World must learn to ‘manage the planet’: UNEP chief
DURBAN, South Africa — The Rio+20 summit next year should focus on reshaping the world economy to better “manage the planet,” the UN’s top environment official told AFP at climate talks in Durban.
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Head of Rio+20 Addresses Eye on Earth Summit
Abu Dhabi, December 8, 2011: His Excellency Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and the Secretary-General of the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, will share his vision regarding “The...
Capacity Building Training for Rio+20
On November 30, in collaboration with the UNECE, Stakeholder Forum presented a capacity-building training for representatives of Major Groups attending the UNECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Don Edwards,...
Capacity Building Training for Rio+20
On November 30, in collaboration with the UNECE, Stakeholder Forum presented a capacity-building training for representatives of Major Groups attending the UNECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Don Edwards,...
Eye on Earth Enables Cloud-Based Environmental Data Sharing
The European Environment Agency (EEA), Esri and Microsoft Corp. today announced, at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the launch of the Eye on...