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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
A G8 ACTION PLAN
June 2, 2003
We recognize the need, as acknowledged in the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) Plan of Implementation, to support the development of cleaner, sustainable and more
efficient technologies. Co-operative scientific research on transformational technologies
offers potential to improve public health by cutting pollution and reduce greenhouse emissions
to address the challenge of global climate change. Our countries must optimize the use of
natural resources including through recycling.
We will focus our efforts on three areas that present great opportunities for progress: coordination
of global observation strategies; cleaner, sustainable and more efficient energy use;
agricultural sustainability, productivity and biodiversity conservation.
In undertaking these activities, we are committed to working co-operatively with other
developed countries. We are conscious that, to meet the objectives of the WSSD, developing
countries and countries with economies in transition need to build and strengthen their
capacity to assimilate and generate knowledge for sustainable development. We reaffirm our
commitment made at the WSSD to assist them through international co-operation in enhancing
their research capacities.
1.Strengthen international co-operation on global observation
We will:
- 1.1 Develop close co-ordination of our respective global observation strategies for the next
ten years; identify new observations to minimize data gaps;
- 1.2 Build on existing work to produce reliable data products on atmosphere, land, fresh
water, oceans and ecosystems;
- 1.3Improve the world-wide reporting and archiving of these data and fill observational gaps
of coverage in existing systems;
- 1.4 Favor interoperability with reciprocal data-sharing;
- 1.5 Develop an implementation plan to achieve these objectives by next spring's Tokyo
ministerial conference.
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