The Earth Times Daily Web Edition: Environment, business, health/GLOBAL COVERAGE

The Summit marks the 10th anniversary of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The UN Secretary General's five priority areas for Johannesburg are: Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity.


	Beyond the Johannesburg Summit
	Meet Jimmy, Soweto's Hope for Social and Economic Change By Valerie Volcovici
	The Challenge of Effective Implementation By Ian Johnson, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development
	Gated Communities, Despairing Societies By Jack Freeman
	Moving Forward After Johannesburg By Mark Malloch Brown
	The Concept May Never Be The Same By Jack Freeman

	September 5, 2002
	Summit wraps up without firm results or plans for future summits By Jack Freeman
	GEF's Small Grants Programme Recognizes essential role of local communities In protecting the global environment By Mohamed T. El-Ashry
	The Summit Remembered with Nostalgia By Valerie Volcovici
	About Jo'burg By Tatjana Jegdic
	Powell Links Good Governance to Sustainable Development By Bonner R. Cohen
	Issues of Concern to Arab States at the World Summit on Sustainable Development By Samina Virani
	Lasting Impressions: Media, despite their faults, shall be sorely missed By Brinda Adhikari
	Poverty: A Major Global Political Issue Dr. Noel J. Brown Assesses the World Summit on Sustainable Development By Jack Freeman
	NGOs: Global People's Forum meeting in Johannesburg a success By Robert E. Sullivan
	Small Islands By Rahul Singh
	NGO Perspective By Hemali Dassani
	Choose Climate-Plant Trees By Robert E. Sullivan
	Reporter's Notebook, Wednesday, September 4, 2002 By Jack Freeman

	September 4, 2002
	Mobilizing the Global Community By Mohamed T. El-Ashry
	Divide among North & South starts to sharpen By Jack Freeman
	World leaders condemn poverty and eco-blight Lofty promises sound poetic, but what about action? By Gerson da Cunha
	An oak grows at Cornell By Rahul Singh
	Arab Agenda at the Summit: Is it all about Palestine? By Samina Virani
	Call for a "new space" in the United Nations By Samina Virani
	Celebrating the idea of South Africa By Pranay Gupte
	Children Speak Out at the Summit By Tatjana Jegdic and Nellie Sung Pearson
	Commitments That Make a Difference By Soon Young Yoon
	It takes more than PR to Modify the US Image By Pamela Hartigan
	No apologies By Jack Freeman
	What is the Summit Really All About? By Bunker Roy
	South Africa plans boldly By Samina Virani
	United Arab Emirates launch initiative By Alexandra Simou and Jack Freeman
	UNESCO head affirms importance of education, diversity in sustainable development By Valerie Volcovici
	Who Hijacked what at the WSSD? By Bonner R. Cohen
	They said
	People/peoples By Jack Freeman

	September 3, 2002
	Big business gets green light from Kofi Annan By Preeti Dawra
	Close encounters of the summit kind By Ling Wu Kong
	Empowering people through native knowledge By Valerie Volcovici
	Mary Robinson: Patiently awaiting human rights By Robert E. Sullivan
	Mobilizing scientific knowledge By Rahul Singh
	Of human rights By Robert E. Sullivan
	Taking care of accreditation is big task By Hemali Dassani
	Texan internationalist leads an unlikely revolution to save the world By Valerie Volcovici
	Try Parsing these words By Gerson Da Cunha
	Summit Vignettes: Politics makes strange bedfellows By Jack Freeman
	Wanted: Social Entrepreneurs to stimulate Sustainable Development By Pamela Hartigan
	What's the Point? World leaders arriving in Johannesburg expected to make stirring speeches on development issues, even as tough questions are raised about usefulness of summit By Bonner R. Cohen
	Water is the best investment By Preeti Dawra

	September 2, 2002
	Kofi Annan: Thriving markets and sustainable development must go hand in hand By Preeti Dawra
	Key Elements for Sustainable Development provided by social entrepreneurs By Pamela Hartigan
	UNCTAD concludes three new partnerships By Valerie Volcovici
	WHO Children's Health Initiative Puts PR Over Substance By Bonner R. Cohen
	Health Promotion by Social Entrepreneurs By Pamela Hartigan

	September 1, 2002
	Timothy E.Wirth, President UN Foundation: Americans Want The US To Be More Engaged Internationally By Preeti Dawra
	Awards Presented to Outstanding Community Initiatives By Rahul Singh
	Meditation at the Summit By Samina Virani
	Seizing Opportunities to provide Market access to the Poor: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurs By Pamela Hartigan
	Mobilize for Sustainable Development By Linda Mamoun
	Norway's Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International Development By Pranay Gupte
	A Tree Grows in Jo'burg By Valerie Volcovici
	Mohamed El-Ashry Leads the Global Environment Facility Into New Era of Service By Rahul Singh
	Good City, Bad Occasionals By Rahul Singh
	The Biggest Story of the Conference: Economic Progress Leads to Environmental Progress By James K. Glassman
	From the Other Side: On track against poverty? By Gerson da Cunha
	Technical Bloopers Overload at Johannesburg Summit By Brinda Adhikari

