Youth Ideas for Rio+20
The Children and Youth major group is seeking new ideas to form part of its submission to the Rio+20 process. Numerous ideas have already been submitted and are being voted upon. The author of...
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Business Action for Sustainable Development: Partnership meeting update
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart chaired a meeting in Paris on the 14th of June, attended by BASD 2012 Conveners and Partners. This was the first full BASD meeting in advance of Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable...
Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012
Business Action for Sustainable Development has launched a dedicated Rio+20 website, (Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012). BASD 2012 is a comprehensive network of business organizations that have come together under one banner in...
UN official looks to US leadership at next year’s sustainable development summit
Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs who will be the head of next year’s United Nations world summit on sustainable development seeks leadership from the United States.
Towards a global green economy and better governance – the Commission presents policy orientations for the Rio+20 Conference
A press release Brussels, 20 June 2011 – Today the European Commission adopted a Communication preparing the ground for the EU’s position at the Rio+20 UN Sustainable Development Conference, which will be held in...
Statement from Stakeholder Forum Executive Director, Felix Dodds
In a video statement Stakeholder Forum’s Executive Director, Felix Dodds talks about expectations and hopes for what Rio+20 could deliver and how stakeholders can play a major role in the summit.
Earth Summit Competition
One year out from the Earth Summit, Stakeholder Forum will be giving away 3 Earth Summit t-shirts. To enter the competition, simply answer the 5 questions below. If you answer all 5 questions correctly...
Letter from UK NGOs to the British Prime Minister calling for leadership on Rio+20
One year out from Rio+20 a group of UK NGOs and civil society organisations, including Oxfam, WWF, Christian Aid and Stakeholder Forum, sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister highlighting the urgency of...
UK MP Chris Huhne welcomes OECD’s Green Growth Strategy (statement)
The UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has today welcomed a new report on green growth from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The organisation’s ‘Towards Green Growth’ report was...
“Why a Green Economy Matters for Least Developed Countries”
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), together with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UN Office of The High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small...