David Cameron to miss Rio+20 earth summit for Jubilee
Prime Minister David Cameron will not be going to the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil next year despite his pledge to lead the “greenest ever government”.
Category: Earth Summit in the Press
Sorting out an irresponsible generation…ideas for RIO+20. An interview with Felix Dodds
In this interview Felix Dodds – Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum and chair of the 64th Annual UN Conference for Non Governmental Organisations (Bonn, Sept 3-5), speaks about the latest proposals and achievements of...
Business gears up for Rio+20
At a crowded summit like Rio+20, getting your voice heard above the din can be a challenge. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is streamlining its messages by teaming up with organisations...
BBC News -” Big Summit seeks big ideas” by Richard Black
A little less than a year from now, the executive lounges of Rio de Janeiro airport will be swarming with government delegates making their way home from what could be the most important environmental...
Viewpoint: G8 summit needs a green focus
As the heads of the world’s richest nations prepare to meet for the G8 Summit in the French town of Deauville, the issue of generating jobs is emerging as a major test for the global...
Letter from UK NGOs to the British Prime Minister calling for leadership on Rio+20
One year out from Rio+20 a group of UK NGOs and civil society organisations, including Oxfam, WWF, Christian Aid and Stakeholder Forum, sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister highlighting the urgency of...
A Call to Action for Global Green Businesses — United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19) Works to Envision a Global Green Economy by Rio+20
Martha Shaw of The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire caught up with Stakeholder Forum’s Executive Director, Felix Dodds at the recent Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19) meeting in New York, to discuss the potential role...
Rapid destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado ecoregion must not provide backdrop for Rio+20
The Independent newspaper’s Environmental Editor Michael McCarthy has published an article drawing attention to the precarious future faced by Brazil’s Cerrado ecosystem, a vast tropical savannah ecoregion, whose forests are being cut down at...
UN sticks with climate agenda – but what prospects?
BBC News website environment correspondent, Richard Black, explains that reports of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retiring from the climate change agenda are somewhat misleading.
Ban Ki-moon to end hands-on involvement in climate change talks
The UN Secretary General has expressed his will to end his hands-on involvement in the UNFCCC process, according to an article in the Guardian newspaper.