{"id":946,"date":"2012-01-30T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2012\/01\/30\/press-release-a-bold-and-ambitious-vision-for-rio20-results-from-the-initial-negotiations-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2012-01-30T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:01:31","slug":"press-release-a-bold-and-ambitious-vision-for-rio20-results-from-the-initial-negotiations-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/press-release-a-bold-and-ambitious-vision-for-rio20-results-from-the-initial-negotiations-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: A Bold and Ambitious Vision for Rio+20 – Results from the initial negotiations in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York \u2013 30th<\/sup> January \u2013 Negotiations were held last week (25th<\/sup>-27th<\/sup> January) on the Zero Draft of the outcome document to be put before leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20, happening in Brazil 20-22 June 2012. This first round of negotiations have been extremely encouraging, with consensus emerging between developed and developing countries alike, as well as civil society, on the need for the greater urgency, ambition and detail required to use Rio+20 for the opportunity it presents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Taking the lead in ensuring that the opportunity of Rio+20 comes to fruition, is the United Nations Secretary-General\u2019s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability. The Panel, co-chaired by Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, and Jacob Zuma, Prime Minister of South Africa, and including many other renowned world figures in sustainable development and related fields, published its report at the negotiations – entitled Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A future worth choosing<\/em><\/strong>[1]<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em>The report maps out the extent of the challenges that we face, and outlines a plan of what needs to be done nationally and internationally to bring about a green and fair transformation to a sustainable future.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Panel\u2019s report is meant to be used beyond Rio+20, it should be read as a blueprint of what could be achieved in Rio \u2013 and as a wake-up call for action. Government negotiators would do well to take all of the Panel\u2019s 56 recommendations as a guide in their efforts to put more substance on the positive framework of the Zero Draft. The Panel\u2019s vision \u2018to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and make growth inclusive, and production and consumption more sustainable, while combating climate change and respecting a range of other planetary boundaries<\/em>\u2019 is both inspiring and intellectually robust. To take the world closer to this vision, the Panel identified the need for concrete actions in three areas:<\/span><\/p>\n