Johnson Sirleaf and Yudhoyono join Cameron on development goals panel
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Indonesia’s Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have tricky task of creating new development goals
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Rio+20 leadership event will solidify business recommendations
In order to ensure a unified business voice in Rio and to formally engage with the UN and national governments pre and during Rio+20, the WBCSD has joined forces with the ICC and the...
Calendar of Rio+20 Preparatory Process
To download a roadmap of events leading up to the Summit click here.
Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing: Report of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability in Light of Rio+20
Date: Thursday May 10 Time: 9-10:30 a.m. EST or convert time Watch: the Webinar live here. Focus: The Panel’s final report – “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing” – contains 56 recommendations...
Copa-Cogeca Declaration for Rio+20
The European Farmers European Agri-Cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) has published a declaration supporting Rio+20. Copa-Cogeca believes green growth is central to improve sustainable development.
High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in SIDS
7 May 2012 – 9 May 2012 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados, 1 May 2012—The Government of Barbados, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States...
Rio+20 Conference Handbook now available
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development together with the Brazilian Federal Government have produced a conference handbook for all attendees of the Rio+20 conference.
Countries agree to extend negotiations on Rio+20 outcome document
Representatives from governments negotiating the outcome document for the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (>Rio+20) today agreed to add five more days of deliberations to bridge differences that have kept them from making further...
Launch of VolunteerActionCounts Campaign for Rio+20
You are all volunteers and your action counts! Everybody is already a volunteer for a sustainable future. Every single person is acting for sustainable development, by helping friends and family, by recycling waste, by...