On 3 May, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) began its 18th session at UN Headquarters in New York. The session, which will run until 14 May, will focus on potential ways for finding equilibrium between economic development and growth, and environmental preservation. The Commission will debate new and more environmentally-friendly approaches to and technologies in development, as well as more sustainable consumer lifestyles. The session marks a new two-year cycle that will review waste management, transport, chemicals, mining and the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production.
More information is available online
