Everyone going to a meeting needs a briefcase-and that briefcase should contain quick, and easy-to-read information about what to watch for: the important issues, the players, the background on defining events and reports leading up to the meeting. IISD's WSSD Briefcase holds the following information for WSSD watchers, commentators and participants.

IISD Agenda

A calendar of our side events and contributions to the WSSD

Press Releases

August 30, 2002

• New software allows people to measure sustainability
• Young Canadians Leading the Way to Sustainable Development
• Conserving the Earth Can Keep the Peace, Save Lives

August 26, 2002

• IISD Releases Sustainable Development's Top Ten of the Decade

Who to contact during the WSSD

• Media relations: Shawna Curtis, IISD Canada: +1-204-958-7726; Cell: 1-204-782-8990; email scurtis@iisd.ca

• On site in Johannesburg: Heather Creech, +1-204-951-9058

Ten + Ten

IISD's report on the 10 successes and 10 shortcomings in the 10 years since the Earth Summit in Rio, 1992.

Commentaries

• Sustainable development cools off: Globalization demands summit take new approach to meeting ecological, social goals by Mark Halle, Director, Trade and Investment, IISD.

• On the Road to Johannesburg by James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

The SD Timeline

A poster, in English and French, marking the major global events, reports, environmental disasters, and new institutions over the past 30 years

The Dashboard of Sustainability

Economic, environmental and social data in an interface that allows users to review the current health of the planet.

IISD's WSSD Portal

Use the portal to find Summit preparations, related meetings, Earth Negotiations Bulletin reports on PrepComs, discussion papers and much more.

Agenda for Change

We also include here the online version of Michael Keating's Agenda for Change: a plain language version of Agenda 21, and the other Rio agreements.