Dr Anne-Marie Sacquet is Director of Comite 21, the French Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development. She has mediated in issues of sustainable development for over 20 years, working with public organizations, professional and entrepreneurial groups.

• Introduction; 1. Sustainable Development: Where Concerns for Social Welfare and the Environment Intersect; 2. International Conventions; I. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; 3. Demography; 4. Access to water; 5. Malnutrition; 6. Health Care; 7. Access to education; 8. Status of women; 9. Freedom of the press; 10. Social malaise; 11. Conflict; II. RISK AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 12. Natural disasters; 13. Industrial pollution and disasters; 14. Seas and oceans; 15. Desertification; 16. Forests; 17. Biodiversity; 18. Climate change; 19. Waste; 20. Urban environment; 21. Ecological footprint; III. ECONOMY, DEPENDANCY AND SOLIDARITY; 22. Water withdrawal; 23. Energy production and consumption; 24. Agriculture; 25. Transport; 26. Communication; 27. Inequality and poverty; 28. Dependancy; 29. Corruption; 30. A question of priority: education, health or defence?; 31. International solidarity; IV. CONCLUSION; 32. Sustainable Development: a social contract for the planet; 33. Important dates from 1992 to 2004; Index and bibliography

Dr Anne-Marie Sacquet is Director of Comite 21, the French Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development. She has mediated in issues of sustainable development for over 20 years, working with public organizations, professional and entrepreneurial groups.

• Introduction; 1. Sustainable Development: Where Concerns for Social Welfare and the Environment Intersect; 2. International Conventions; I. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; 3. Demography; 4. Access to water; 5. Malnutrition; 6. Health Care; 7. Access to education; 8. Status of women; 9. Freedom of the press; 10. Social malaise; 11. Conflict; II. RISK AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 12. Natural disasters; 13. Industrial pollution and disasters; 14. Seas and oceans; 15. Desertification; 16. Forests; 17. Biodiversity; 18. Climate change; 19. Waste; 20. Urban environment; 21. Ecological footprint; III. ECONOMY, DEPENDANCY AND SOLIDARITY; 22. Water withdrawal; 23. Energy production and consumption; 24. Agriculture; 25. Transport; 26. Communication; 27. Inequality and poverty; 28. Dependancy; 29. Corruption; 30. A question of priority: education, health or defence?; 31. International solidarity; IV. CONCLUSION; 32. Sustainable Development: a social contract for the planet; 33. Important dates from 1992 to 2004; Index and bibliography