Ten years after the "Agenda 21" resolution of the UN-Conference on Environment and Development in Rio - the Earth Summit - the ecological world crisis has become more and more critical. The proliferation of conferences has not led to improved environmental conditions, in spite of the given promise. The environmental conditions of most countries have worsened. The promise to inaugurate the age of "sustainable development" has not been kept. Quite obviously the methods and priorities have to be reviewed. We need new strategies of the Agenda 21 process on global environment and development.