50 Years Of The Stockholm Conference:
“Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for the prosperity of all — our responsibility, our opportunity” was held in the year 2022 to mark the 50 years of the Stockholm Conference
- “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for the prosperity of all — our responsibility, our opportunity” was held in the year 2022 to mark the 50 years of the Stockholm Conference ( Report of United Nations Conference on the Human Environment).
About Stockholm Conference, 1972:
- This was the first global convergence on the planetary environment and natural resources.
- Also termed the “Swedish Initiative”, the idea of the Stockholm Conference was first proposed by Sweden.
- The theme was ‘Only One Earth’.
- Stockholm Declaration is to :
- build the “interconnections between development, poverty and the environment”.
- Action Plan for the Human Environment
- Global Environmental Assessment Programme (watch plan)
- Environmental management activities
- International measures to support assessment and management activities carried out at the national and international levels.
- The Stockholm Conference of 1972 put environmental issues on the global agenda for the first time.
