The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236). The Conference will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, …
Hazel Henderson @ Rio + 20: Green Energy for a Green Economy
Tue. 19 June: 17:30 Venue: RioCentro Room: T-5 How to assess national energy policies to ensure that they contribute to low-carbon strategies and ecodevelopment under fluctuating weather conditions. How markets can be harnessed to promote use low-carbon, renewable energy. How sustainable energy access and transition to renewable energy can contribute …
Rio + 20: Invitation to the MBM-FIDESS side-event
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19th, 2012 The Mont-Blanc Meetings Association, International Forum of Social and Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurs (MBM-IFSSEE), make meet the leaders of cooperatives, mutual insurance companies, associations and foundations from all the continents. The MBM-IFSSEE and its organizing partners take an active part in the United-Nations Conference …
Rio+20 special from the Green Economy Coalition
Rio+20 has now arrived and we have been asked – what outcome does GEC want, and what does it expect? To answer that I would like to explain the evolution of our coalition as our own story offers insights to the more macro green economy journey. Our first phase (2009-2011) was about …
The Club of Rome –Issues for RIO+20
In May this year, in the run up to the Rio Conference, a new report to the Club of Rome was launched, entitled: 2052 – A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years, in which author Jorgen Randers tries to answer the question about the state of the world in …
IGES on-site side events, related events & exhibitions at Rio+20
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will hold the following on-site side events at Rio+20, and will be involved in related events and exhibitions in the Japan Pavilion. http://www.iges.or.jp/en/rio20/side_events.html “Building Resilience to Disasters in the 21st Century: Implications of the Triple Disaster in Japan in a Post-Rio+20 World” Monday, 18 …
Rio + 20 Event: Seeds of Hope
We’ll show our panel exhibition on sustainable development titled “Seeds of Hope” (http://www.sgi.org/resource-center/ngo-resources/education-for-sustainable-development/seeds-of-hope.html) in order to share the theme of Rio+20 with ordinary citizens, and will organize a roundtable discussion on education for sustainable development as an official side event. In particular, on June 15th, we’ll organize an opening reception of …
Aldersgate Group host a Dragons Den style debate towards Rio + 20
Aldersgate Group host a Dragons Den style debate towards Rio + 20 Lisa Cowan, Ethical Markets European Correspondent in London Momentum is gathering for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The battle of words for the sake of humanity which I witnessed at PcW’s London Riverside building, 6th May …
United Nations kept the light on, as Rio+20 negotiations continued through the weekend
By Martha J. Shaw, Earth Advertising CSRwire correspondent to the United Nations Rarely is a more diverse collection of people found under one roof than the 500 or so working around the clock this weekend at the United Nations to hash out the document going to the Rio+20 ‘Earth Summit’ …
Dowbor and Feliciano to Represent Ethical Markets at Rio+20
Renowned Economist Ladislau Dowbor and Journalist Melanie Feliciano to Represent Ethical Markets Media atRio+20 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saint Augustine, FL, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – May 16, 2012 – Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) will have a strong presence at Rio+20 with Ladislau Dowbor representing Ethical Markets Media …
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