Monthly Archive: May 2012
Australian Council for International Development:Rio+20 Summit Recommendations
Time Running Out to Change Direction This briefing outlines the key opportunities for the Australian Government to contribute to the type of progressive, global change required for a healthy and habitable planet free from extreme...
Hollande, Putin to attend Rio+20 meet: Brazil
BRASILIA — French President-elect Francois Hollande and his recently-inaugurated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin informed Brazil Wednesday that they will attend next month’s Rio summit on sustainable development.
Accreditation Deadline
This is a very important message for all of you who will be going to Rio. The accreditation deadline for Rio+20 is Sunday 20 May 2012. All activities held in Rio Centro – the...
Choosing Our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance
When: Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 Time: 8:30-5:30 Where: Fundacao Getulio Vargas Praia de Botafogo, 190Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Focus: Highlight governance commitments from around the world, develop an agenda of good governance reforms for the coming...
General Assembly Postpones Decision on which Organisations will been Accredited for Rio on May 16
For organizations that have requested accreditation for Rio+20, the General Assembly will provide details on which organisations have been approved on May 16th.
Sustainable Development Goals: Building the foundation for an inclusive process
Stakeholder Forum with the support of Christian Aid, WWF, IIED, Practical Action, Progressio, CAFOD and Friends of the Earth have produced the following paper on Sustainable Development Goals. A potential outcome of Rio+20 is...
Leading civil society groups call governments to agree on a global framework of rules to strengthen corporate reporting
A group of leading international humanitarian, development, social justice, environmental, and workers’ organisations today warned that next month’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) looks set to add almost nothing to global efforts to...
Rio + 20 – just another UN Summit, or can we really advance the environmental agenda?
From the Helen Suzman Foundation, Dr. Crispan Olver writes about the evolution of the current environmental governance system and the prospect for addressing world-wide environmental degradation at Rio+20.