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13 - 22 June 2012
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
A major five-day Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development will be held prior to the Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
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ICC Creativity 4 Innovation Forum
organized by ICC
hosted by ICC Brazil and CNC
supported by ECLAC, UNEP, UNIDO
As governments gather in Rio on the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit the ICC C4I Forum will launch business activities by bringing together senior corporate executives, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, and young leaders to discover and discuss new ideas, technologies and solutions to deliver a green economy.
Contributing to the on-going international debate on the policy framework for green growth and its effective implementation, the C4I Forum will showcase forward-looking strategies, solutions, and design approaches. This event ought to create opportunities for intensive dialogue and a work-together atmosphere to bridge the gap between policy-making and the implementation of sustainable development strategies, and to discuss best practice experiences. There will be also a specific focus on global value chains and deepening linkages within Latin American and Caribbean economies, especially Brazil. [Read more]
hosted by ICC Brazil and CNC
supported by ECLAC, UNEP, UNIDO
As governments gather in Rio on the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit the ICC C4I Forum will launch business activities by bringing together senior corporate executives, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, and young leaders to discover and discuss new ideas, technologies and solutions to deliver a green economy.
Contributing to the on-going international debate on the policy framework for green growth and its effective implementation, the C4I Forum will showcase forward-looking strategies, solutions, and design approaches. This event ought to create opportunities for intensive dialogue and a work-together atmosphere to bridge the gap between policy-making and the implementation of sustainable development strategies, and to discuss best practice experiences. There will be also a specific focus on global value chains and deepening linkages within Latin American and Caribbean economies, especially Brazil. [Read more]
Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
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13th of June: Protecting women’s health and future generations from harmful environmental impacts - Women’s Major Group Rio+20 Side Event
Since the Rio 1992 Earth Summit, we are confronted with increasing amounts of toxic chemicals and other hazardous substances in our bodies leading to fast growing instances of infertility, reproductive and breast cancers, early puberty, transgenerational defects and other negative health impacts. Panellists will address the origin and impact of this toxic burden and our rights to a healthy environment
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Publication launch: Weathering Uncertainty
When considering climate change, indigenous peoples and marginalized populations warrant particular attention. Impacts on their territories and communities are anticipated to be both early and severe due to their location in vulnerable environments. There is therefore a need to understand the specific vulnerabilities, adaptation capacities and longer-term aspirations of indigenous peoples and marginalized communities the world over. Indigenous and traditional knowledge contribute to this broader understanding.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fourth Assessment Report recognized traditional knowledge as ‘an invaluable basis for developing adaptation and natural resource management strategies in response to environmental and other forms of change.’ Despite this recognition, indigenous knowledge has remained largely outside the scope of IPCC assessments.
In order to strengthen consideration of indigenous knowledge in IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (5AR), to be released in 2014, this publication draws the attention of Authors of the 5AR and climate policy makers to the rapidly growing scientific literature on the contributions of indigenous and traditional knowledge to understanding climate change vulnerability, resilience and adaptation. [Read more]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fourth Assessment Report recognized traditional knowledge as ‘an invaluable basis for developing adaptation and natural resource management strategies in response to environmental and other forms of change.’ Despite this recognition, indigenous knowledge has remained largely outside the scope of IPCC assessments.
In order to strengthen consideration of indigenous knowledge in IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (5AR), to be released in 2014, this publication draws the attention of Authors of the 5AR and climate policy makers to the rapidly growing scientific literature on the contributions of indigenous and traditional knowledge to understanding climate change vulnerability, resilience and adaptation. [Read more]
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
A major five-day Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development will be held prior to the Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
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Rio+20 15/15/15 Formula - Heartpower and Action for The Future We Want
15/15/15 UN Civil Society Resource Mobilization Partnership Formula states that Global civil society on the one hand commits at Rio+20 to mobilize 15 billion Euros and 15 million volunteers by the year 2015 for UN led sustainable development efforts and on the other hand requests new forms of participation in global SD governance.
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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil in the days leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Forum?s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. Over 2,000 participants are expected at the Forum, representing business as well as investors, governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities. For more information, visit www.compact4rio.org or email rio2012@unglobalcompact.org.
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
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ICLEI World Congress 2012
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years. It provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and on-site visits and exhibits.
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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Facilitating Green Growth in Africa: Perspectives from the African Development Bank
A path of economic growth that is either compatible with or even driven by environmentally beneficial choices is important for Africa. Green growth provides such a pathway and is compatible with Africa’s priorities. Green growth does not propose exogenous limits to growth. A green economy cannot be created overnight. However, most approaches to policy transformation include certain key elements, including vision/buy-in; valuing what matters; planning for the future; sending the right signals to the private sector; and mobilizing resources. Most immediately, lack of finance remains the main impediment to the implementation of sustainable development goals and green growth in Africa. Through various initiatives, including the Green Climate Fund and the Green Facility for Africa, the AfDB is playing a role in supporting inclusive green growth in the continent. This event will focus on the need, opportunities and challenges including the means of implementation for Green Growth in Africa through a discussion platform among key stakeholders.
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Green Jobs World Summit
June 14th at 5 pm
June 15th from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The Brazilian Association of Human Resources (ABRH) will promote between the 14th and 15th June the Green Jobs Summit, where world renowned experts in human resources will lead discussion about the opportunities and trends in green careers. The summit seeks to promote an opportunity to reflect about the new strategies for a sustainable green model management. [Read more]
June 15th from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The Brazilian Association of Human Resources (ABRH) will promote between the 14th and 15th June the Green Jobs Summit, where world renowned experts in human resources will lead discussion about the opportunities and trends in green careers. The summit seeks to promote an opportunity to reflect about the new strategies for a sustainable green model management. [Read more]
Building trust, assuring quality - Triangular Cooperation and Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
Representatives from Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, and Peru discuss experiences and best practices of Triangular and South-South Cooperation in the field of Quality Infrastructure and highlight their importance for sustainable development.
Lead Organisation: National Metrology Institute Germany – PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Partners: Brazilian Agency for Cooperation - ABC (Brazil), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany, Costa Rican Accreditation Entity - ECA (Costa Rica),
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property - INDECOPI (Peru),
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - INMETRO (Brazil) [Read more]
Lead Organisation: National Metrology Institute Germany – PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Partners: Brazilian Agency for Cooperation - ABC (Brazil), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany, Costa Rican Accreditation Entity - ECA (Costa Rica),
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property - INDECOPI (Peru),
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - INMETRO (Brazil) [Read more]
Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Friday, 15 June 2012
Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
A major five-day Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development will be held prior to the Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
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RENCONTRE MONDIALE DES JURISTES DE L?ENVIRONNEMENT POUR RIO+20
Cette rencontre a pour but de valoriser les travaux du Centre afin de pouvoir peser sur les négociations internationales qui vont préparer la Conférence.
