Stockholm +50 Our Responsibility Towards Sustainability and Healthy Planet for All – a Study With Special Reference to India
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The world community has started its concern towards environmental protection much from 1972 Stockholm conference in order to protect people and planet. Sustainable development was the main principle which was adhered in this conference and the principles of Stockholm were dealt with environment, action plan for protection of environment, proposal for observing of a world environment day to be observed, resolution for the nuclear weapon test, resolution for convening a second conference, the declaration of human environment etc. Human environment and the declaration of human environment was the first and foremost achievement having 26 principles towards sustainable future. India with 122 nations attended ratified the conference. After Stockholm the global community continues to search towards better environmentalism through RIO 1992, RIO +5, RIO +10, RIO +20, establishment of UNFCCC, IPCC etc. To maintain sustainability the global citizens having responsibility to protect and preserved our Mother Earth as ‘we have no planet B’. We need to protect our Mother Earth with utmost responsibility and to secure healthy environment for all with prosperity and peace. After 50 years of Stockholm we are facing so much threat to protect our environment one of them is climate change and unsustainable use of the Earth. We all the multi stakeholders and inhabitant of this beautiful habitat, we have the responsibility to protect our planet and secure healthy sustainable future for all. Covid 19 is threatening our right environment and sustainability in the era in globally and regionally. India is a developing nation and committed towards a sustainable future and taking the pledge towards healthy environment for all from Stockholm. In this era of climate crisis India and other nation having the responsibility towards the collective future by rebuilding, trust and value. If a new dawn is to be our goal all the nations of Global North and South should be connected and contributed towards a sustainable future.
Author: Dr. Susmita Dhar
Institution: Sister Nivedita University
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7217641241