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Objectives and Themes
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development has a number of objectives and themes. You can find out more about these themes and how they are being addressed by the Earth Summit by clicking on...
Stakeholder Forum: A History of Envolvement
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future is an international multi-stakeholder organisation working on sustainable development. Our involvement in UN conferences and Summits on environment and sustainable development dates back to the organisation’s inception in...
SDG: Context
Context One of the two main themes for the Earth Summit is the ‘institutional framework for sustainable development’. Put more simply, this primarily refers to the system of global governance for sustainable development. This...
Global Transition 2012
The Global Transition 2012 is an international network of organisations and leading thinkers from the Global North and South. It is catalysing a ‘Global Transition’ by building a community of civil society organisations across...
Background
The world is facing a mounting crisis. In recent years we have experienced a combination of a global financial crisis, a food crisis, volatile oil prices, accelerating ecosystem degradation and an increasing number of...
Frequently Asked Questions
Where and when will the Earth Summit 2012 take place? Who is Stakeholder Forum? What is Stakeholder Forum’s role in the Summit? What does ‘Rio+20’ refer to? Why is the UNCSD also called ‘Earth...
Global Transition
Stakeholder Forum and the new economics foundation (nef) are forming an exciting partnership to build an international movement for a ‘Global Transition’ towards Rio+20. The partnership will involve building a coalition of actors across...
Definitions of a Green Economy
There is as yet no agreed definition of what constitutes a green economy. Whilst it is recognised that to a great extent a green economy will be tailored to the national context, there are...
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Milestones to Rio+20 There were a number of key events and milestones in the run-up to the UN General Assembly Resolution that called for the Summit in December 2009. As Stakeholder Forum advocated strongly...