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15th June: Women’s Resistance and Resilience - Women’s Major Group Rio+20 Side Event at Rio Centro
Social equity, gender equality and environmental justice must form the heart of sustainable development, and of the outcomes of the Rio+20 UN conference. Twenty years after the first Rio conference, great social and economic inequities still remain. These inequities especially affect women and children, who make up the majority of those living in poverty. The women’s major group supports the transformation from the current economic system to
a sustainable and equitable economic system, which ensures gender equality, human rights and environmental justice and supports sustainable livelihoods and poverty eradication.
This side event will present testimonies from women resisting extractive industries, unsustainable energy,
agro-fuels and land-grabbing attempts. The side event will also show examples of women’s initiatives towards sustainable and equitable economies followed by an interactive discussion on lessons for international cooperation and national and local action
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a sustainable and equitable economic system, which ensures gender equality, human rights and environmental justice and supports sustainable livelihoods and poverty eradication.
This side event will present testimonies from women resisting extractive industries, unsustainable energy,
agro-fuels and land-grabbing attempts. The side event will also show examples of women’s initiatives towards sustainable and equitable economies followed by an interactive discussion on lessons for international cooperation and national and local action
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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil in the days leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Forum?s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. Over 2,000 participants are expected at the Forum, representing business as well as investors, governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities. For more information, visit www.compact4rio.org or email rio2012@unglobalcompact.org.
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Forum Empresarial RIO+20 ( Brazilian Business Forum RIO+20)
O Fórum foi lançado em junho de 2011 e objetiva debater a idéia de Economia Verde e Governança Social junto às Empresas, Prefeituras e Sociedade civil. O evento reúne Empresas dos setores do Comércio, da Indústria, de Serviços e Áreas afins com o intuito de debater as ações que estejam voltadas para a sustentabilidade de seus negócios, com amplo destaque às modernos Conceitos de Economia Verde, Governança Social e Educação para Transição.
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Buddying Ideas Glocally for good living in 2050
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
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Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
[Read more]
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
[Read more]
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Global Youth Forum on Mountain Issues and Sustainable Actions: A multi-stakeholder dialogue on youth engagement for sustainable mountain development
ICIMOD launched the Youth for Sustainable Mountain Development (Y4SMD) Initiative in 2009 aiming to mainstream youth in mountain development processes. The initiative has organized youth forums on different themes at national and regional levels, and has resulted in a dedicated youth network with a membership base of over 2,000. Now, for the first time, ICIMOD is joining hands with its development partners to organize a global event dedicated to mountain youth. The event aims to issue an appeal to the Rio+20 delegates on behalf of mountain youth groups.
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ICLEI World Congress 2012
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years. It provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and on-site visits and exhibits.
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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IMPACTS OF PLASTICS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
THE VOICES OF AFRICAN MOTHERS: www.vamothers.org
The Voices of African Mothers works to establish a peaceful African Continent through conflict resolution and to identifying the causes of ethnic, religious and inter-communal conflict.
VAM envision women and future generations to possess a full range of educational opportunities to attain empowerment to become decision-making leaders of Africa..
VAM believes access to education is key to equality. Equality is the application of the principle of natural justice and fairness. This refers to the legal and social capacity of men, women, boys and girls to mobilize and manage domestic, community, national and international resources and share the benefits arising there on an equal basis.
VAM promotes economic empowerment and equality through resource production that are appropriate for needs through vocational training and development of business skills. Health education is provided in the areas of preventive health care, nutrition, hygiene, preadolescent pregnancy, family planning etc.
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The Voices of African Mothers works to establish a peaceful African Continent through conflict resolution and to identifying the causes of ethnic, religious and inter-communal conflict.
VAM envision women and future generations to possess a full range of educational opportunities to attain empowerment to become decision-making leaders of Africa..
VAM believes access to education is key to equality. Equality is the application of the principle of natural justice and fairness. This refers to the legal and social capacity of men, women, boys and girls to mobilize and manage domestic, community, national and international resources and share the benefits arising there on an equal basis.
VAM promotes economic empowerment and equality through resource production that are appropriate for needs through vocational training and development of business skills. Health education is provided in the areas of preventive health care, nutrition, hygiene, preadolescent pregnancy, family planning etc.
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Green Jobs World Summit
June 14th at 5 pm
June 15th from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The Brazilian Association of Human Resources (ABRH) will promote between the 14th and 15th June the Green Jobs Summit, where world renowned experts in human resources will lead discussion about the opportunities and trends in green careers. The summit seeks to promote an opportunity to reflect about the new strategies for a sustainable green model management. [Read more]
June 15th from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The Brazilian Association of Human Resources (ABRH) will promote between the 14th and 15th June the Green Jobs Summit, where world renowned experts in human resources will lead discussion about the opportunities and trends in green careers. The summit seeks to promote an opportunity to reflect about the new strategies for a sustainable green model management. [Read more]
No Roads to a Green Economy
Roadless areas are large areas free from hard surfaced roads, paved highways, and high quality roads which allow for large-scale resource extraction. Roadless areas consist of unfragmented areas of Earth often with high natural value where small access roads, waterways and/or unpaved road networks do exist, allowing local communities to transport, travel and trade.
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Multistakeholder Learning towards Green Society
The production and consumption of goods and services drives economies and greatly influences society at large. To build a socially just economy and a more sustainable society, we must inevitably focus on making our consumption and production systems more sustainable as well -- sustainable not only in terms of market growth and resilience, but also in terms of productive non-market relations, ecosystem health, quality of life and the well-being of all involved.
