G8 leaders support the environment.
At a 3 June 2003 meeting in Evian, France, leaders of the world's "Group of Eight" major industrial nations--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States--released a joint statement on environmental responsibility and sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . Initiatives to protect marine and coastal areas and efforts to support capacity building in water and sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. management in Africa were top priorities. The leaders also adopted an action plan on how to best use science and technology to foster sustainable development in three areas: global observation, improved energy sources with resultant reduction of air pollution and climate change, and agriculture/biodiversity. During the talks; Russian leaders reiterated their plans to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. the Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol: see global warming. this year, which would bring that convention into force.
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