The consultation workshop was held in preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)/Rio+20 June 2012. The session was jointly organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its capacity as co-chair...
DRAFT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS To achieve the goals of Rio + 20 in an ambitious, time-bound and accountable manner, we call upon governments in accordance with human rights, the principle of common but differentiated...
Section 1: Critical importance of forests for sustainable development Forests are of critical importance for sustainable development. Forests cover about 30% of the world’s land surface, around 4 billion hectares, and contain the majority...
On a rainy Wednesday, September 7, 2011, as part of our MobilizeUS! campaign, the Human Impacts Institute attended the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Policy Dialogue Series Briefing on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development...
In advance of the June 2012 summit, officially dubbed the Conference on Sustainable Development, some environmentalists say they are concerned about its focus on developing a “Green Economy”.
Next year’s Rio+20 United Nations summit must “un-environmentalise” the world’s approach to sustainability so that it can reach out beyond the converted, according to a senior organiser in the host nation.
In June 2012, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and other top government officials will come to Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which will be the centerpiece of a week of events...
During the 64th Annual UN Department of Public Information (UN DPI) & Non-Governmental Organizations Conference, from 3rd to 5th September in Bonn, Germany, some 1,300 representatives of NGOs discussed sustainable development, the possible outcomes...
Collectif Rio+20 have prepared a document summarising their preparations for Rio+20.
Stakeholder Forum is happy to announce the launch of a new multi-stakeholder blog on the themes around the Bonn2011 Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus Conference taking place in Germany this November.
