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The Earth Charter is an international declaration of fundamental values and principles considered useful by its supporters for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. Created by a global consultation process, and endorsed by organizations representing millions of people, the Charter "seeks to inspire in ...
Website. www.earthcharter.org. The Earth Charter Initiative is the collective name for the global network of people, organizations, and institutions who participate in promoting the Earth Charter, and in implementing its principles in practice. The Initiative is a broad-based, voluntary, civil society effort, but participants include leading ...
In 2012, the Earth Charter Initiative and the University for Peace were jointly awarded the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter. [14] The work related to this UNESCO chair is carried out at the 'Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development', [15] which opened at the UPEACE main campus in ...
The San Diego Climate Action Plan was adopted by the City of San Diego in December 2015. It is a local climate action plan whose rules are defined by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. [1] Through this plan, the city initially set goals of eliminating half of all greenhouse ...
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is the center for oceanography and Earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus is located in La Jolla, with additional facilities in Point Loma. Founded in 1903 and incorporated into the University of California system in 1912, the ...
ISBN. 978-92-1-100509-7. Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. [ 1 ] It is a product of the Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual ...
The complaint, filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, cites the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors’ January approval of a 260,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution ...
Much of the government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments such as the government of San Diego County. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services.