Summary UN Report:
The present report, prepared in response to General Assembly resolution 72/216, provides an update on the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. It provides, in accordance with the request in the resolution, an analysis of the unfinished business of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit and of the Conference, including on demographic dynamics, trade, land resources, toxic chemicals and groundwater contamination, waste, transfer of and cooperation on technology;and promotion of sustainable patterns of production and consumption, as well as the lessons learned in their full implementation. It also includes, by way of example, success stories and best practice…