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.
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.
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...