stoRIOfy: to follow news and views on Rio+20, from D-8 to D-2
Rio+20 - the short name for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20-22 June 2012. As a partner and a contributor of the Rio+20 conference, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT wants to help stakeholders follow what's being discussed in and about Rio+20.
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Focus on the crucial importance of Rio+20
Eight days before the summit, many actors are mobilizing themselves to reaffirm the importance of the Conference.- Achim Steiner, Under Secretary General UN, and Pavan Sukhdev, a professor at Yale University, signed an article where they underline their deep concerns about the Conference outcome, but reaffirm its crucial signification, and defend the concept of green economy.
The High Stakes of Rio+20 by Achim SteinerWith just weeks to go before the Rio+20 Earth Summit, many wonder how many world leaders will show up and what kind of agreements they mi...
RT @ituc: If we continue to value nature at Zero, we can also destroy it without costs. Achim Steiner, UNEP, TU Assembly #ITUC #Rioplus20 #unionsrio20
RT @wbsustaindev: RT @WorldBankLAC: #greengrowth "is not an alternative pathway" @UNEP's Achim Steiner in #climate pioneer videos http://soc.li/saK5LhU
RT @UNEP: The High Stakes of #RioPlus20: bit.ly/LG3iTN (insights from UNEP Executive Direcrtor, Achim Steiner) #FutureWeWant- Young people are also mobilizing for the summit, through the implementation of many initiatives before Rio +20, but also the organization of several side-events during the Conference.
Gearing up for Rio+20 - Youth activism in full swing | The Adopt a Negotiator ProjectThe official kick-off of the final round of Rio+20 negotiations is still a couple of days ahead and the high-level UN Conference on Susta...
Young People and the Challenges of Rio+20Children have a remarkable ability to live in the moment, to lose themselves wholly in an activity and take pleasure in the most simple o...D-7
Leadership, a key problematic for Rio 20- Seven days before the summit, the issue of leadership emerges, with the confirmation of the absence of U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron. The ambitions of the Conference are also main concerns, while begins today the third and final Preparatory Committee meeting of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
- Confirmation of the absence of Barack Obama and David Cameron, who will not be at Rio+20, unlike Vladimir Poutine or the indian president Manmohan Singh, brings up the question of leadership, and suggests the increasing weight of emerging countries in decisions related to sustainable development in globalization
Barack Obama skips Rio+20 Earth summit | Environment | guardian ...9 hours ago ... Barack Obama will skip a United Nations summit billed as a "once-in-a- generation opportunity" to make progres...
RT @greeenstar: RT @Trucost - Rio+20, Obama & Cameron G20 leaders not attending - signal that sustainable development not a priority http://bit.ly/LNv2SR
David Cameron criticised for skipping Rio+20 Earth summitPM sending wrong signal that sustainable development is not a priority for UK, say environment groups The chair of an influential group o...
Rio+20 Head: Obama, Merkel, Cameron Absences Will Not Weaken Summit tinyurl.com/88ldcnp #Environment (Note June 11th)D-6
Rio+20 Earth summit: scientists call for action on populationThe Rio+20 Earth summit must take decisive action on population and consumption regardless of political taboos or it will struggle to tac...D-5
- Many media emphasize the need to find a consensus with the slow pace of negotiations ahead of Rio +20. Several themes are gaining visibility to a few days before the summit, pushed by players convinced of their importance.
