Earth Summit Watch
In June, Brazil will host one of the largest and most important gatherings in the history of the United Nations. Marking the anniversary of the first Earth Summit held there in 1992, the Rio+20...
Monthly Archive: April 2012
A Date with History
The ‘Date With History’ contest is an opportunity for young people around the globe to inspire the leaders of the world to act boldly and with urgency on key issues impacting the future of...
The Future We Want
The Future We Want is a global initiative to move beyond negative visions of the future and focus on the sustainability solutions that are ready to be implemented by 2030.
Rio+20 Dialogues
The Government of Brazil is convening a Dialogue series with the aim of bringing together civil society, the scientific community and academia to contribute ideas and suggestions on sustainable development. Conclusions and recommendations from the...
Rio+20 summit asks our children: what environmental future do you want?
Panel including Leonardo DiCaprio, Linkin Park and Christiana Figueres to judge video competition for Rio+20 earth summit. It’s not often 12-year-old girls address world leaders at international summits. But that was just what happened...
UNDP launches International Platform for Global Water Solidarity to Engage Local Actors From the North and South to Develop Local Solutions to Challenges of Water and Sanitation
Participants at World Water Forum sign International Charter to promote universal access to water and sanitation services through local-level solidarity.
Stockholm+40 – international conference on sustainable living and innovative solutions
23 Apr 2012 – 25 Apr 2012Stockholm, Sweden On 23-25 April 2012, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will be hosting an international conference, Stockholm+40 – Partnership Forum for...
Achim Steiner: ‘We haven’t even begun to understand the damage we are bringing to bear on the sustainability of our planet’
Achim Steiner, the UN Environment Programme’s boss, fears for our future. But it is not too late.
