“Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Rio+20 is one of the most important conferences in the history of the United Nations (because) our world is facing unprecedented changes and challenges,” said Sha Zukang, UN DESA’s Under-Secretary...
The very first Pacific Environment Forum opened in Samoa today, drawing upon the expertise and experience of Pacific environment workers to discuss three vital issues of importance for our region. Today panelists made presentations...
To broaden participation in next year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the United Nations has invited representatives from nine key constituencies, known as major groups, to submit ideas on how the world...
A move to a global Green economy will be one of the key issues for next year’s United Nations Rio +20 leaders summit in Brazil and the Pacific is planning be at the forefront...
It was no mean feat catching up with Chief Edem Duke. The spanking new Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel provided the perfect backdrop to a conversation that centred on how to make Nigeria a leading...
UNEP’s chief of sustainable consumption and production Dr Arab Hoballah, speaking on behalf of UNEP executive director Achim Steiner, said buildings represent the intersection of economies, society and the environment, and that close collaboration...
The Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 took place in the CEPAL headquarters, in Santiago, Chile, between 7th and 9th September. Its aim was to elaborate a regional position for the Conference on Sustainable Development...
Santiago de Chile, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) With an appeal for a global institutional mechanism to foster sustainable development, the Latin America and Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for of the UN Conference on Sustainable...
The Tenth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue, which convened from 7-8 September 2011, in The Hague, the Netherlands, focused on common approaches to dealing with the challenges of food security and climate change.
A National consultation was held in Pakistan on Monday 12th September in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Rio +20 June 2012. It was jointly organised by the United Nations...