This event, co-organized by the Education for Sustainable Development Programme at UNU-IAS and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, will explore how learning and education can lead to more sustainable systems of consumption and production and how to promote uptake of such efforts at national and international levels. The event will also help identify new, multistakeholder partnerships among local, regional and global networks that can facilitate transformative learning and action research for sustainability. [Read more]
This event, co-organized by the Education for Sustainable Development Programme at UNU-IAS and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, will explore how learning and education can lead to more sustainable systems of consumption and production and how to promote uptake of such efforts at national and international levels. The event will also help identify new, multistakeholder partnerships among local, regional and global networks that can facilitate transformative learning and action research for sustainability. [Read more]
Strategic Environmental Assessment, An Overview of its Application to the Cohesion Policy Funds in Portugal
Speaker: Dra. Elisabete Quintas – QREN
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AICESIS Side event
The International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) organizes its General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro on June 14 and 15 2012. At this occasion it will hold a side event to the UN conference Rio+20 on sustainable development. All members will discuss the report drafted by the working group to present during the conference on June 20-22 the civil sociaty view on the topic.
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International Workshop on Business and Biodiversity
The International Workshop on Business and Biodiversity will be co-hosted by CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity, LIFE Institute and CNI - Confederation of Industries Brazil.
The event will be held as a parallel activity to Rio + 20 and will be an unique opportunity for members of the business community, academia and civil society to learn about various business and biodiversity initiatives and how we can include the sustainable use of biodiversity into corporate management. The perspectives on this issue will be presented by international organizations, governments, and key representatives from major corporations. [Read more]
The event will be held as a parallel activity to Rio + 20 and will be an unique opportunity for members of the business community, academia and civil society to learn about various business and biodiversity initiatives and how we can include the sustainable use of biodiversity into corporate management. The perspectives on this issue will be presented by international organizations, governments, and key representatives from major corporations. [Read more]
Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Saturday, 16 June 2012
Seminar on Sustainable Communities
This one-day Seminar will provide practitioners, policy-makers and decision-makers involved in the planning, operation and management of communities the opportunity to learn world-leading best practices towards achieving a sustainable community.
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Fair ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet
Working closely with partners in Brazil and with global networks and alliances, the International Institute for Environment and Development will host a major conference in Rio de Janeiro this June. Fair ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet will take place immediately before ? and will feed into -- the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
Date: 16?17 June, 2012
Venue: Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
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Date: 16?17 June, 2012
Venue: Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
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Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development
Indigenous peoples will organize the Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development prior to the Rio +20 conference proper. The global conference will bring together regional representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Asia, Arctic, Pacific, North America, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe where regional and thematic reports can be shared and decisions will be reached on how to pursue sustainable self-determined development.
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RESPONSIBLE MINING IN MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES - GESTION AMBIENTAL ESTRATEGICA
Gestion Ambiental Estrategica provides a discuss how responsible mining can become a source of wealth to support sustainable development in countries with high biodiversity concentration.
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RENCONTRE MONDIALE DES JURISTES DE L?ENVIRONNEMENT POUR RIO+20
Cette rencontre a pour but de valoriser les travaux du Centre afin de pouvoir peser sur les négociations internationales qui vont préparer la Conférence.
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Sustainable Development Dialogues
The Government of Brazil is organizing, with the support of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Dialogues, a forum for civil society, to be held in Riocentro, between June 16 to 19, in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil in the days leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Forum?s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. Over 2,000 participants are expected at the Forum, representing business as well as investors, governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities. For more information, visit www.compact4rio.org or email rio2012@unglobalcompact.org.
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Leamington Spa Peace Festival
A local peace festival that attracts participants and visitors from across Britain is supporting and highlighting Rio + 20: this year it?s being held on 16 and 17 June, the weekend before the Summit.
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Banks, Sustainable Development and Rio+20 - Addressing the Missing Link
This side event will highlight and expand on the unique and important role that the financial sector has to play in achieving sustainable development. Not just due to its ability to finance, invest in, and insure sustainable assets and activities at scale, but even more so in light of its potential to influence and align the activities of all its clients and investee companies with long-term sustainability goals.
Through the integration of sustainability issues directly into their core decision-making processes, financial institutions can fundamentally contribute to the greening of business and industry, job creation and social inclusion, thus helping society to address sustainability challenges such as social inequity, climate change, resource scarcity and biodiversity loss.
The objective of the session is to bring together the key players from and related to the banking sector to get a better understanding of the sector�s role in fulfilling sustainable development, the barriers and challenges financial institutions are facing in fulfilling this role, and most impotantly: the immediate and mid to long term policy developments that can help speed up the mainstreaming process with a special focus on what Rio+20 can deliver to catalyse this process (based on UNEP FI Position Paper). [Read more]
Through the integration of sustainability issues directly into their core decision-making processes, financial institutions can fundamentally contribute to the greening of business and industry, job creation and social inclusion, thus helping society to address sustainability challenges such as social inequity, climate change, resource scarcity and biodiversity loss.
The objective of the session is to bring together the key players from and related to the banking sector to get a better understanding of the sector�s role in fulfilling sustainable development, the barriers and challenges financial institutions are facing in fulfilling this role, and most impotantly: the immediate and mid to long term policy developments that can help speed up the mainstreaming process with a special focus on what Rio+20 can deliver to catalyse this process (based on UNEP FI Position Paper). [Read more]
Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
[Read more]
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
[Read more]
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Press Conference: Beating hunger and water insecurity in the 21st Century
Expected outcome: Interactive session on Land life Award winners to be announced on 17 June and on commitments to become land-degradation neutral to be discussed during World Day to Combat Desertification (Sunday, 17 June in Rio Conventions Pavilion).
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World Summit on Green Tourism and Creative Economy
SKAL will promote on June 16th the World Summit on Green Tourism and Creative Economy, which will develop a Letter of Commitment for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Sector: a document that will be forwarded to the UN with proposals to stimulate business practices of environmental, social and economic responsibilities.
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ICLEI World Congress 2012
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years. It provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and on-site visits and exhibits.
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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The Right to Water and Sanitation: The Challenge of Implementation
In 2010 the UN General Assembly recognized access to water and sanitation as a human right. This deepened State commitment to Economic Social and Cultural Rights´ Observation N º 15 establishing the human right to water and sanitation (2002). Although UN has recently announced advancements of MDG targets on water and sanitation, there are still some 2.6 billion people without access to water and sanitation. Implementation of the right to water and sanitation clearly entails a major challenge.
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ISO International Standards and Green Economy
To promote wide-ranging dialogue about the importance of ISO International Standards as a contribution to the green economy in the context of sustainable development. This side event will provide participants with examples of how an international, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, standards-setting system can achieve global agreement on the pragmatic implementation of green economy issues at the organizational level.
