Thematic Areas
The General Assembly agreed on four thematic areas on whcih to focus the Earth Summit on. These thematic areas will replace the cluster cycles of the 20th CSD cycle which has been suspended and shifted to 2013.
The four thematic areas which will provide the basis of negotiations and debate, and which the different major groups and stakeholders will be able to comment on and influence the debates are
- The Green Economy as it relates to poverty eradication and sustainable development
- International Environmental Governance
- Emerging Issues
- Review of Commitments
Stakeholder Forum together with its partners and a range of stakeholders through out the world will be carrying out a range of activities on these different areas, and feeding these results into the intergovernmental process.