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Major Group Publications

MAJOR GROUPS - RIO+20 COMMON STATEMENT

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Tom Harrisson
Major Group publications
24 June 2012
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Discussion Paper

We, the representatives of the 9 Major Groups, call on the Heads of State and Government to ensure the Rio+20 Earth Summit is successful in achieving an ambitious and shared vision for the future of our people and planet. 
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The Green Transition Scoreboard

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Tom Harrisson
Major Group publications
24 May 2012
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Global-Transition-Scoreboard-1The Green Transition Scoreboard (GTS) is a time-based, global tracking of the private financial system for all sectors investing in green markets. This update of the GTS has found investments totaling more than $3.3 trillion in the green economy since 2007, with Asia, Europe and Latin America catching up with the USA.

 This amount validates the many studies, computer models and reports proposing that investing $1 trillion annually until 2020 in material and energy efficiencies, wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy, sustainable land-use and forestry, smart infrastructure, transport, building and urban redesign will solidify the Green Transition worldwide. The updated 2012 report finding of over $3.3 trillion puts global investors and countries on track to reach $10 trillion in investments by 2020. As investment funds shift away from more speculative sectors such as hedge funds, private equity and commodity ETFs, as well as other fossilized sectors, and redeploy at least 10% of  their portfolios directly in companies driving the global Green Transition, the $10 trillion by 2020.

To read more about the redirection of investment funds to 'green' sectors click here.

 

Planet Under Pressure: State of the Planet Declaration

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Tom Harrisson
Major Group publications
29 March 2012
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Planet-Under-Pressure-DeclarationScientists issued the first “State of the Planet” declaration at the world’s largest gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the major UN Summit Rio+20 in June.

In one lifetime our increasingly interconnected and interdependent economic, social, cultural and political systems have come to place pressures on the environment that may cause fundamental changes in the Earth system and move us beyond safe natural boundaries. But the same interconnectedness provides the potential for solutions: new ideas can form and spread quickly, creating the momentum for the major transformation required for a truly sustainable planet.

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Australian Council for International Development:Rio+20 Summit Recommendations

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Tom Harrisson
Major Group publications
12 May 2012
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Time Running Out to Change Direction

This briefing outlines the key opportunities for the Australian Government to contribute to the type of progressive, global change required for a healthy and habitable planet free from extreme poverty. The briefing addresses such opportunities from the perspective of the Australian non-government aid and development sector, represented by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). The following is a compendium of recommendations from ACFID members, with contributing members listed at the end of the document.

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Youth 21: Building for Change

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Tom Harrisson
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29 March 2012
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A report by David Woolcombe, President of Peace Child on the March 15-18th UNDP / UN-HABITAT meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Woolcombe provides a summary of the meeting outcomes and how it relates to the youth agenda.

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Rio + 20 – just another UN Summit, or can we really advance the environmental agenda?

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Tom Harrisson
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10 May 2012
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From the Helen Suzman Foundation, Dr. Crispan Olver writes about the evolution of the current environmental governance system and the prospect for addressing world-wide environmental degradation at Rio+20.
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IGES: Building resilience and reducing risk from natural disaster

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Tom Harrisson
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29 March 2012
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IGES-Resilience_front_pageAs a contribution to the Rio+20 process this Issue Brief highlights resilience and sustainable development by drawing on the knowledge on natural hazards and disasters gained from governments, researchers and other stakeholders.

Given our understanding of climate change and the effects it has on the environment and society, alongside ongoing environmental degradation and the realisation that disaster-related damage is rising as a by-product of development, it is important for the significance of resilience to be fully realized at all levels, both for sustainable development and within the context of the Rio+20 process.

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Copa-Cogeca Declaration for Rio+20

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08 May 2012
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The European Farmers European Agri-Cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) has published a declaration supporting Rio+20. Copa-Cogeca believes green growth is central to improve sustainable development.

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IGES: What are Sustainable Development Goals?

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Tom Harrisson
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29 March 2012
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IGEs_SDGsThis brief, which addresses issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by Columbia, Guatemala, and Peru during the Rio+20 processes, aims to remind policymakers and other stakeholders of the importance of reaching a solid outcome at Rio+20, as well as for the future. The following provides a summary of ongoing discussions and informal consultations concerning SDGs, and expounds on IGES’ views for a mandate and process for developing a set of universal SDGs.

Integrating the SDG processes and other initiatives into a single unified process would be highly advantageous as this would set out a clear post-2015 framework.

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