Helsinki Process+10
13 Feb 2012 – 14 Feb 2012 Helsinki, Finland A decade has passed since the launch of the Helsinki Process. To mark the occasion Finland and Tanzania will organise Helsinki Process+10 Conference at Hanasaari, Espoo/Helsinki,...
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Rio+20 Round Table: Green Bridge projects – practical contribution to a green economy
22 Feb 2012 – 23 Feb 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan It is a great pleasure to inform you that in accordance with the decisions taken by the countries of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP, Astana, October...
Environment agency becomes crunch issue in Rio talks
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is emerging as a hot issue in preparations for June’s Rio conference, styled as a once-in-a-generation chance to restore a sick planet to good health.
UN ‘needs greater integration between science and policy’
A report by a top-level political panel has endorsed calls for greater integration of science into all levels of policymaking on sustainable development.
UN ‘needs greater integration between science and policy’
A report by a top-level political panel has endorsed calls for greater integration of science into all levels of policymaking on sustainable development.
Stakeholder Forum’s President, Felix Dodds, speech to the EESC
Chair of the 64th UN DPI NGO Conference and Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum Felix Dodds We face huge challenges over the coming twenty years due to the lack of funding for and implementation...
UKELA London meeting – Rio + 20 agenda
Time: 5.30pm (registration) for prompt start at 6pm. Ends at 8:30 pm Venue: Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, Exchange Square, London EC2A 2HS.
Rio+20 discusses the creation of an “environmental WTO”
The idea to create an United Nations environmental agency following the model of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Labor Organization (ILO) is growing. The proposal to create the World Environment Organization...
Zero Draft Document for Rio+20 labelled as lacking ambition and balance
Following the release of the zero draft document for the Rio+20 conference, to take place in June 2012, the first round of informal negotiations was held on 25-27 January. Many participants called for a...
Use Rio+20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief
The world must use a landmark environmental summit this year to change forever the current damaging model of economic growth, Europe’s climate chief has warned, or face future crises as severe as the one...