National Councils for Sustainable Development
Councils, conventions and what they agreed
World Summit for Sustainable Development
Johannesburg 2002: ten years after Rio, the world met again to turn promises on water, energy, health, farming and biodiversity into action. Read the report →
Durban, 2011: the United Nations climate talks and what they set out to agree.
The first law of its kind to treat biological diversity as a common concern of humankind.
As droughts grow longer, what the convention asks of the countries most affected.
Economy, society and environment - together
Every society rests on three systems at once. National councils exist so that economic, social and environmental decisions are made with each other in mind. Read more →
World Summit for Sustainable Development
The Ramsar Convention
Climate Change Convention
Convention on Biodiversity
Convention to Combat Desertification
Integrating economic, social and environmental action
Wetlands
The Ramsar Convention
Signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971 and in force since 1975: the only global treaty built around a single kind of ecosystem - the world's wetlands.
"The convention will bring together the very best minds in climate change as well as the leaders of the world's nations."
From the report on the Durban climate conference, 2011. Read it →