Here you can find all the latest updates in relation to Earth Summit 2012, as well as archived news.
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Stakeholder Forum's President, Felix Dodds, speech to the EESC |
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 16:20 |
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Chair of the 64th UN DPI NGO Conference and Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum Felix Dodds
We face huge challenges over the coming twenty years due to the lack of funding for and implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPoI).
Future generations will look at 1992 to 2012 as the irresponsible generation - the lost twenty years - when we could have put the foundations down for moving towards a more sustainable world.
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Rio+20 discusses the creation of an "environmental WTO" |
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:23 |
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The idea to create an United Nations environmental agency following the model of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Labor Organization (ILO) is growing. The proposal to create the World Environment Organization (WEA) came from European Union and it is being discussed by France and Germany and can be one of the major achievements of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in June, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Zero Draft Document for Rio+20 labelled as lacking ambition and balance |
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:06 |
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Following the release of the zero draft document for the Rio+20 conference, to take place in June 2012, the first round of informal negotiations was held on 25-27 January. Many participants called for a stronger focus on poverty eradication and gender issues in revisions of the summit’s outcome document.
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Use Rio+20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief |
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 11:55 |
The world must use a landmark environmental summit this year to change forever the current damaging model of economic growth, Europe's climate chief has warned, or face future crises as severe as the one currently enveloping the eurozone.
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UN launches information system to boost disaster prevention, food security measures |
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Monday, 06 February 2012 14:01 |
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The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes.
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Business coalition re-established in run-up to Rio+20 |
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Monday, 06 February 2012 13:55 |
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The temporary coalition of the Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) has been re-established to coordinate the participation of the private sector to Rio+20 and enhance its contribution to sustainable and inclusive markets.
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Press Release: A Bold and Ambitious Vision for Rio+20 - Results from the initial negotiations in New York |
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Monday, 30 January 2012 15:01 |
New York – 30th January – Negotiations were held last week (25th-27th January) on the Zero Draft of the outcome document to be put before leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20, happening in Brazil 20-22 June 2012. This first round of negotiations have been extremely encouraging, with consensus emerging between developed and developing countries alike, as well as civil society, on the need for the greater urgency, ambition and detail required to use Rio+20 for the opportunity it presents.
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BBC: UN panel aims for 'a future worth choosing' |
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Monday, 30 January 2012 14:19 |
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Growing inequality, environmental decline and "teetering" economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a UN report concludes.
Health and education must improve, it says. Subsidies on fossil fuels should end, and governments must look beyond the standard economic indicator of GDP.
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