World Chronicle 853: Ian Johnson, World Bank

Michael Littlejohns interviews Ian Johnson, Vice President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank, for World Chronicle program 853.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:05
• Production Date: 31 January 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: IAN JOHNSON; JACK FREEMAN; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; THALIF DEEN
• Corporate Name: WORLD BANK
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 2171333
• Parent Id: 824888

Description

"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 10 YEARS AFTER RIO"

The World Summit on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio +10, will address major challenges facing the world today, such as how the harness globalization to benefit everyone, alleviate poverty, improve access to energy, clean water and sanitation, reduce environment-related health problems, and promote responsible consumption and production. Ten years after the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, how can these vital issues firmly placed on the international agenda at Rio, now be implemented? In this edition of World Chronicle, Ian Johnson, Vice President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank, talks about environmental protection and natural resources management, and their relation to social and economic development.

• Scripts: File; 853.pdf (38.22 KB)