Monthly Archive: March 2012

Nick Clegg will attend the Rio Earth summit this summer to prevent the UK “playing catch-up” on clean technology, the deputy prime minister told his party’s spring conference on Sunday.

While political momentum on a green economy is now gathering pace there are still some important concerns regarding the meaning and consequences of a transition, particularly for the world’s poorest. As governments begin to...

By Stockholm International Water Institute The 6th World Water Forum, taking place in Marseille from March 12-17, is an important stepping stone to strengthen the voice of water in the process leading up to...

The goal is to get every school on the planet to teach their students about the crucial issues addressed by Rio+20: the website Home page starts with seven jargon-free slides that summarise some of...

Joan Walley, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent and Chair of the Environment Audit Select Committee, moved a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 28 February on the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable...

The former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard announces March 7. 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, a new, global collaboration to advance sustainable solutions in partnership with Scandinavias leading independent think tank...

The government of Brazil is establishing sustainable development targets in the final text of the UN conference, to take place in June, as was the case with the Millennium Development Goals.

Investors have welcomed a proposal to make companies report on their environmental and social impacts, to be discussed at the Rio+20 sustainable development summit in June, but say it could be improved in several...

The results of the “Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for a Green Economy” have been published in the form of a conference synopsis and set of policy recommendations.The...

Many MPs are sceptical that great progress will be made at this June’s global summit on sustainable development. Speaking in a House of Commons debate yesterday, Martin Caton, a member of the Environmental Audit...