EC priorities for the Rio+20 conference labelled as problematic and vague – Eurostep As a first step towards a joint EU strategy to be presented in November 2011, the European Commission (EC) unveiled its...
The Children and Youth major group is seeking new ideas to form part of its submission to the Rio+20 process. Numerous ideas have already been submitted and are being voted upon. The author of...
25 Jul 2011 – 26 Jul 2011 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM General Assembly Hall , New York The high-level meeting will comprise two consecutive informal interactive round tables on 25 July 2011 and two...
19 Jul 2011 – 21 Jul 2011Solo, Indonesia A high level dialogue on the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development has taken place, organised by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Rio+20...
The United Nations Environment Programe, the United Nations Global Compact, Oxfam and the World Resources Institute have released a study entitled “Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change.”
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart chaired a meeting in Paris on the 14th of June, attended by BASD 2012 Conveners and Partners. This was the first full BASD meeting in advance of Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable...
Business Action for Sustainable Development has launched a dedicated Rio+20 website, (Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012). BASD 2012 is a comprehensive network of business organizations that have come together under one banner in...
Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs who will be the head of next year’s United Nations world summit on sustainable development seeks leadership from the United States.
A press release Brussels, 20 June 2011 – Today the European Commission adopted a Communication preparing the ground for the EU’s position at the Rio+20 UN Sustainable Development Conference, which will be held in...
On Wednesday 22 June 2011, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus), a consultation was organised by the Canadian Environmental Network to provide public input to Rio+20.