As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: ISEE 2012: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND RIO +20: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A GREEN ECONOMY
ISEE is a nonprofit, member-governed organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships between the economy, ecology and society, for the mutual well-being of people and nature. ISEE conferences are transdisciplinary and have been held biennially since 1990. ISEE 2012 has been conceived to dovetail with the Rio+20 UNCSD Earth Summit. The Earth Summit has been charged with developing a road map for international cooperation toward a ?Green Economy? and for promoting institutions necessary for sustainable development. ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy. It will promote dialogue with the Summit through a final ministerial panel and the participation of policy makers. The challenge for Ecological Economics at this Summit is to contribute to designing innovative alternatives, to address market and institutional failures, as well as to better understand ecological and economic systems.
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One Planet Living: Sustainable Communities and Business from the UK to China, and an Open Source Framework
BioRegional Development Group - One Planet Living is a vision of a sustainable world in which people everywhere can enjoy a high quality of life, while living within the productive capacity of the planet. It is a sustainability framework which takes a people-centred approach based on equity, ecological and carbon footprints, clean production and ten principles for achieving sustainability. This session will introduce participants to the One Planet Living approach and framework, showcasing how it has been implemented in real projects around the world to achieve sustainability in urban areas. Participants will also be introduced to the newly launched One Planet Open Source online learning platform and other available toolkits for implementing the sustainability framework.
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Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Kicking-off TEEB implementation: Mainstreaming ecosystem services into development planning
This event will explore ways and means for bilateral and multilateral development cooperation agencies to enhance mainstreaming of ecosystem services at national and sub-national levels in partner countries. Country experiences will enrich the discussion focusing on the implications of TEEB in policy and practice.
Lead organizer: German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH [Read more]
Lead organizer: German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH [Read more]
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Fair ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet
Working closely with partners in Brazil and with global networks and alliances, the International Institute for Environment and Development will host a major conference in Rio de Janeiro this June. Fair ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet will take place immediately before ? and will feed into -- the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
Date: 16?17 June, 2012
Venue: Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
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Date: 16?17 June, 2012
Venue: Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
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Global Forum for Culture and Sustainable Development
Background: CultureFutures is a global network of cultural actors and institutions seeking to develop new daily practices in building a sustainable future in cities and regions around the world. CultureFutures has organized 7 conferences in 5 continents on this agenda in the latest year. CultureFutures has Dr. R. Pachauri as its global patron, and has its secretariat in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Aim: The focus of the forum will be on how large cities/regions and cultural institutions/creative economy can collaborate on the green agenda, and on establishing common modelling and measuring tools, benchmarks as well as demonstrators and leadership for such cooperation. In addition a number of exemplary cases and experiences are shared. [Read more]
Aim: The focus of the forum will be on how large cities/regions and cultural institutions/creative economy can collaborate on the green agenda, and on establishing common modelling and measuring tools, benchmarks as well as demonstrators and leadership for such cooperation. In addition a number of exemplary cases and experiences are shared. [Read more]
Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development
Indigenous peoples will organize the Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development prior to the Rio +20 conference proper. The global conference will bring together regional representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Asia, Arctic, Pacific, North America, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe where regional and thematic reports can be shared and decisions will be reached on how to pursue sustainable self-determined development.
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RENCONTRE MONDIALE DES JURISTES DE L?ENVIRONNEMENT POUR RIO+20
Cette rencontre a pour but de valoriser les travaux du Centre afin de pouvoir peser sur les négociations internationales qui vont préparer la Conférence.
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Sustainable Development Dialogues
The Government of Brazil is organizing, with the support of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Dialogues, a forum for civil society, to be held in Riocentro, between June 16 to 19, in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil in the days leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Forum?s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. Over 2,000 participants are expected at the Forum, representing business as well as investors, governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities. For more information, visit www.compact4rio.org or email rio2012@unglobalcompact.org.
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Leamington Spa Peace Festival
A local peace festival that attracts participants and visitors from across Britain is supporting and highlighting Rio + 20: this year it?s being held on 16 and 17 June, the weekend before the Summit.
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World Day to Combat Desertification Global Observance Event - Securing Healthy Soils and Stopping Land Degradation: Outcomes for Rio+20
The World Day to Combat Desertification is observed every year on 17 June to promote public awareness relating to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought, and to reaffirm the international community?s 1992 commitment at the Earth Summit to deal decisively with these major environmental issues.
This year, the Day falls in between the two Rio+20 meetings. To celebrate the Day?s event at Rio+20, we will organize a one-day observance event titled ?Securing Healthy Soils and Stopping Land Degradation: Outcomes for Rio+20? at the Rio Conventions Pavilion located in the Athletes? Park. The event will be co-organized with partners including European Commission Environment Directorate-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German Federal
Environment Agency. At the end of the day, a reception will be hosted in which the winners of the first Land for Life will be announced.
The event is open to public. Portuguese- English simultaneous interpretation service is available.
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This year, the Day falls in between the two Rio+20 meetings. To celebrate the Day?s event at Rio+20, we will organize a one-day observance event titled ?Securing Healthy Soils and Stopping Land Degradation: Outcomes for Rio+20? at the Rio Conventions Pavilion located in the Athletes? Park. The event will be co-organized with partners including European Commission Environment Directorate-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German Federal
Environment Agency. At the end of the day, a reception will be hosted in which the winners of the first Land for Life will be announced.
The event is open to public. Portuguese- English simultaneous interpretation service is available.
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
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Resource Efficiency and Enterprise Competitiveness
The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation with UNIDO, IFC
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ICLEI World Congress 2012
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years. It provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and on-site visits and exhibits.
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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Do We Need a Green Industrial Policy?
UNIDO with UN ECLAC, WB, GDI, the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
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The Social Dimensions of Markets in a Fair, Green Economy
This panel debates the social dimensions of market-based approaches to environmental protection and social inclusiveness currently being promoted within a green economy framework. Speakers will discuss economic mechanisms (such as REDD+, PES and carbon markets) and voluntary standard setting, and will highlight their inherent tensions, including:
Commoditizing nature,
Valuing carbon at different scales, and
Inclusion (or exclusion) of local and indigenous values.
Rio+20 must consider both the potential and limitations of market-based efforts to connect green economy, sustainable development and poverty eradication. [Read more]
Commoditizing nature,
Valuing carbon at different scales, and
Inclusion (or exclusion) of local and indigenous values.
