Calls for a common EU position for UN Climate Conference
This is the first formal EU Environment Council during the Polish Presidency, led by the Minister Andrzej Kraszewski.
Author: andrew
New SDG2012 Think Pieces
Stakeholder Forum’s Sustainable Develoment Governance programme (SDG2012) has published eight new think pieces from prominent authors in the field.
1,400 Young People Demand Results at Earth Summit: Will Governments Listen
Over 1,400 young people descended on Indonesia last week in the biggest youth gathering on the Race to Rio yet. Coming from 118 different countries, it was also the most global gathering. With the...
Proper water management seen as vital to green economy
Zaragoza, 5 October 2011–Successful water projects around the world that already demonstrate that there are effective and economically viable solutions to address the world’s water problems were the focus of a three-day conference organised...
Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments
In his widely read and much appreciated think piece on global environmental governance, Konrad Otto-Zimmermann engages with the question of how the governance framework needs to be designed for genuinely sustainable development to be...
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Workshop of Sustainable Tourism
Tourism in Central America continues to be a fundamental pillar of the Central American integration, and an engine of economic and social development, given its significant contribution in terms of employment, income and currency,...
The Karlsruhe Declaration
Recognizing that finance and investment are an essential resource in advancing sustainable development do hereby: • Acknowledge that economic activity at current levels consumes more of the Earth’s living and non-living resources than it...
Conference on Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy
Every day, around the globe, forests contribute substantially to people’s well-being. For some, forests have a romantic dimension, while others appreciate them for recreational activities or as a source of raw materials. Yet, forests...
UNDESA World Economic and Social Survey
The world faces important decisions on how we generate energy and manage our natural assets—choices with implications that will reverberate for generations to come. Against a backdrop of a rising global population and unceasing...
Attendees of the 64th UN DPI NGO Conference write letter to German Chancellor asking her to attend Rio+20
Following the 64th UN DPI NGO Conference in September the participants of the conference and the NGO Focal Group have sent a letter to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanking her for the leading...