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Zero Draft now Available
The Rio+20 zero draft document has now been published by UNCSD. To download the document click here.
Earth Debates1st Earth Debate: Ecosystem economics – can we put a price on nature? Until recently the hidden natural services supplied by the environment (such as providing clean air and water, or pollinating our crops) have had no market value and have been taken freely.
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Registration & Accreditation to Rio+20 Now OpenIn accordance with General Assembly resolution A/C.2/66/L.53, the pre-registration for participation in the preparatory meeting and in the Conference by relevant NGOs and other major groups is now open. Register |
Global Transition 2012: Challenge PapersThe Challenge Paper themes have been selected to develop a clear perspective on the emerging priority areas for Rio+20 and include overarching theme papers addressing The Green Economy, as well as specific theme papers focussing on The Blue Economy, Energy, Food Security, Global trade, Global finance, Employment and skills, and Natural Capital. Read more..New SDG2012 Think PiecesStakeholder Forums Sustainable Develoment Governance programme, SDG2012, has published seven new think pieces from prominent authors in the field. |
TAI Prepares for Rio+20
Earth Talks: The Green Economy
in the Global South
From planetary ceilings to social floors: can we live inside the doughnut?
In 2009, 29 of the world’s leading Earth-system scientists drew up a set of nine ‘planetary boundaries’: critical natural processes that we must not breach if we want to maintain Earth’s stable state of the last 10,000 years. Like what? Like climate change, ozone depletion, and biodiversity loss. No small fry. Read more.. |
Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than everGeorge Bernard Shaw saw the world as divided into two sorts of people. Those who looked at it and asked "why?", and those (like himself) who dreamed of things that never were and asked "why not?"Read more.. |
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Analysis of Zero Draft Submissions
Stakeholder Forum has undertaken an analysis of the submissions to the UN. This analysis identifies the insights to be found in the Zero Draft submission documents by creating a database of 97 key terms relevant to Rio+20 and determine which organisations have expressed interest in these terms. For more information click here.Global Transition 2012
Is an international network of organisations and leading thinkers that is catalysing a ‘Global Transition’ by building a community of civil society organisations across the globe to promote and deliver a rapid transition to the desirable and beneficial economy that we aspire to. For more information click here.
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To download a roadmap of events leading up to the Summit click here.
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Earth Summit 2012
On 20th - 22nd, June 2012, the UNCSD will take place in Rio de Janeiro. Also referred to as the Rio+20 or the Earth Summit 2012 due to the initial conference held in Rio in 1992, the objectives of the Summit are: to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development; to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development and to address new and emerging challenges. The Summit will also focus on two specific themes: a green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, and an institutional framework for sustainable development. The full text of Resolution A/RES/64/236, which endorsed the Summit is available here.
This Website
Stakeholder Forum has set up this site as an information hub to provide updates, background information and analysis towards Rio+20. It is intended this site will also act as a platform to connect organisations and stakeholders interested in engaging in the preparatory process. Here you will find ways to get involved in the lead up to the Summit and support global efforts towards achieving sustainable development. More info
The official website of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, can be found at http://www.uncsd2012.org
The official website of the United Nations Environment Programme's World Environment Day 2012 http://www.unep.org/wed/