Rio+20 must consider both the potential and limitations of market-based efforts to connect green economy, sustainable development and poverty eradication. [Read more]
ISO International Standards and Green Economy
To promote wide-ranging dialogue about the importance of ISO International Standards as a contribution to the green economy in the context of sustainable development. This side event will provide participants with examples of how an international, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, standards-setting system can achieve global agreement on the pragmatic implementation of green economy issues at the organizational level.
As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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Environment and Sustainable Development in the Context of Portuguese Development Assistance
Speaker: Engª Carmo Fernandes - IPAD
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12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: ISEE 2012: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND RIO +20: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A GREEN ECONOMY
ISEE is a nonprofit, member-governed organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships between the economy, ecology and society, for the mutual well-being of people and nature. ISEE conferences are transdisciplinary and have been held biennially since 1990. ISEE 2012 has been conceived to dovetail with the Rio+20 UNCSD Earth Summit. The Earth Summit has been charged with developing a road map for international cooperation toward a ?Green Economy? and for promoting institutions necessary for sustainable development. ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy. It will promote dialogue with the Summit through a final ministerial panel and the participation of policy makers. The challenge for Ecological Economics at this Summit is to contribute to designing innovative alternatives, to address market and institutional failures, as well as to better understand ecological and economic systems.
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Youth Eco Business awards GEEBIZ
On June 17th, three young entrepreneurs, who have already developed business plans, and two entrepreneurs, who have developed innovative ideas for green businesses, will be awarded with the Green Economy Eco-Business Innovation Challenge prize. Three schools and universities with education programs for sustainable development will also be honored.
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Ocean in Google Earth as an Environmental Educational Tool: The Dominican Perspective
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) actively collaborates with Ocean in Google Earth as the institution?s local partner in the Dominican Republic to provide and create content for ?Explore the Ocean?, a GFDD educational initiative, and one that will be highlighted at a special side panel to be held at the Rio + 20 Conference.
Ocean in Google Earth collects local stories and locally-based knowledge from people who care about the ocean environment worldwide. These stories are related to six key areas: ecosystems, marine life, ocean and atmosphere, science and exploration, marine protected areas and human connections.
GFDD and Ocean in Google Earth have teamed up to create a geo-referenced layer on Google Earth named Mission Blue. Mission Blue is built using a multimedia format including video footage, pictures, local music and the presentation of short stories in Spanish highlighting scientific studies, creating awareness of marine and coastal ecosystems and highlighting best practices as well as documenting the challenges & opportunities that lie ahead for the oceans.
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Ocean in Google Earth collects local stories and locally-based knowledge from people who care about the ocean environment worldwide. These stories are related to six key areas: ecosystems, marine life, ocean and atmosphere, science and exploration, marine protected areas and human connections.
GFDD and Ocean in Google Earth have teamed up to create a geo-referenced layer on Google Earth named Mission Blue. Mission Blue is built using a multimedia format including video footage, pictures, local music and the presentation of short stories in Spanish highlighting scientific studies, creating awareness of marine and coastal ecosystems and highlighting best practices as well as documenting the challenges & opportunities that lie ahead for the oceans.
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LEAD 20th anniversary celebration
LEAD is the world�s largest international non-profit organisation focused on leadership and sustainable development. We were founded by the Rockefeller Foundation as the world was preparing for the first Earth Summit. Two decades later we are returning to Rio to celebrate our 20th anniversary, share our learning about leadership for sustainability and recognise the impact that LEAD has made.
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Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
The Satoyama Initiative and the Green Economy
The Satoyama Initiative is a comprehensive effort to benefit biodiversity and human well-being through promoting the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in human-influenced natural environments. The Initiative has demonstrated global appeal across sectors and was specifically recognized in 2010 at CBD COP10. Human-influenced natural environments or socio-ecological production landscapes (SEPLs) are found all around the world; they have been formed and maintained through sustainable land use, and support human life by providing various goods and services.
During the side event, there will be presentations by leading experts and an in-depth panel discussion examining the effectiveness and usefulness of the Satoyama Initiative. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of new business models based on sustainable land use including mosaic landscape management.
The side event will be enriched by a broad spectrum of presenters with long careers in a variety of areas, but united by common interests. They will draw on a wealth of experience working in international organizations, governments, and the private sector. In conclusion, there will be a discussion of how the Satoyama Initiative can further contribute to a green economy as it continues to follow its vision of realizing societies in harmony with nature. [Read more]
During the side event, there will be presentations by leading experts and an in-depth panel discussion examining the effectiveness and usefulness of the Satoyama Initiative. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of new business models based on sustainable land use including mosaic landscape management.
The side event will be enriched by a broad spectrum of presenters with long careers in a variety of areas, but united by common interests. They will draw on a wealth of experience working in international organizations, governments, and the private sector. In conclusion, there will be a discussion of how the Satoyama Initiative can further contribute to a green economy as it continues to follow its vision of realizing societies in harmony with nature. [Read more]
Simpósio Setor Elétrico Brasileiro e Sustentabilidade no Século 21 | Oportunidades e Desafios / Symposium on Clean Energy Solutions for Brazil’s 21st Century
A ONU declarou que 2012 é o ano da Energia Sustentável para Todos. “Energia limpa” será o foco principal da Rio+20, onde as discussões se concentrarão em torno de medidas para chegarmos à chamada “economia verde”. Dentro deste cenário, o “Simpósio Setor Elétrico Brasileiro e Sustentabilidade no Século 21 | Opotunidades e Desafios” irá reunir lideranças e especialistas do Brasil e do mundo para discutir desafios e oportunidades estratégicos para o desenvolvimento do setor energético brasileiro no decorrer do século 21, baseado em princípios de economia eficiente, sustentabilidade ambiental, justiça social e participação democrática.
Durante o simpósio, em coletiva de imprensa às 14h, será lançada a publicação “O Setor Elétrico Brasileiro e a Sustentabilidade no século 21| Oportunidades e Desafios”, escrita por especialistas de diversas organizações.
The United Nations has declared 2012 the year of “Sustainable Energy for All,” and clean energy will be a major focus at the Rio+20 conference. Wtihin this context, the “Symposium on Clean Energy Solutions for Brazil’s 21st Century | Opportunities and Challenges” will bring together leading Brazilian and international experts, as well as other key figures from civil society, government and the private sector to discuss challenges and opportunities for a 21st century energy strategy in Brazil, based on principles of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, social justice, and democratic participation.
