par Zaccai, Edwin
Editeur scientifique Nierynck, Eddy;Vanoverschelde, Anthony;Bauler, Thomas ;Zaccai, Edwin ;Hens, Luc;Pallemaerts, Marc
Référence Making globalization sustainable? The Johannesburg Summit and beyond, VUB Press, Brussels, page (79-90)
Publication Publié, 2003
Partie d'ouvrage collectif
Résumé : "Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production", the title of Chapter 3 in the Plan of Implementation of Johannesburg represents a motto that proceeds from the core of sustainable development. Ten years after the Rio Conference the principles aimed at these objectives remain, for a large part, unchanged, though this topic gained in importance. No significant breakthrough have been achieved within the latest Summit. This paper traces briefly the conceptions through which this area have been phrased in UN official texts, before looking at some major difficulties that stand in the way of significant changes. Among the problems figure the wide differences of situations and potentials in the world related to these topics, and the under-estimation of their social dimensions. Among its propositions, the paper argues for a more careful assessment of the difficulties encountered by the political instruments repeatedly officially approved.