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...
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...
Next month, heads of state, world leaders, academics, researchers, NGOs, activists and indigenous groups will gather in Brazil for the Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development.
Prepared by the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service in Cooperation with Practical Action Organized by Practical Action, Christian Aid and ONE, this consultation meeting brought together six members of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Group on Sustainable...
Date: Tuesday June 5 Time: 10:00-11:00 AM EST Location: Online Focus: What does Rio+20 need to deliver to create a sustainable world? Webchat with the World Bank’s Vice President of Sustainable Development, Rachel Kyte
By David Banisar, Article 19, Lalanath de Silva and Carole Excell, TheAccess Initiative, World Resources Institute In the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the international community recognized that sustainable development depends upon...
By Konrad Otto-Zimmermann This paper argues that the conceptualisation of international environmental governance must be broadened. Currently discussions all-too-often revolve around reform of the UN system, which does not encompass a broader perspective on...
By Tom Jacob This paper makes the case that the traditional model of environmental governance is one dominated by regulatory control at the level of the nation state. The increasingly complex nature and global...
