What Happens on Monday?
Date: 22 June 2012 Where: RioCentro T-1 Time: 13:00 – 17:00 Focus: to build capacity and expertise on how to develop a post-Rio+20 work plan of implementation.
Date: 22 June 2012 Where: RioCentro T-1 Time: 13:00 – 17:00 Focus: to build capacity and expertise on how to develop a post-Rio+20 work plan of implementation.
The newly released Rio+20 negotiation text by the host country Brazil is an attempt to “make all delegates a bit happy, and a bit unhappy” said Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Executive...
Broadly speaking, there are basically two options available to meet the challenges of strengthening the institutional framework on sustainable development at UN level. These are the reform of ECOSOC or the establishment of a...
Stakeholder Forum in collaboration with Bioregional and the Earth Charter Initiative have produced a paper which consolidates a range of principles for the green economy, building on existing agreements and also emerging recommendations. The...
Recent grassroots events such as the Arab Spring, Los Indignados and the Occupy Movements have given expression to the feelings of frustration and even anger with the status quo. More significantly, these events demonstrate...
Stakeholder Forum in collaboration with Bioregional and the Earth Charter Initiative have produced a paper which consolidates a range of principles for the green economy, building on existing agreements and also emerging recommendations. The...
RIO DE JANEIRO, 14 June 2012 (IRIN) – “The pace is too slow” and “there is a lack of urgency”, grumbled a negotiator as preparatory talks on the final political outcome document limped back...
More than 100 science academies around the world have called on world leaders to take action on population and consumption at the Rio+20 summit.
Date: June 15 Location: RioCentro T-2, Rio de Janeiro Time: 13:30-15:00 Focus: How to incorportate biodiversity into the sustainable development goals
Date: Today (June 14th) Time: 13:00 – 14:45 Where: UNEP Pavilion, Athletes Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Focus: Green economy innovation: A look at case studies from Asia and the Pacific. Note: Please take a shuttle...