The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a series of “Issues Briefs” on the environmental dimension of the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD), one of the themes of the UN Conference on Sustainable...
Climate change, growing consumption and urbanisation, spiralling resource use and new health risks are just some of the global pressures the world will face in the 21st Century. These are the findings from the...
In a debate at the European Parliament Environment committee (ENVI) on the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) that took place on 13 July, MEPs (Members of Parliament) have reaffirmed the importance...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF have come together to work closely on green economy and development issues in Africa. Both organizations signed a cooperative framework to this effect in...
Youth of the Asia Pacific Region convened at the World Leadership Conference 13 – 15 July in Singapore to learn, voice out and take action as part of the Rio+20 preparatory process. One of...
19 Jul 2011 – 21 Jul 2011 Solo, Indonesia
Michael Platzer (ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office and Miroslav Polzer (International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges IAAI) organized a Round table discussion on “Engaging Global Citizens in Sustainable Development Governance:...
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network has published a guide entitled: ‘Green growth – implications for development planning’, which contributes to an expanding debate on the green economy.
The Earth Summit 2012 Facebook group yesterday hit 2000 members. If you have not already joined please get involved and join the discussion.
The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institute für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), a leading Think Tank on development policy, have issued a statement by 13 high-ranking international experts from seven countries, calling upon their governements to...
