International Environmental Law and Policy

Sustainable Development
1999 Developments

12/14/99	Costa Rican Tourism Institute offers tourists a selection of hotels rated according to its eco-friendliness
10/12/99	UN announces world population grows to over 6 billion
09/99	U.N. says small islands face ecological woes
09/08/99	Dow Jones Indices launches world's first global indexes that gauge performance of sustainability-driven companies
06/21/99	Fujitsu introduces environmental accounting to help formulate corporate management policies for environmental protection
06/18/99	Europe signs London Declaration making commitment for sustainable transport in health and environment
05/12/99	Supreme Court of Pakistan orders three environmental tribunals to be set up to decide cases on pollution and conservation
04/99	Commission on Sustainable Development issues report on its seventh session
04/23/99	UN headquarters launches idea of new energy for a new era through Earth Day 2000
04/02/99	International brief states world's population will reach 8 billion by 2026
03/05/99	Conference held to form draft guidelines for corporate sustainability reporting
02/08/99	Hague Forum assesses progress made on population issues since last major population conference in Cairo
02/01/99	UNEP executive director urges governments to give $60 million annually for two years to fund agency's work