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World Summit on Sustainable Development
 
9 August 2002   The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is being held from 26 August to 4 September in Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Summit endorses role of space
 
9 September 2002   Although there is some controversy surrounding the outcome of last week’s summit on sustainable development there is one subject on which all delegates were unanimous: the important role that Earth observation satellites can play in assisting sustainable development.
CEOS chairman addresses Johannesburg Summit
 
3 September 2002   On Friday afternoon, José Achache, ESA Director of Earth Observation, addressed the World Summit on Sustainable Development on behalf of CEOS, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites.
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