Immediately following the symposium, a press conference at 14:00 will launch the publication "The Brazilian Electricity Sector and Sustainability in the 21st century| Opportunities and Challenges", written by experts from various organizations.
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Durante o simpósio, em coletiva de imprensa às 14h, será lançada a publicação “O Setor Elétrico Brasileiro e a Sustentabilidade no século 21| Oportunidades e Desafios”, escrita por especialistas de diversas organizações.
The United Nations has declared 2012 the year of “Sustainable Energy for All,” and clean energy will be a major focus at the Rio+20 conference. Wtihin this context, the “Symposium on Clean Energy Solutions for Brazil’s 21st Century | Opportunities and Challenges” will bring together leading Brazilian and international experts, as well as other key figures from civil society, government and the private sector to discuss challenges and opportunities for a 21st century energy strategy in Brazil, based on principles of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, social justice, and democratic participation.
Immediately following the symposium, a press conference at 14:00 will launch the publication "The Brazilian Electricity Sector and Sustainability in the 21st century| Opportunities and Challenges", written by experts from various organizations.
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Forests: the heart of a green economy
Sustainable forest-based enterprises can offer a transitory pathway toward a low-carbon future. This Rio+20 side event will highlight the role of forests and industry in fostering local livelihoods at the resource base and enabling product transitions to low-carbon bio-economy among consumers.
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Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development
Indigenous peoples will organize the Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development prior to the Rio +20 conference proper. The global conference will bring together regional representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Asia, Arctic, Pacific, North America, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe where regional and thematic reports can be shared and decisions will be reached on how to pursue sustainable self-determined development.
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Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Trade Opportunities in the Context of a Green Economy Transition
ITC, UNEP and ICTSD are jointly organising a multi-stakeholder dialogue with the purpose of identifying and maximising trade opportunities for developing countries in the context of the transition to a green economy, in order to enhance development opportunities, poverty eradication and social equity. The dialogue seeks to draw pertinent policy lessons based on concrete examples in this regard. It represents a distinct component of a larger project aimed at distilling policy lessons on such green trade opportunities, comprising both a research and analysis component and an outreach component (policy dialogues).
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The Urban Summit
Building on the preparatory meetings held in New York in April, UCLG and UN-Habitat with the support of Cities Alliance and UNACLA under the auspices of the City of Rio will bring together over 250 Local and Regional Governments representatives to discuss their contributions to the Summit.
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World Summit of Sustainable Energy Solutions
Amazon Watch will host the World Summit of Sustainable Energy Solutions on June 18th. The event will bring together leaders from Brazil and international experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the Brazilian energy sector, in view of the principles of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, social justice and democratic participation.
The summit is a great opportunity for civil society to discuss the major and most controversial issues of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Join us!
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The summit is a great opportunity for civil society to discuss the major and most controversial issues of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Join us!
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Communitarian Forest Managment to assure Sustainable Development
Communitarian forest management (CFM) is a common practice in several countries of Latin America. Sustainable communitarian forest management helps to mitigate the effects of environmental degradation and climate change and promotes rural development by the creation of more employment opportunities in the forest sector, which strengthens the local economies and eradicates rural poverty. Thus, the communitarian forest management provides multiple ecologic, economic and social benefits, and can inspire other nations to learn from the experiences in Mexico and Central America to adopt similar strategies to promote sustainable development.
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Rio+20 Side Event: Mountain Knowledge Solutions for Sustainable Green Economy and Improved Water, Food, Energy, and Environment Nexus
Why This Side Event
This side event aims to contribute to the ?The Future We Want? outcome document by highlighting the need to better manage mountain natural resources as global public goods supplying water for life, food for health, and clean energy for livelihoods. The event will focus on sharing research-based knowledge on such topics as conservation of fresh water resources and critical biodiversity, maintenance of gene pools, and protection of forest, wetland, and rangeland ecosystems. Particular attention will be given to strategies and action proposals for enhancing people?s livelihoods and wellbeing. [Read more]
This side event aims to contribute to the ?The Future We Want? outcome document by highlighting the need to better manage mountain natural resources as global public goods supplying water for life, food for health, and clean energy for livelihoods. The event will focus on sharing research-based knowledge on such topics as conservation of fresh water resources and critical biodiversity, maintenance of gene pools, and protection of forest, wetland, and rangeland ecosystems. Particular attention will be given to strategies and action proposals for enhancing people?s livelihoods and wellbeing. [Read more]
Sustainable Development Dialogues
The Government of Brazil is organizing, with the support of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Dialogues, a forum for civil society, to be held in Riocentro, between June 16 to 19, in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil in the days leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Forum?s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. Over 2,000 participants are expected at the Forum, representing business as well as investors, governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities. For more information, visit www.compact4rio.org or email rio2012@unglobalcompact.org.
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Rio+20 Global Town Hall
ICLEI is organizing the Rio+20 Global Town Hall during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development from 18-22 June 2012. This venue will see a forum for dialogues and debates, and an exhibition
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
REDD: oportunidade para um futuro sustentável no meio rural ou ameaça a direitos dos agricultores, povos indígenas e comunidades tradicionais?
A adoção de mecanismos econômicos para transição do modelo de desenvolvimento na Amazônia é temas de debate: "Perspectivas de futuro com REDD" e "Direitos da Sociedade Civil vs. REDD". Participe dessa discussão.
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
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ICLEI World Congress 2012
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years. It provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and on-site visits and exhibits.
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
One of the key themes will be the Green Urban Economy. The ICLEI World Congress will be the occasion for ICLEI members and other local government actors to prepare their final message for and input to Rio+20. [Read more]
Towards a Green Society? Participation for Social Change
Active citizenship, contestation and diverse forms of participation have a crucial role to play in transforming relations of power and patterns of inequality underpinning poverty and unsustainable growth, and are thus central to Rio+20 negotiations. Public action is essential for forging solutions that are compatible with goals of social justice, equity and poverty eradication.
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Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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The challenge of resource efficiency and economic growth
German industry has improved its energy efficiency by 30 % within the last 20 years. Where do we stand on the path towards a more resource efficient economy while preserving and raising economic growth? Where do dangers lie to competitiveness?
