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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. - Rio Registration
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To download a roadmap of events leading up to the Summit click here.
Stakeholder Forum and Commonwealth Secretariat launch " A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Development Governace - Earth Summit 2012
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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
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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 sustain-
able development.
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Private investment critical to achieve universal energy access
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of private investment to ensure universal and sustainable energy access, as he called on business leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, to mobilize their resources and strengthen their partnerships with the public and non-governmental sectors to achieve this goal. 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 |
Zero Draft Text Ammendments
Stakeholder Forum with its partners have put together some suggestions, which we would like governments to consider as they take part in this session of Rio+20 and in preparation for their inputs to the 17th of February deadline. 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.. |
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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UKELA London meeting - Rio+20 agenda
Date: 8 February 2012
Time: 5.30pm (registration) for prompt start at 6pm. Ends at 8:30 pm
Venue: Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, Exchange Square, London EC2A 2HS.The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20 - is being jointly convened by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the Brazilian Government. The conference will seek to secure meaningful commitments on achieving sustainable development at the highest level, although it has already run into trouble with the preparations for the event marred by disagreement.
