Information
Input to Compilation DocumentResponses from Synthesis Report
Statements (4) External Web site
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Focal PointMs. Anne Marie Sloth Carlsen
Climate Change Advisor
anne.carlsen@undp.org
Mr. David Payton
Senior Advisor
david.payton@undp.org
Side Events at Rio+20
- Beyond GDP: Measuring the Future We Want - 20 Jun 2012
- Climate Neutral UN Participation at Rio +20 by South-South Cooperation - 21 Jun 2012
Meetings & Activities
- High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in SIDS
7 May 2012 - 9 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados - Global Forum in Istanbul to focus on action agenda for UN ?Rio + 20?
22 Mar 2012 - 22 Mar 2012, Istanbul, Turkey - UNDP launch of the 2011 Human Development Report - ?Sustainability and equity: A better future for all?
2 Nov 2011 - 2 Nov 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Publications
News
20 Jun 2012 - Going beyond GDP, UNDP proposes human development measure of sustainability
In a high-level forum at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development today UNDP presented the conceptual groundwork for a future “Sustainable Human Development Index,” which would recognize the cost of human development to future generations.
6 Jun 2012 - Celebrities join UNDP video spot ahead of Rio+20
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched today a video spot ?The Future We Want? which uses voices of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, French actor Lambert Wilson, Brazilian football star Marta Vieira da Silva and Italian actress Laura Morante, to explain what sustainable development is to mainstream audiences.
6 Jun 2012 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges public to vote on ?The Future You Want?
Experts from more than 150 countries propose recommendations on how to move towards a sustainable future at vote.riodialogues.org
22 May 2012 - UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Antonio Banderas invites people to join the global conversation on Rio+20
9 May 2012 - Twenty Small Island Developing States announce new actions that reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty
The Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States Conference concluded yesterday with the adoption of the ?Barbados Declaration? calling for universal access to modern and affordable renewable energy services, while protecting environment, ending poverty and creating new opportunities for economic growth.
7 May 2012 - Reducing dependence on fossil fuels essential for sustainable progress in SIDS, says UN Secretary-General
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) need to free themselves from dependence on fossil fuel imports and transform their energy sectors to encompass modern, efficient, clean and renewable sources of energy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message to an audience of prime ministers, ministers, international experts, civil society leaders and business executives at the Barbados Conference today
1 May 2012 - Small Island States Take Steps to Become Energy Independent and End Poverty
High-level forum in Barbados to chart a new ?Sustainable Energy for All? roadmap
ahead of ?Rio+20? Conference
ahead of ?Rio+20? Conference
11 Apr 2012 - Road to Rio: Women 'out of sight, out of mind?
?Road to Rio? is a series of blog posts by senior officials of UNDP, outlining some of the key challenges around human development central for achieving the sustainable future we want.
23 Mar 2012 - Global Human Development Forum adopts ?Istanbul Declaration? urging action at ?Rio+20?
Delegates to the first Global Human Development Forum today unanimously adopted an ?Istanbul Declaration? calling on the world community to take bold action against global social inequities and environmental deterioration at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio this June
16 Mar 2012 - UNDP launches International Platform for Global Water Solidarity to Engage Local Actors From the North and South to Develop Local Solutions to Challenges of Water and Sanitation
Participants at World Water Forum sign International Charter to promote universal access to water and sanitation services through local-level solidarity
Participants at World Water Forum sign International Charter to promote universal access to water and sanitation services through local-level solidarity
Background papers/Position papers
The Barbados Declaration English version
(United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
Barbados Declaration on Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
We, the Ministers and other Heads of Delegation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) present at the Ministerial Conference on ?Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in SIDS ? Challenges, Opportunities, Commitments? in Bridgetown, Barbados 7-8 May 2012