Lead organizer: Federation of German Industry (BDI)
Partners: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany, VCI, MdB, IASS [Read more]
Lead organizer: Federation of German Industry (BDI)
Partners: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany, VCI, MdB, IASS [Read more]
ISO International Standards and Green Economy
To promote wide-ranging dialogue about the importance of ISO International Standards as a contribution to the green economy in the context of sustainable development. This side event will provide participants with examples of how an international, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, standards-setting system can achieve global agreement on the pragmatic implementation of green economy issues at the organizational level.
As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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UNDP-UNU-FGV Symposium on “Public Administration and Rio+20”: The Role of the Visible Hand of Public Institutions in Creating a Sustainable Future
This symposium organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) will discuss the role of public administration in contributing to deliver the “institutional framework for sustainable development and green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication”, the two main themes of the Rio+20 Conference. The sessions will discuss the new set of reforms in public management, organizations and policies in the different levels that are needed to create greener economic growth in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. During the event, it will be launched the special issue of the journal Public Administration and Development (PAD, Wiley-Blackwell) on Rio+20.
Registration: http://direitorio.fgv.br/rio20-admpublica-insc (put name, email and institution and click on “Enviar’) [Read more]
Registration: http://direitorio.fgv.br/rio20-admpublica-insc (put name, email and institution and click on “Enviar’) [Read more]
Environmental Fiscal Reform – the key to achieving a Green Economy
Environmental Fiscal Reforms can raise revenues for poverty alleviation and pro-poor investment, contribute to deficit reduction, shift the tax burden away from labour and income tax, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, stimulate innovation, incentivise a shift towards renewable energy and enhance energy efficiency. They are a prerequisite for providing the framework for a green economy and can make a key contribution to sustainable development
Lead organizer: Green Budget Europe
Partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenar-beit (GIZ) GmbH Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany [Read more]
Lead organizer: Green Budget Europe
Partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenar-beit (GIZ) GmbH Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany [Read more]
O papel das políticas públicas na redução do desmatamento da Amazônia Legal: desafios e perspectivas para o futuro – IPAM
O Seminário tem como objetivo promover o diálogo entre as diversas análises que avaliaram a redução do desmatamento (de aproximadamente 68% nos últimos 6 anos) e sua correlação com as políticas adotadas pelo Governo Federal entre 2004 e 2012. O evento também pretende reforçar e estretitar o diálogo entre sociedade civil e os governos (federal e estadual) visando o aprimoramento das políticas públicas para redução de desmatamento e a governança florestal na Amazônia Legal brasileira.
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CPLP Meeting of the Sustainable Development Councils
Speaker: Prof. Luísa Schmit - CNADS
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12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: ISEE 2012: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND RIO +20: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A GREEN ECONOMY
ISEE is a nonprofit, member-governed organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships between the economy, ecology and society, for the mutual well-being of people and nature. ISEE conferences are transdisciplinary and have been held biennially since 1990. ISEE 2012 has been conceived to dovetail with the Rio+20 UNCSD Earth Summit. The Earth Summit has been charged with developing a road map for international cooperation toward a ?Green Economy? and for promoting institutions necessary for sustainable development. ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy. It will promote dialogue with the Summit through a final ministerial panel and the participation of policy makers. The challenge for Ecological Economics at this Summit is to contribute to designing innovative alternatives, to address market and institutional failures, as well as to better understand ecological and economic systems.
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Delivering sustainable development and enabling the transition to the green economy through sustainable public procurement
Public procurement, which represents between 15% and 25% of GDP, offers a tremendous opportunity to drive markets towards green innovation and sustainability. The side event will showcase the potential, the achievements and challenges of SPP as a tool to promote sustainable development objectives and enable the transition towards a green economy.
The side event will also be the opportunity to present and launch the International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI) aimed at promoting the worldwide implementation of SPP through increased cooperation between stakeholders and the demonstration of the potential benefits and impacts of SPP. On the occasion of the side event, UNEP will release a number of publications and tools on the subject. [Read more]
The side event will also be the opportunity to present and launch the International Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI) aimed at promoting the worldwide implementation of SPP through increased cooperation between stakeholders and the demonstration of the potential benefits and impacts of SPP. On the occasion of the side event, UNEP will release a number of publications and tools on the subject. [Read more]
Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Scarcity: What can policy do?
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
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Stockholm+40 - Call for Action
This side event will present the main messages from Stockholm+40. A panel with participants from the Stockholm+40 Conference will discuss how to bring the messages forward in Rio and beyond.
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Seminar: From New Nordic Food to New Rural Economy
The seminar will show the potential of the ideas behind New Nordic Food to promote a local green economy. It is followed by a taste of local foods cooked the new Nordic way by chef Trine Hahnemann. Speakers include: Martin Lidegaard, Danish Climate Minister; Director Jacqueline M. McGlade, European Environment Agency (tbc); Emile Frisson, Bioversity International and Alexander Müller, FAO. Sign-up recommended due to limited number of seats. The event will be held in English.
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UNITAR New York Office collaborates with IBM in Rio to enhance knowledge and expertise in forging sustainable cities
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office extends the Rio Preparation Forum series from New York to Rio to collaborate with International Business Machines (IBM) for two intensive workshops on sustainable cities during Rio+20.
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Aiming Higher, Unlocking Tertiary Education's Potential to Accelerate Sustainable Development and the Transition to a Fair and Green Economy
Tertiary education plays a critical role in shaping the future. The leaders of today and tomorrow tend to be university graduates and they will have a strong hand in preparing the skilled workforce needed for a green economy. There are many examples from around the world that have shown the importance of tertiary education in sustainable development efforts and the critical need for continued support for these types of initiatives.
This event, co-organized by the Education for Sustainable Development Programme at UNU-IAS in collaboration with more than 15 partner organizations and government ministries will highlight the important role of tertiary education in sustainable development and will answer the following key questions:
• How can governments, NGOs, businesses and tertiary education instigate the necessary shift towards sustainable development and the transition to a Green Economy?
• How do we unlock the potential of tertiary education sector to transform society?
• What role should tertiary education play in creating and participating in the institutional framework for sustainable development?
• What funding and support mechanisms will need to be provided to ensure the success of tertiary education in sustainable development efforts? [Read more]
This event, co-organized by the Education for Sustainable Development Programme at UNU-IAS in collaboration with more than 15 partner organizations and government ministries will highlight the important role of tertiary education in sustainable development and will answer the following key questions:
• How can governments, NGOs, businesses and tertiary education instigate the necessary shift towards sustainable development and the transition to a Green Economy?
