Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Deve

Based on the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) as ratified at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, this plain language version brings together the outcomes and recommendations of the JPOI for the lay person and expert alike.

Foreword * Preface * Background * Part I: The JPOI - Introduction * Poverty Eradication * Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production * Protecting and Managing the Natural Resource Base of Economic and Social Development * Globalization * Health and Sustainable Development * Small Island Developing States * Sustainable Development for Africa * Other Regional * Initiatives * Means of Implementation * Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development * Part II: Implementing the JPOI - WSSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development * The Role of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development * Annexe A: Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development * Annex B: Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development * Index