Rio+20 Summit
The Rio+20 World Summit takes place in Rio de Janeiro.
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Development Assistance
development
EU Sustainability Strategy
At the Gothenburg Summit in 2001, the European Council agreed upon a sustainability strategy for the European Union.
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UN Millennium Goals
The United Nations declares basic development goals to be met by 2015.
EU's "three-pillar approach" to sustainability
The European Union adopts a model linking sustainability with ecological, economic, and social issues.
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Habitat II Conference
The Habitat II UN Conference on Human Settlements takes place in Istanbul in 1996.
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Social Development Summit
The World Summit for Social Development takes place in Copenhagen.
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“Changing Course” Strategy
The Business Council for Sustainable Development promotes sustainable development among businesses.
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Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
The UN Conference for Environment and Development (UNED), known as the first “Earth Summit,” takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The "Brundtland Report"
The 1987 UN report charts a sustainable development path.
Grameen Bank
The Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus founds the Grameen Bank as a new model for addressing local poverty by providing microloans.
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