute for Environment & Development |
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| International Labour Organisation |
| A UN specialized agency which promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. Founded in 1919, it became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946. |
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| International Labour Organisation |
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| International Tropical Timber Organisation |
| Created in 1983, the ITTO provide an effective framework for consultation among producer and consumer countries on all aspects of the world timber economy. Among its objectives is a commitment to assist members to meet the objective that by the year 2000 all tropical timber products traded internationally by states shall originate from sustainably managed forests. |
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| International Tropical Timber Organisation |
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| Marine Stewardship Council |
| A charitable, non-governmental, international organisation to promote sustainable fisheries and responsible fishing practices world-wide through long term, market based solutions which meet the needs and objectives of both the environment and commerce. |
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| Marine Stewardship Council |
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| oikos |
| The International Student Organization for Sustainable Economics and Management aim to integrate sustainability issues into research and teaching at the world's faculties of Economics and Management. |
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| Oxfam International Secretariat |
| Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. |
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| Oxfam International Secretariat |
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| Stockholm Environment Institute |
| An independent international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. Its research programme aims to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability. |
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| Stockholm Environment Institute |
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| The Rainforest Alliance |
| An international non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests for the benefit of the global community. Its mission is to promote economically viable and socially desirable alternatives to the destruction of this endangered, biologically diverse natural resource, through education, research, and co-operative partnerships with businesses, governments and local peoples. |
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| The Rainforest Alliance |
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| UNCSD |
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| UNCSD |
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| UNCTAD |
| Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly in the field of trade and development. Its main goals are to maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries, and to help them face the challenges arising from globalization through research and policy analysis, intergovernmental deliberations, technical co-operation, and interaction with civil society and the business sector. |
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| UNCTAD |
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| UNED Forum |
| UNED Forum is an international multi-stakeholder organization committed to the promotion of global sustainable development. UNED's primary objective is to facilitate the involvement of major groups in the work of the United Nations and other inter-governmental institutions. |
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| UNED Forum |
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| UNED Forum Earth Summit 2002 |
| This site, provided by UNED Forum, provides a range of information and documents in preparation of the forthcoming UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2-11 September 2002. |
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| UNED Forum Earth Summit 2002 |
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| UNEP IETC |
| The International Environmental Technology Centre was established by UNEP in 1992 to promote the application of environmentally sound technologies to address urban environmental problems, such as sewage, air pollution, solid waste and noise, and the management of freshwater resources to developing and transition countries. |
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| UNEP IETC |
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| UNESCO |
| UNESCO promotes collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law, and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion. |
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| UNESCO |
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| UNICEF |
| Founded in 1946, UNICEF works for the protection of children's rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. |
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| UNICEF |
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| United Nations Centre on Human Settlements/HABITAT |
| Habitat's activities focus on promoting housing for all, improving urban governance, reducing urban poverty, improving the living environment and managing disaster mitigation and post-conflict rehabilitation. The Centre is supporting the implementation of the Habitat Agenda at local, national and regional levels. |
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| United Nations Centre on Human Settlements/HABITAT |
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| United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
| Created in 1992, UN-CSD aims to ensure effective follow-up of United Nation Conference on the Environment and Development, and to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. |
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| United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
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| United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDP's mission is to help countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programmes in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication. |
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| United Nations Development Programme |
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| United Nations Environment Programme |
| Established as the outcome of the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972, UNEP is charged with the implementation of global and regional environment conventions, providing and integrated and coherent policy response to existing and emerging environmental concerns and raising consciousness and awareness about how peoples actions negatively affect the environment. |
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| United Nations Environment Programme |
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| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FAO works to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security. The Organization offers direct development assistance, collects, analyses and disseminates information, provides policy and planning advice to governments and acts as an international forum for debate on food and agriculture issues. |
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| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
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| World Bank |
| The world's largest source of development assistance, the World Bank uses its financial resources, staff, and knowledge base to help each developing country onto a path of stable, sustainable, and equitable growth. |
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| World Bank |
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| World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| A coalition of 125 international companies with a shared commitment to sustainable development, WBCSD aims to develop closer co-operation between business, government and all other organizations concerned with the environment and sustainable development, and to encourage high standards of environmental management by business. |
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| World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
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| World Health Organisation |
| The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health, comprehensively defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. |
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| World Health Organisation |
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| World Meteorological Organisation |
| WMO co-ordinates global scientific activity to allow prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment. |
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| World Meteorological Organisation |
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| World Resources Institute |
| World Resources Institute provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems, with a focus of safeguarding the Earth's climate, protecting the ecosystems upon which human well-being depends, reducing the use of materials and generation of wastes, and guarantee all people's access to environmental information and decisions regarding natural resources and the environment. |
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| World Resources Institute |
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| World Trade Organisation |
| The only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations. These documents provide the legal ground-rules for international commerce. |
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| World Trade Organisation |
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| WWF Global Network |
| One of the world's largest and most effective independent organizations dedicated to the conservation of nature, this WWF site provides information on initiatives to protect animals and plants threatened with extinction, as well as the many forms of pollution that are harming the soil, atmosphere, freshwater and oceans, which sustain life. |
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| WWF Global Network |
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| World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) |
| The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) will be held in Johannesburg from 26 August - 4 September 2002. It will review progress made towards sustainable development in the 10 years since the Earth Summit of 1992, identify the challenges that still remain, and provide an opportunity to forge new commitments and partnerships to address these challenges. It will bring together an estimated 65 000 participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from NGOs, businesses and other major groups. |
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| World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) |
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