The 6th African Economic Conference opened Tuesday, 25th October 2011 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with calls by experts for a major structural transformation of African economies.
Four United Nations agencies have prepared a plan to limit the degradation of oceans and address issues such as overfishing, pollution and declining biodiversity to encourage countries to renew their commitment to improve ocean...
Stakeholder Forum has released two synthesis documents from workshops entitled ‘Towards Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for the Green Economy’ which took place during the recent UNCSD Regional...
The Brazilian government is likely to move the dates of Rio+20, as a clash with the UK Royal Jubilee threatens to keep leaders away.
As a sector, agriculture is essential to the green economy. With a predicted 9 billion people by 2050, agricultural production will have to increase by 70% to meet new demands for food, feed, fuel...
I WAS afforded a glimpse into the world of climate change last week at the 2011 African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa and observed how the debate has taken on almost religious proportions. The...
As the world population clock ticks past 7 billion, alarm bells are ringing. The gathering force of public protests is the popular expression of an obvious fact: that growing economic uncertainty, market volatility and...
International efforts to mitigate climate change are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a United Nations report warned today, just a month before...
