The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) & the UN Development Group (UNDG) Invite you to a Side-Event on UN system contributions to Rio+20. 14 December 2011 at 3:00-5:00 PM Room E UNHQ, NEW YORK
Humanity has come to think of ocean resources and their potential as limitless. But the planet and its resources are finite. Humanity has carelessly exploited the oceans and its resources. This puts at risk...
Humanity has come to think of ocean resources and their potential as limitless. But the planet and its resources are finite. Humanity has carelessly exploited the oceans and its resources. This puts at risk...
A training session for members of the Major Groups in connection with the second Intersessional on Rio+20 in New York, December 14, 09:00 until 13:00
New York – 14 December 2011 – With growing evidence of lingering economic instability, the United Nations today called for a fundamental restructuring of public spending and policies to accelerate a transition to a...
In the past four years, multiple crises – financial, economic, food, energy – have caused governments and other bodies to look more critically at systemic and structural issues related to national and global economies....
The scientific consensus to date is that African agriculture will be hard hit by climate change. The last IPCC report concluded that some African countries might see yields of rainfed crops fall by 50%...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says raising billions of dollars to fight climate change is a necessity, not a luxury, even in financially hard times.
The United Nations (UN) and Stakeholders from various government agencies are holding a thorough review of a concept document on how development can be sustainable in post conflict countries.
The final regional meeting in preparation for next June’s Rio+20 Conference, held last week in Geneva, saw participants largely skirt around trade issues, despite previous regional meetings having seen significant debate surrounding the areas...
