Earth Summit to discuss water, energy
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has outlined five key areas where results must be obtained in the agenda for August’s Earth Summit.
On the list is the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, which sets specific emission reduction targets for developed countries to check global warming - a process the US has abandoned.
Annan has suggested an agenda of water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and bio-diversity for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, starting August 26 in Johannesburg.
The tasks include providing access to 1 billion people who lack clean drinking water and 2 billion people who lack proper sanitation; give over 2 billion people access to modern energy services.
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