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The first national and international conferences on environmental issues began in 1968, in connection with
anthropological activities, as well as non-profit, non-governmental and governmental associations,
including the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in 1968, Friends of the Earth in 1969, Greenpeace in
Canada in 1971, the Worldwatch Institute in the USA in 1975, etc. The limits of “environmental
exploitation”, however, conflicted with the needs and problems of poor countries, which instead de-
nounced mismanagement of resources. 1987 is a historic date with the Brundtland Report (better known
as Our Common Future), followed in 1992 by the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, where more than
178 countries adopted Agenda 21, a global plan of action to build a global partnership for sustainable
development to improve human lives and protect the environment. The unanimous Millennium
Declaration at the UN Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000 was followed by the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Plan of Implementation, adopted at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa in 2002, where they reaffirmed the global
community’s commitments to poverty eradication and the environment including a stronger emphasis on
multilateral partnerships

The process culminated with the subsequent adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda,
with 17 SDGs at its centre, at the UN Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2015. More
than 48,000 young Europeans –like you - also had the opportunity to express their views on the future of
Europe and the policies that impact on their lives by participating in the large-scale consultation process,
which ended in February 2018 and whose results were grouped into 11 thematic areas. The last European
Youth Conference, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 17 to 19 April 2018, outlined the “YouthGoals” , the
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objectives of youth policies based on these 11 thematic areas, in particular, Objective 10 looks towards
a greener and more sustainable Europe.

Source: https://www.unibs.it/ateneo/vita-dell-ateneo/seminari-sugli-obiettivi-di-sviluppo-sostenibile

1 https://youthforeurope.eu/european-youth-goals-2019-2027/