Global Initiatives towards Sustainable Development

Stockholm Conference 1972

• It was the first step towards putting environmental concerns on the global agenda.
• It resulted in the Stockholm Declaration which contained 26 principles containing recommendations for environmental policy.
• Action Plan contained three main categories: a) Global Environmental Assessment Program (watch plan); b) Environmental management activities; (c) International measures to support assessment and management activities carried out at the national and international levels.
• One of the major results of the Stockholm conference was the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to serve as a catalyst in developing and coordinating an environmental focus in the programmes of other ....