UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its technologies environment friendly and in some cases, started looking for less wasteful ways

• THIS IS how the paragraph in Agenda 21 text came to Rio: "To facilitate and support the effective implementation of the non-legally binding authoritative statement of principles for a

A severe tug of war between the North and the South preceded the unanimous acceptance of the Rio declaration

USA is pushing big dollars to unravel the mystery of the earth's climate

Our position is that USA is the biggest culprit in the world. ---Environment minister Kamal Nath on the eve of his departure to Rio We cannot permit the extreme in the environmental

A statement presented by southern NGOs in Rio

For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"

• Human beings are at the centre of sustainable development. •States have the sovereign right to exploit their own resources. • The right to

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Given the rich California's zero emission target of 1998, manufacturers have started producing eco friendly cars

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