Global Environment Facility (GEF) - Date submitted: 28 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: United Nations & Other IGOs - Name: Global
Environment Facility (GEF) - Submission Document: Download Full
SubmissionGlobal Environment Facility Input to the Compilation
Document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development (Rio+20) October 31, 2011 Contribution of the GEF to
the Rio+20 Compilation Document 1. 1992 UNCED Original Agenda
and the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development
(IFSD) Background The community of nations came to Rio in 1992
with the conviction that the environment was inextricably linked
to development. Rio concluded that urgent action was needed at
the planetary scale to address the rapid and widespread loss of
biological diversity, the rising threats posed by human-induced
climate change, and increased insecurity faced by hundreds of
millions of people due to land degradation and desertification.
By addressing priority global environmental concerns, the three
Rio Conventions i