	August 30, 2002
	'Give Me My Life Back!' By Tatjana Jegdic
	Koreans Sing Message of Peace By Nellie Sung Pearson
	Drinking Water Is An Issue That's Been Hijacked For Profit By Bunker Roy
	Jeffrey Sachs: 'Accountability of Promises Made by Donor Governments at Rio is the Key to Success' By Preeti Dawra
	Jerry Brown Shows Up at Summit By Valerie Volcovici
	Getting the American Audience Iinterested in the 'Diplo-Babble' of Environmental Summitry By Brinda Adhikari
	Empowering the Consumer to Restore a Healthy Earth: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurs in Latin America By Pamela Hartigan
	Giving A Dose of Realism About Summit Prospects By Robert E. Sullivan
	Jan Pronk Emphasizes Building of New Partnerships By Rahul Singh
	How Unesco is Digging Into Critical Questions Concerning Water By Rahul Singh
	Orissa Shows the Way In Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness By Rita Missal
	Environmental Refugees Require Restoration, Not Development By Stuart M. Leiderman
	A Shared Challenge to the U.S. and the ROK By John R. Bolton

	August 29, 2002
	Is There Unity Among Activists? By Rahul Singh
	From The Other Side: Communicating Implementation By Gerson da Cunha
	Solar Cooking Makes A Show By Valerie Volcovici and Tatjana Jegdic
	Water, water everywhere: Mandela urges summit delegates to put water issues higher on agenda By Brinda Adhikari
	The Landless of Africa By Valerie Volcovici
	Sir Mark Moody-Stuart Helps Corporations With High Visibility at Johannesburg Summit By Preeti Dawra
	Rio Plus 10 or Minus 20? By Jim MacNeill
	Gordon Bispham is An Optimist By Robert E. Sullivan
	Interview with Britain's Environment Minister, Margaret Beckett By Preeti Dawra
	How Big can Small Become? Lessons from Social Entrepreneurs By Pamela Hartigan
	NGOs Threaten to Stage More Protests, Including Walkout By Robert E. Sullivan and Nellie Sung Pearson

	August 28, 2002
	Indigenous Peoples Fight for Voice at Summit By Valerie Volcovici
	Soraya Hassim Pushes her Message of Equitable Development By Samina Virani
	Bayer Reaffirms Goals For Climate Protection By Tatjana Jegdic
	Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Continue at World Summit By Robert Sullivan and Samina Virani
	Rocks That Roll: Women in South African Politics By Soon-Young Yoon
	European Union Launches 10-Year Plan for Sustainable Production By Tatjana Jegdic
	The U.S. Position on the Biological Weapons Convention: Combating the BW Threat By John R. Bolton
	How One South African Journalist Has Helped Heal Wounds of Apartheid By Rahul Singh
	From the Other Side: Sanitation, the Embarrassed Silence By Gerson da Cunha
	Time and Ego: Obstacles to Sustainable Development that Social Entrepreneurs Face: Counter-Examples from Asia By Pamela Hartigan
	Looking Beyond the Summit By Paula DiPerna

	August 27, 2002
	Eastern Europe sets example on good governance By Valerie Volcovici
	Activists Vow to Go Full Steam Ahead On Saturday March By Robert E. Sullivan
	Top U.S. Official Throws Cold Water on World Environmental Organization By James K. Glassman
	Mbeki Urges 'Shared Prosperity' By Jack Freeman
	Earth Charter Urges Education For Sustainability By Tatjana Jegdic
	Innovating in response to Market Failure: The Art of Social Entrepreneurship--Examples from Africa By Pamela Hartigan
	When the Poor Really Suffer By Bunker Roy
	Maurice F. Strong and Jim MacNeill to receive Candlelight Annual Award, But Office of UN Secretary General Kofi A. Annan Declines to Honor Veterans By Samina Virani
	Africa's Water Problem Surface at Johannesburg Summit By Nellie Sung Pearson
	Korean Women Silent Protest Setting the Stage for Women's Issues By Samina Virani
	From The Other Side: The Global Apartheid Emergency By Gerson da Cunha
	Top U.S. Official Throws Cold Water on World Environmental Organization By James K. Glassman
	At Summit, WHO's Nabarro Says Sustainable Development Must Include Health Priorities By Rahul Singh
	Big Tobacco By Soon-Young Yoon
	Women's Action Agenda 21: Passing the torch from Rio to Johannesburg By Brinda Adhikari
	Nongovernmental Activists Bitterly Criticize 'Hijacking' of Summit By Big Business By Rahul Singh

	August 26, 2002
	South Africa criticized in NGO Session for Inaction in the issue of HIV/AIDS By Ling Wu Kong
	Business As Usual? By Jack Freeman
	Is Johannesburg a First World or Third World City? By Rahul Singh
	Think Garbage is Garbage? Think again! By Pamela Hartigan
	In Interview, Nitin Desai Expresses Confidence About Summit Outcome By Rahul Singh
	"The Lesser Known Who Matter More" By Bunker Roy
	NGOs Protest Free Trade at Summit By Nellie Sung Pearson
	The Summit Begins: Declarations and Realities By Bonner R. Cohen
	Ubuntu: The Gathering Together of Peoples By Brinda Adhikari and Nandan Desai
	Thousands of South Africans take part in WSSD volunteer program By Valerie Volcovici
	Johannesburg Summit: Is There Hope For the Summit? By Tatjana Jegdic

	Earlier Coverage
	Getting Ready for Johannesburg Summit 2002
	PrepCom III (March 25 to April 5, 2002)
	PrepCom II (January 28 to February 8, 2002)