Objectives

The 2002 Earth Dialogues will address the following questions:

1. What are the factors that have impeded the implementation of existing codes of environmental conduct and practice?
   
   
2. Why are the tools already available to overcome these barriers to sustainability not fully used or implemented?
   
   
3. What role could universally agreed ethical standards for sustainable development serve in eradicating poverty and spreading the benefits of globalisation
   more equitably?
   
   
4. What should be done to encourage the value and behavioural changes needed for the implementation of environmental, economic and social best
   practices?
   
   
5. How can the Earth Charter contribute to framing a new ethic of global responsibility?