Youth 21: Building for Change
A report by David Woolcombe, President of Peace Child on the March 15-18th UNDP / UN-HABITAT meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Woolcombe provides a summary of the meeting outcomes and how it relates to...
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UN: Managing Water Report under Uncertainty and Risk
The World Water Development Report was launched at the World Water Forum in France. Stakeholder Forum played a significant role in drafting chapter one of the report.
IGES: Building resilience and reducing risk from natural disaster
As a contribution to the Rio+20 process this Issue Brief highlights resilience and sustainable development by drawing on the knowledge on natural hazards and disasters gained from governments, researchers and other stakeholders. Given our...
IGES: What are Sustainable Development Goals?
This brief, which addresses issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by Columbia, Guatemala, and Peru during the Rio+20 processes, aims to remind policymakers and other stakeholders of the importance of reaching a...
African Indigenous Peoples and the UNEP Green Economy Initiative
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has released a report on the Green Economy Initiative (GEI), which is a major theme for the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) marking the 20th anniversary of...
UK-Listed Mining Companies & The Case for Stricter Oversight
The case studies in this report reveal recent instances where UK-listed companies’ operations have had serious adverse impacts on workers’ health and safety, individuals’ and communities’ human rights, developing country economies, and the quality...
Side Events for March intersessional and informal informal
The attached scedule gives an overview of the time, location and themes of the side events for the informal consultations on zero draft of UNCSD outcome document (March 19-23) and the Third Intersessional Meeting...
Global Food Security Forum
Global Food Security Forum Summary Conclusions The Inaugural Meeting of the Global Food Security Forum (GFSF) brought together in Rabat, Morocco, almost 300 experts, officials, practitioners and stakeholders from over 50 countries for action...
UN experts call for including human rights standards in development goals
A group of independent United Nations experts today urged States to include universally agreed international human rights norms and standards, as well as accountability mechanisms, in the goals that will emerge from a UN...
Open Letter to the Secretary General of the UNCSD
Co-Chairs of the Bureau for Rio+20 and Member-States of the United Nations RIGHTS AT RISK AT THE UNITED NATIONS We – the civil society organizations and social movements who have responded to the call...