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Figure 37: Mike Nicklas (Vice President ISES), Maurizo Cumo (ISES Board member), Corrado Corvi (ISES Board
member and chair ISES Italy) and Adolf Goetzberger (ISES President)

1992
• The Board of Directors meeting coincided with the Rio Earth Summit, 3–14 June 1992.
• ISES publications Recommendations to the United Nations Conference on Environment & Development –
Solar Energy Solutions for an Environmentally Sustainable World and ISES 2000 – Recommendations to
the Commission of Sustainable Development, not only helped to sway opinions at the Earth Summit, but
also served as a major step for reshaping ISES.

Figure 38: Solar Energy Solutions for an Environmentally Sustainable World

• A new Special Service Award was announced by Harry Tabor and bestowed upon Mike Nicklas.
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Statement of principles for the Sustainable
Management of Forests incorporated many ISES principles.
• An ISES section organised solar art exhibition, Secrets of the Sun – Millennial Meditations, celebrated the
Rio Earth Summit.
• The editing, design, production and distribution of SunWorld was entrusted to the Franklin Company
Consultants, with Dr Leslie F Jesch as Editor.
• ISES is accepted by the United Nations as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative
status and actively participates in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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