ABSTRACT
Featuring a Foreword by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, State of the World 2002, includes chapters on climate change, farming, toxic chemicals, sustainable tourism, population, resource conflicts and global governance, with a special focus on the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, August/September 2002. Chapter 1 -The Challenge for Johannesburg: Creating a More Secure World. Chapter 2 - Moving the Climate Change Agenda Forward. Chapter 3 - Farming in the Public Interest. Chapter 4 - Reducing our Toxic Burden. Chapter 5- Redirecting International Tourism. Chapter 6 - Rethinking Population, Improving Lives. Chapter 7 - Breaking the Link Between Resources and Repression. Chapter 8 - Reshaping Global Governance.