Earth Summit 2012

The Rio+20 Earth summit must take decisive action on population and consumption regardless of political taboos or it will struggle to tackle the alarming decline of the global environment, the world’s leading scientific academies warned on...

Guardian development readers need no reminding of the scale and urgency of global challenges such as the economic crisis, our self-destructive drift to climate crisis, or the scandal of 1 billion people going to...

Barack Obama will skip a United Nations summit billed as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to make progress on global development, sending Hillary Clinton in his place.

PM sending wrong signal that sustainable development is not a priority for UK, say environment groups The chair of an influential group of MPs lambasted David Cameron on Monday for not going to next...

As the global summit in Rio approaches, negotiations are still in flux, but some ideas that could advance the global sustainability agenda are gaining momentum.

As world leaders prepare for the Rio+20 meeting in just over a week, now is a fitting moment to assess the true legacy of the original Earth Summit in 1992.

Between 20-22 June, world leaders will join thousands of delegates, business leaders and NGOs at the decade-in-the-making Rio +20 summit.

The chair of an influential group of MPs lambasted David Cameron on Monday for not going to next week’s Rio+20 Earth summit, saying it sent a signal to the world that Britain does not see sustainability...