Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Introduction / Stefania Negri and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois -- The normative force of the outcome document "the future we want" : brief remarks / Angela DiStasi -- La gouvemance globale de l'environnement enjeux et perspectives après la conference des Nations Unies sur le diveloppement durable" Rio+20 / Sandrine Maljean-Dubois -- Sustainable development partnerships as a bridge between international commitments and their national implementation / Carina Costa de Oliveira -- The heritage dimension of the climate system and its protection for the benefit of mankind / Jose Manuel Sabrina Heredia -- Climate change and natural disasters / Panos Merkouris -- La biodiversite : un pilier pour le develnppement durable" post-Rio+20 / Sophie Lavallee -- Sustainable development as guideline for oceans and seas governance / Antonio Leandro -- Sound management of waste and environmental protection from Stockholm to Rio+20 / Teresa Russo -- Elimination de ia pauvrete, droits de l'homme et developpement durable / Helime Tigroudja -- Food security within the framework of international assistance for development : working towards rural sustainability for the realization of the right to food / Pia Acconci -- Le droit a l'eau en tant que droit de l'homme au niveau international et europeen : sa mise en reuvre "en harmonie avec la nature" dans "l'avenir que nous voulons" / Anna Oriola and Anna Vigorito -- L'education au developpement durable un droit de l'individu, un devoir de l'etat / Claudia Napoli -- Environmental changes and migration responses from Rio to Rio+20 and beyond / Rossana Palladino -- Sustainable development and global health positioning health in the post-2015 development agenda / Stefania Negri -- Energy and policy objectives in the context of Rio+20 / Francesco Buonomenna -- La ville durable comme nouveau modele de developpement enjeux et perspectives / Jérôme Dubois -- Challenges of sustainable development and productive use of biodiversity : the knowledge based Rio-economy approach / Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo and Ingrid Schuler -- Mining and sustainable development / Leonardus Gerber and Francesco Sindico -- Nature, culture and sustainable development in international trade law / Valentina Vadi -- Breves observations a propos du droit international et europeen des organismes genetiquement modifies du point de vue du developpement durable / Estelle Brasset -- Postface Rio+2D+2 / Lucien Chabason.

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