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Friday, December 10, 2010

Earth Summit

Earth Summit

The issues addressed included:
  • systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in or poisonous waste including radioactive chemicals
  • alternative sources of energy to replace the use of which are linked to global
  • new reliance on systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smog
  • the growing scarcity of
An important achievement was an agreement on the which in turn led to the Another agreement was to "not carry out any activities on the lands of that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate".
The was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural and so-called
Twelve cities were also honoured by the Local Government Honours Award for innovative local environmental programs. These included in for its ambitious program to rehabilitate environmental damage from the local industry, in the for its strategy, and in for incorporating an international education and training component into its municipal pollution control program.
 

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