Representatives of 70 international, European and national environmental citizens organizations (ECOs) from 30 countries met under the auspices of the European ECO Forum in Astana, 20-21 September 2011, to formulate their demands and recommendations to the governments at the 7th UN-ECE European Environmental Ministers Conference, “Environment for Europe” (EfE), taking place in Astana, 21 – 23 September 2011. We agreed on the following declaration.
I. Green Economy – not just a technological fix
Given the overarching objectives of sustainable development agreed at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the concept of “green economy” needs to help achieve this objective of changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns and thus implement this commitment made by all countries in Principle 8 of the 1992 Rio Declaration. ... Fof the full text follow the link.
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