Editing Ruud Lubbers (section)

===Ecological activities===
[[File:Lubbers and Bongo 1984.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers and [[List of Presidents of Gabon|President of Gabon]] [[Omar Bongo]] at [[Rotterdam The Hague Airport|Zestienhoven Airport]] on 7 November 1984.]]
In the follow-up of the [[Earth Summit]] in 1992, Lubbers engaged with the [[Earth Charter Initiative]] in cooperation with [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Maurice Strong]]. The [[Earth Charter]] document was launched in the [[Peace Palace]] in The Hague in June 2000. Lubbers was an active member of the International Earth Charter Commission and reached out, especially to youth in the Netherlands, with the message of the Earth Charter for a sustainable and peaceful world.