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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.
22 wrz 2022 · Over 500 NGOs gathered for this week-long conference designed to assess progress towards sustainable development since the Rio Earth Summit. Gorbachev attended the Rio+5 Form as president of Green Cross International and co-chair of the Earth Charter Commission.
In 1994, Maurice Strong (Secretary-General of the Rio Earth Summit) and Mikhail Gorbachev, working through organizations they each founded (Earth Council and Green Cross International respectively), launched an initiative (with the support from the Dutch Government) to develop an Earth Charter as a civil society initiative.
The Earth Charter is a document with sixteen principles that drive a global movement towards a more just, sustainable and peaceful world. To support the movement, our Education Center offers courses, resource materials and network opportunities to turn conscience into action.
In 1994, Maurice Strong, the secretary general of the Earth Summit and chairman of the Earth Council, and Mikhail Gorbachev, president of Green Cross International, launched a new Earth Charter Initiative with support from the Dutch government.
The Earth Charter should be seen as a product of the global ethics movement that inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and gained wide support in the 1990s. The Earth Charter builds on and extends international environmental and sustainable development law.
27 maj 2021 · Emphasizing that the Earth is everybody’s home the charter argues that human beings share responsibility for present and future generations. The charter identifies four fundamental principles: respect and care for the community of life; ecological integrity; social and economic justice; and democracy, non-violence, and peace.
