We, members of the Occupy movement and civil society, highlight the critical window of opportunity at the Earth Summit to vastly scale up political, financial & public response to the environmental, social & economic crisis of our time, & to raise ambition to the level that science demands.

Barcelona, 5 June, 2012. –The UfM Secretariat hosted the event “A Generation of We Can: Media as partner for sustainable development”. The workshop, organised by the Group Knowledge for Development (GK4D), consisted of a series of activities on communication and capacity building for sustainable development, with an aim to interact in the preparatory process of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, RIO+20. The conference gathered sustainable development activists and relevant media in the Mediterranean region.

The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, expressed cautious optimism that the upcoming Rio+20 conference will result in a "once in a generation" blueprint for global sustainable development.

6 June 2012 – With just two weeks until the start of a major United Nations sustainable development conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to step up efforts to achieve concrete decisions to reduce poverty while promoting decent jobs, clean energy and more sustainable and fair use of resources.

SAO PAULO — Activist and former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva on June 5 called for protests matching the magnitude of Egypt's Tahrir Square demonstrations at an upcoming UN environmental meeting.

The Rio+ 20 Earth summit could collapse after countries failed to agree on acceptable language just two weeks before 120 world leaders arrive at the biggest UN summit ever organised, WWF warned on Wednesday.

To NGOs participating in the Rio+20 Conference and the related events:

Through this message the NGO Major Groups Organizing Partners would like to share with you some very important information regarding Major Groups access to Rio+20 official events.

Over 10,000 participants contributed ideas and recommendations in the Rio+20 Dialogues online, which have now been condensed into 10 proposals in 10 different thematic areas. Now, it is up to YOU to suggest which ones are most needed by voting on them online.