2001-11-27 超過300位官員與環保人士今天起在柬埔寨金邊市聚會討論，為明年將在南非舉行的永續發展世界高峰會建立亞洲議程。亞洲是一個很重要的永續發展試驗場域，因為亞洲地區擁有世界一半的人口，並且散佈著嚴重的環境和社會問題。亞洲大陸面臨世界上最嚴重的土壤惡化和水源枯竭，更且有超過20億的亞洲人民（佔世界人口的三分之一）每天的收入低於美金2元。會中所提出的永續發展世界高峰會的亞洲議程包括：降低貧困、淨化污染性工業、減少能源消耗、保護生物多樣性、更良好的水資源管理、海洋環境的保育、協助有關環境議題的公眾教育等相關內容。

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More than 300 officials and activists are gathering today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to establish the Asian agenda for next year's World Summit on Sustainable Development, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Asia is a critical testing ground for sustainability, because it is home to half the world's population and is plagued by severe environmental and social problems. The continent suffers from the world's worst soil degradation and water depletion, and more than 2 billion Asians, a third of the world's population, earn less than $2 a day. The proposed Asian agenda for the World Summit includes initiatives to reduce poverty, clean up industry, decrease energy consumption, protect biodiversity, better manage water, conserve the marine environment, and help educate the public about environmental issues.

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