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Greater Financial Stability for the UNEP
Date:
21/01/2013
Excerpt:
Reforms agreed in late December should secure the financial stability of the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) and could give it and the world’s environment ministers greater influence in international policymaking. EEB Annual Conference - Rio+20 Follow-up in Europe
Date:
01/10/2012
Excerpt:
The EEB’s 2012 Annual Conference, which took place on 1 October 2012, focused on what the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference – both its successes and its failures – means for Europe. European Environment Agency (EEA) Film - 'Planet RE:think'
Date:
17/06/2012
Excerpt:
In the context of the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, on 17 June, 2012 the European Environmental Agency (EEA) released the film "Planet Re:think" telling the story of unsustainable resource use worldwide. Launch of “Planet Under Pressure” Policy Brief Series “U.N. Overhaul Required to Govern Planet’s Life Support System”
Date:
10/01/2012
Excerpt:
For the 2012 London Conference “Planet Under Pressure” a series of policy briefs has been prepared. They aim at providing policy-makers with access to the latest scientific research on sustainable development issues in the preparation process to Rio+20. The consortium of Planet Under Pressure has now released the first five of nine policy briefs. LIAISE Working Paper No.1: Green Economy Discourses in the Run-Up to Rio 2012
Date:
18/11/2011
Excerpt:
The study analyses central contributions to the debate on the concept of a Green Economy in the runup to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable development. It does so by identifying the pillars on which the various understandings of a green economy are based as well as analysing policy
concepts published and statements made.... New UNEP Report on Global Environmental Change
Date:
15/11/2011
Excerpt:
The UN Environment Programme has published a new report entitled "Keeping Track of our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20". The report is produced as part of UNEP’s "Global Environmental Outlook-5" ) series, the UN’s assessment process which reviews the the state, trends and outlook of the global environment. Conference on "Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes"
Date:
11/11/2011
Excerpt:
A Conference on "Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes" will take place at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland on 11 and 12 November, 2011. Registration is possible until 15 September, 2011. ... Rio Earth Summit Postponed Because of Clash with UK Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Date:
09/11/2011
Excerpt:
Brazil has postponed the biggest environmental summit in 20 years to avoid a clash with the UK’s Queen's diamond jubilee. The Rio+20 summit was scheduled for early June but has been moved back two weeks to avoid jeopardising the attendance of 54 Commonwealth leaders. ... Study on Civil Society Views on Concept of Green Economy
Date:
17/10/2011
Excerpt:
LIAISE partner FUB has submitted a study on the views of European civil society on the concept of the Green Economy to the European Economic and Social Committee. The authors of the study analysed the discourses in the run up to the 2012 Rio Summit. ... Group of European Parliamentarians Calls for Global Green Energy Targets
Date:
04/10/2011
Excerpt:
A group of members of the European Parliament has called for a demand for global green energy targets to be included in the EU's position for the Rio+20 World Summit on Sustainable Development. ...