EU pressed to lead Rio+20 Earth Summit
The European Parliament has called on the EU to take the lead in preparing global green actions for the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit next year.
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Global Food Security: Feeding Another Three Billion People — Critical for the World, Critical for Australia
Population growth means that by 2050 the world will need to feed approximately 9 billion people, over 2 billion more than today when we already have 1 billion people suffering chronic hunger.
Cuba: breaking corporate power allows sustainable development
Cuba is a world leader in ecologically sustainable practices. It is the only country to have begun the large-scale transition from conventional farming, which is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, to a new agricultural...
Investor led coalition calls for UN declaration requiring companies to integrate material sustainability issues into reporting
A coalition of institutions led by Aviva Investors, will today call on United Nations’ member states to develop a global policy framework that requires listed and large private companies to integrate sustainability information throughout...
Trade unions met with the Spanish Minister of Environment and the Director of UNEP to discuss green economy and just transition
The meeting took place in July in the Spanish Ministry of Environment within the presidency of the Administrative Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), currently a responsibility held by the Minister of...
Dryland management must be placed higher on international agenda, stresses Secretary-General at High-level General Assembly event on desertification
Too often seen as a “lost cause”, the world’s drylands — home to 2 billion people — must be placed higher on the international agenda as poor land management, climate change and conflict threatened...
World green building week kicks off across the globe
Countries around the world are kicking off World Green Building Week, and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is doing its part by helping move the green economy debate forward, locally and globally, through...
Green Economy Coalition reveals their initial policy thinking for Rio+20
At the UNDPI Conference the Green Economy Coalition, the largest coalition of organisations working on a green economy, opened up discussion on their initial policy thinking for Rio+20 in order to accelerate the transition...
Discourse: Let the youth speak about environment
The United Nations elected Indonesia to host the Tunza International Children & Youth Conference on the Environment, slated to be held in Bandung from Sept. 27 to Oct 1. Over 1,500 young people from...
Pan-European assessment asks: ‘What do we know about water and green economy?’
The Ministerial Conference will bring together delegates from 53 countries across the pan-European region as well as delegates from the United States, Canada and Israel. The conference focuses on the challenges in protecting water...