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Accords & Agreements - Reference
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The Kyoto Protocol assigns mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. As of June 2007, a total of 172 countries and other governmental entities have ratified the agreement (representing over 61.6% of emissions from Annex I countries). (Wiki Article) |
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The Earth Charter (Must Read) |
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Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organizations representing millions of people, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the living world. (Website) |
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The Oil Depletion Protocol |
by Rob Hopkins -- Nov. 9, 2006 -- So what is the Oil Depletion Protocol? Richard Heinberg sums it up neatly thus, “signatory nations would agree to reduce their oil consumption gradually and uniformly according to a simple formula that works out to being a little less than 3% per year”. (Full Article) (ODP website)
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People's Earth Declaration |
Global Forum 1992 -- Rio de Janeiro -- We emerge from these International NGO Forum 92 deliberations with a profound sense that in the richness of our diversity, we share a common vision of a human society grounded in the values of simplicity, love, peace and reverence for life. We now go forth in solidarity to mobilize the moral and human resources of all nations in a unified social movement committed to the realization of this vision. (People's Earth Declaration) (Other NGO Alternative Treaties)
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UN Millenium Development Goals |
UN -- The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. (Website)
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Genuine Progress Indicator - GPI (Must Read) |
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The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a concept in green economics and welfare economics that has been suggested as a replacement metric for gross domestic product (GDP) as a metric of economic growth. Its advocates claim that it can more reliably distinguish worthwhile growth from uneconomic growth. (Wiki Article) (Redefining Progress website) |
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Charter of Global Greens - 2001 |
The Global Greens is the international network of Green parties and political movements. This Charter outlines the policies of the Global Greens which are founded on the principles of ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, nonviolence, sustainability and respect for diversity. (Full Article)
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“Part of the dominant ideology of the last couple of decades is that you should dismantle government regulation. Fine. So you dismantle government regulation, you have catastrophe after catastrophe. Now the public is called in to pay the costs of that ideology. ” Noam Chomsky
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