Open AccessUNEP report outlines global responses to different development scenarios
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo083i023p00254-03
Subject(s) - summit , earth summit , sustainable development , environmental planning , environmental protection , ozone layer , environmental science , sustainability , environmental quality , environmental resource management , geography , political science , ecology , meteorology , physical geography , ozone , biology , law
A global environmental assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), released 22 May recognizes improvements over the past several decades in river and air quality in many developed nations, and efforts to repair the stratospheric ozone layer. However, the report also notes a steady decline in the environment—including fresh water, coastal, and marine resources—especially in many developing nations. The assessment by the UNEP comes 30 years after the first international environmental conference in Stockholm and three months prior to the August 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.