Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development

One of the first of its kind, prepared in 1993, the Declaration urges universities to become active in promoting sustainable development by first enhancing the understanding of the concept of sustainable development and second by adopting sustainable development principles and practices at the local, national and global levels. It underlines that sustainable development is based on principles of mutual understanding and notes that at a global level sustainable development implies changes in existing value systems. Within a context of great disparities among and within nations, the Declaration urges that universities be offered equal possibilities to play an active role in the process. The Declaration proposes action plans both at the general and institutional levels.

Read the Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development here.

Lire la Déclaration de Kyoto sur le développement durable en français ici.