Governments looking to design and implement green growth policies and move towards a green economy now have a new source of information and assistance. Four leading global organizations today signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged investors today to lend their support to sustainable development initiatives to deal with climate change and provide efficient energy solutions around the world.
The starting document for negotiations ahead of the Rio+20 summit ― the ‘zero draft’ ― contains more references to science than was expected by the scientific community, but still falls short on the specifics...
The Second Intersessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) was held in New York from 15-16 December 2011.
Bill Clinton was set to enter the White House, the European Union was born and China had its first taste of a double cheeseburger with fries when McDonalds opened its doors in Beijing. That...
BERLIN (IDN) – As the international community heads towards Rio+20 to commemorate the historic Earth Summit in June 1992, a senior United Nations official has called for bold actions to put a halt to...
The developing world’s vulnerability to the prevailing multiple global crises and preparations for the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development were prominent among the concerns of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial)...
15 December 2011: At an event organized by the Ford Foundation on the sidelines of the Second Intersessional Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
As indicated in our contribution to UN DESA, in our view the main operational outcomes of the Rio+20 should include a green economy roadmap with specific goals, objectives and actions at international level as...
Nairobi, Kenya – Poor countries across the world are engaging with the rich countries to reduce emissions from forests and fast track transitions to a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy, the UN Environmental...
