Monthly Archive: August 2010
The international community is facing a number of interrelated problems. It is therefore critical now, more than ever, that global leaders come together to define a sustainable development pathway that secures a reasonable standard...
Taking stock of achievements and identifying gaps in the implementation of outcomes of major summits is critical to enhancing global efforts towards sustainable development. Commitments Commitments that have defined a pathway for sustainability development...
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development has a number of objectives and themes. You can find out more about these themes and how they are being addressed by the Earth Summit by clicking on...
Engaging with Earth Summit 2012 means understanding the ‘process’. Broadly speaking, ‘process’ refers to the way the Summit works, the channels for engagement, the key dates and meetings, and the established ‘protocols’ for engaging...
Milestones to Rio+20 There were a number of key events and milestones in the run-up to the UN General Assembly Resolution that called for the Summit in December 2009. As Stakeholder Forum advocated strongly...
Earth Summit 2012 will be the fourth Summit of its kind, and represents another milestone in ongoing international efforts to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable development globally. Here you will find an overview of...
Stakeholder Forum has set up this site as an information hub to provide updates, background information and analysis towards Rio+20. It is intended this site will also act as a platform to connect organisations...
Earth Summit 2012: Vision, Cooperation, Transformation The world is facing a mounting crisis.In recent years we have experienced a combination of a global financial crisis, a food crisis, volatile oil prices, accelerating ecosystem degradation...
The UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability has launched its official website, which enumerates its members, terms of reference and other documents relating to the Panel’s work. The High-Level Panel on Global...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today unveiled a new Panel on global sustainability that is tasked with finding ways to lift people out of poverty while tackling climate change and ensuring that economic development is environmentally...