50 Years of Stockholm Conference

Significance

• Environment- A Basic Right: The declaration that the right to live in a healthy environment is a fundamental right, adopted at the conference, was the first of its kind.
• Human Action: It acknowledged that humans are largely to blame for the environmental damage. The human environment has also been changed by humans.
• On Developed and Underdeveloped Countries: The declaration goes into great depth about how underdeveloped countries contribute to environmental issues and calls on them to lessen their damaging effects on the environment. Although the industrialized nations are not without issues, these issues are related to industrialization and technical ....