The Johannesburg Summit 2002: A Call for Action

The document is a formal appeal to the President of the United States to participate in the 2002 Johannesburg Summit. It argues that the U.S. has a special responsibility to lead on sustainable development and environmental protection, citing urgent global crises including climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss. The signatories request that the U.S. ratify Rio treaties, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and support renewable energy technologies.

• The authors identify several urgent global environmental crises: over one billion people lack clean drinking water, over one billion urban residents breathe polluted air, and two billion people lack adequate energy supplies. Additionally, 75 percent of world fisheries are exploited at or beyond capacity, over 11,000 species face high extinction risk, and at least 90 million hectares of forests were lost between 1990 and 2000.
• The statement urges the U.S. President to take specific actions at the Johannesburg Summit, including the ratification and implementation of major environmental treaties from the Rio Earth Summit, the reduction of carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants, and the stimulation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

APA

Adams, J., Blackwelder, B., Blake, R. O., Brown, L., Clapp, P. E., Dayton, C. K., Dobson, C., Epstein, M., Flavin, C., Fuller, K., Futrell, J. W., Gelobter, M., Greenfield, S., Hayes, D., Hayes, R., Hubbell, S., O’Keefe, D., Krupp, F., Langenberg, D. N., ... Zaelke, D. (2002). The Johannesburg Summit 2002: A Call for Action. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-and-other-groups-call-on-president-bush-to-attend-upcoming-world-summit-on-sustainable-development/

Chicago

Adams, John, Brent Blackwelder, Robert O. Blake, Lester Brown, Philip E. Clapp, Charles K. Dayton, Chad Dobson, et al. The Johannesburg Summit 2002: A Call for Action. Center for International Environmental Law, 2002. https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-and-other-groups-call-on-president-bush-to-attend-upcoming-world-summit-on-sustainable-development/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{adams2002johannesburg, author = {Adams, John and Blackwelder, Brent and Blake, Robert O. and Brown, Lester and Clapp, Philip E. and Dayton, Charles K. and Dobson, Chad and Epstein, Mark and Flavin, Christopher and Fuller, Kathryn and Futrell, J. William and Gelobter, Michel and Greenfield, Stanley and Hayes, Denis and Hayes, Randy and Hubbell, Stephen and O’Keefe, Danny and Krupp, Fred and Langenberg, Donald N. and Marsh, Langdon and McCormick, Steve and Molina, Mario and Moore, Monica and Musil, Robert K. and Pace, William R. and Passacantando, John and Pope, Carl and Pulliam, Stephen and Van Putten, Mark and Radford, Philip D. and O’Regan, Fred and Ritchie, Mark and Roady, Stephen E. and Rogers, Kathleen and Speth, James Gustave and Stang, Robert B. and Swartz, Daniel and Wirth, Wren and Wise, John and Woodwell, George M. and Zaelke, Durwood}, title = {{The Johannesburg Summit 2002: A Call for Action}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2002}, month = feb, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-and-other-groups-call-on-president-bush-to-attend-upcoming-world-summit-on-sustainable-development/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }