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the 1972 stockholm conference also known as United Nations conference on the Human Environment.
About stockholm
UN's firs major conference on international environmental issues. First organized in 1972 to coordinate global efforts to promote sustainability. |
THEME - "ONLY ONE EARTH" |
122 countries adopted |
Stockholm 50+ agenda
Placing human well being at he centre |
Recognizing and implementing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment |
Adopting system wise changes |
Accelerate transformations of high impact sectors |
Help developing countries to tackle environmental challenges |
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Dimensions of the conference
No harm to any country's environment |
Action plan to study threat to earth's environment |
Establishment of UNEP |
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Outcomes
*Identification of a theme of sustainable development.
{20 years later 1992 UN conference on environment and development - The earth summit in Rio de Janeiro defined sustainable development.}
*Established few principles:
-Polluter pays principle
-Precautionary principle (Vienna convention for protection of ozone layer) |
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