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Encyclopedia > Commission on Sustainable Development
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Women's Environment & Development Organization -- Programs (323 words)
The Sustainable Development Program advocates for the inclusion of a gender perspective, women's empowerment, and a rights-based approach in environmental and sustainable development decision-making.
Advocacy on strengthened environment and sustainable development governance in the context of United Nations reform.
Integration of a gender perspective in global environment and sustainable development policy bodies, including Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the UNEP Governing Council, and the Commission on Sustainable Development.
TakingITGlobal - Voice - Policy Process (334 words)
The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1992 to ensure that there was effective follow up on the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
Sustainable development is focused on providing for the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Youth involved in the CSD also meet directly with their governments to ask how their country’s sustainable development commitments are being fulfilled, as well as to lobby for increased ways for youth to participate in the implementation of national sustainable development initiatives.
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