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Greenpeace Rio+20 Oceans Priorities: Filling the Gaps in Oceans Governance and Stopping Overfishing
3 May 2012
http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/Greenpeace%20-%20Rio20%20and%20Oceans.pdf Address gaps in oceans governance that are hampering progress on marine protection. Commit to cutting overcapacity of the world’s fishing fleets and providing priority access to fish resources for low-impact small-scale fisheries. Promote and invest in sound economic and sustainable fishing practices that maximize benefits to local communities. Implement a global network of Marine […]
Rio+20 Policy Brief – Water security for a planet under pressure
1 May 2012
http://www.planetunderpressure2012.net/pdf/policy_watersecurity.pdf Water is the common thread that links all aspects of human development. Water security is therefore vital to all social and economic sectors as well as the natural resource base on which the world depends. But an expanding population, growing economies and poor water management are putting unprecedented pressure on our freshwater resources. We […]
Now is the Time! Why “Rio+20” must succeed by German Development Institut
1 May 2012
http://www.die-gdi.de/CMS-Homepage/openwebcms3_e.nsf/%28ynDK_FileContainerByKey%29/MRUR-82CFDB/$FILE/Now-is-the-Time_Why-Rio+20-must-succeed_04.07.2011.pdf?Open In June 2012 world leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”) to advance a global green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. Moreover, governments pledged to kick start overdue reform of the United Nations institutional framework for sustainable development. We call upon […]
UNFCCC Presents – Bonn Climate Change Conference – May 2012
1 May 2012
http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_may_2012/meeting/6599.php The 36th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the seventeenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties […]
Registration for the People’s Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice
19 Apr 2012
http://cupuladospovos.org.br/en/registration/ Until April 20th, registration will be open for the People’s Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice (from 15th – 22nd June 2012). Seminaries, debates, workshops, talks, meetings, guided visits to communities and projects, articulated by themes or sectors and proposed by the largest number possible of organizations, collectives or movements.
What can we expect from Rio+20? by Robert Costanza
17 Apr 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201243844723773.html The future of the planet is on the table as policymakers and environmental advocates gear up for the next major UN conference in Rio de Janeiro, on the 20th anniversary of the 1992 "Earth Summit" in mid-June. Expectations for the Rio+20 meeting are understandably low, given the recent history of climate change meetings in […]
On the eve of Rio+20, activists in DC call on Dilma and Obama to put people and planet before profits by Kelly Blynn
17 Apr 2012
http://www.350.org/en/node/28169 Today, activists in Washington, DC led by our partners at Amazon Watch marched in solidarity with Brazilian social movements during Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit with Obama. Just a few months away from Rio+20, the 20th anniversary summit of the landmark original Rio Earth Summit, both presidents continue to threaten to allow initiatives that […]
Collecting women voices for Rio+20 Conference
17 Apr 2012
http://www.unwomen.org/2012/04/collecting-women-voices-for-rio20-conference/ The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be held in June will be an important opportunity to define international frameworks to advance sustainability. To amplify the voices of women in the discussions for Rio+20, UN Women is supporting the civil society network Women’s Major Group on gathering the views and gender perspectives on sustainability and […]
Rio+20: Plan ‘A’ for Planet Earth by Owen Gaffney
17 Apr 2012
http://www.earthsummit2012.org/blog/item/274-plan-a-planet-earth The media often describes geoengineering — large-scale deliberate interference in the climate system — as Plan B for the planet, a last resort should political negotiations to curb greenhouse gas emissions fail. Almost by default this makes the UN’s Rio+20 summit in June Plan A for Planet Earth. So, is Plan A any good?
Message from CAN’s New Director: Fulfilling our generational responsibility
11 Apr 2012
When I applied to the CAN-International Director position, some colleagues from the climate and environmental movements wondered why I would be interested in working for the leading climate change network, CAN, at this point of time. After the Copenhagen summit fiasco, political will to tackle climate change has been declining, donor funding for the […]