• How do we unlock the potential of tertiary education sector to transform society?
• What role should tertiary education play in creating and participating in the institutional framework for sustainable development?
• What funding and support mechanisms will need to be provided to ensure the success of tertiary education in sustainable development efforts? [Read more]
Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Cooperation with the Portuguese Speaking Countries in the field of Environment
Speaker: Dra. Alexandra Ferreira de Carvalho - GPP
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Launch of a Higher Education Initiative for Sustainable Development
During this Rio+20 side event, leaders of the international academic community will come together to announce a new Higher Education Initiative for Sustainable Development. The initiative will be facilitated by an umbrella of United Nations partner organizations.
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BASD Business Day 19 June 2012
The official Business & Industry major group event: a high-profile platform for interaction between business leaders and policy-makers with the theme: "Achieving Scale"
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Aiming for a Food Secure Future: Think Global, Act Local
FAO, WFP, IFAD and Bioversity invite you to a seminar about food and nutrition. During the event, challenges and solutions for food systems and nutrition will be discussed. More information and registration can be found at www.fao.org/rio20
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Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development
Indigenous peoples will organize the Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development prior to the Rio +20 conference proper. The global conference will bring together regional representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Asia, Arctic, Pacific, North America, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe where regional and thematic reports can be shared and decisions will be reached on how to pursue sustainable self-determined development.
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Poverty and the Environment
The Veolia Environment Institute, a French environmental think-tank dedicated to foresight reflection, and the Jardim Botanico de Rio de Janeiro, a leading governmental organization on biodiversity research and conservation, jointly organize a major international Conference during Rio+20 in Rio on June 19th, 2012 on the critical issue of poverty and the environment.
The high-level forum has the active support of the Ministry of the Environment in Brazil and the French Development Agency in France. Civicus the world alliance for civil society participation is also an associated partner.
The Conference in Rio will consist in
1. Presenting a general introduction on the interactions between poverty eradication and the environment
2. Analyzing the links between poverty and the environment, with a focus on two of the most important issues ¡§Biodiversity and poverty¡¨ and ¡§Sustainable and inclusive urban development¡¨
3. Highlighting the importance of local practitioners by presenting innovative field practices for poverty reduction and the preservation of the environment
4. Discussing the conditions to create a network of partners who share a consensus of the importance of documenting and disseminating these practices to establish a Global Knowledge Management of practices for sustainable and inclusive development.
5. Concluding with global governance for sustainable development and how the roles and responsibilities could be shared in the future.
A few examples of the confirmed speakers:
Rajendra K Pachauri (IPCC), Julia Marton-Lefèvre (IUCN), Pavan Sukhdev (Gist Advisory), Russell Mittermeier (Conservation International), Manuela da Cunha (Collège de France), Rémi Genevey (AFD), Justin Kilcullen (Concord), Monica de Roure (Ashoka), Laurence Tubiana (iddri), Staffan Nilsson (EESC), etc. [Read more]
The high-level forum has the active support of the Ministry of the Environment in Brazil and the French Development Agency in France. Civicus the world alliance for civil society participation is also an associated partner.
The Conference in Rio will consist in
1. Presenting a general introduction on the interactions between poverty eradication and the environment
2. Analyzing the links between poverty and the environment, with a focus on two of the most important issues ¡§Biodiversity and poverty¡¨ and ¡§Sustainable and inclusive urban development¡¨
3. Highlighting the importance of local practitioners by presenting innovative field practices for poverty reduction and the preservation of the environment
4. Discussing the conditions to create a network of partners who share a consensus of the importance of documenting and disseminating these practices to establish a Global Knowledge Management of practices for sustainable and inclusive development.
5. Concluding with global governance for sustainable development and how the roles and responsibilities could be shared in the future.
A few examples of the confirmed speakers:
Rajendra K Pachauri (IPCC), Julia Marton-Lefèvre (IUCN), Pavan Sukhdev (Gist Advisory), Russell Mittermeier (Conservation International), Manuela da Cunha (Collège de France), Rémi Genevey (AFD), Justin Kilcullen (Concord), Monica de Roure (Ashoka), Laurence Tubiana (iddri), Staffan Nilsson (EESC), etc. [Read more]
Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development
FIESP, FIRJAN, UNIDO, Eletrobras, TAIPU Binacional, Ministry of Energy, Roberto Marinho Foundation, UNICA, Rio City Hall
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Seminar: Gender Equality is Sustainability
A seminar on the interconnection between gender equality, welfare, green economy and the climate. Speakers include Norwegian Minister of the Environment B�rd Vegard Solhjell, Sarah Cook (Research Institute for Social Development), Former President of Finland Tarja Halonen, and Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson. Special guest: Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland. The event will be held in English. Sign-up recommended due to limited number of seats. Followed by a lunch buffet for all partipants.
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Sustainable Transport in the Cities of the Future - Workshop
The International Union of Railways (UIC), International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) would like to invite you to a free half day workshop at Fetranspor, the federation of bus passenger transport companies in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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6TH MEETING OF THE EU-BRAZIL CIVIL SOCIETY ROUND TABLE
What is at stake at Rio+20? Recommendations from Brazilian and EU civil society
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Sustainable Development Dialogues
The Government of Brazil is organizing, with the support of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Dialogues, a forum for civil society, to be held in Riocentro, between June 16 to 19, in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
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Rio+20 Global Town Hall
ICLEI is organizing the Rio+20 Global Town Hall during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development from 18-22 June 2012. This venue will see a forum for dialogues and debates, and an exhibition
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
Let's Do it World Clean-Up Action
Let's Do it World Cleanup 2012 Estonia and Atitude Brasi in cooperation with the Estonian Mission to the United Nations invite one representative from every national official delegation to spend two hours for a clean-up action in Parque da Cidade park. We expect around 200 participants. All necessary equipment for clean up action will be provided. There will be a small stage for short speeches.
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ECOLABELLING AS TOOL FOR ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIROMENT
This international workshop has the twofold purpose of presenting and promoting a wide dialogue about the importance of Ecolabelling, as well as of introducing the project developed by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) for Greenhouse Gases Management, to be implemented in the Small and Medium Enterprises in Brazil.
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
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Rewarding pioneers in forest conservation - Financial rewards for successful climate change mitigation!
REDD for Early Movers (REM) bridges a finance gap for REDD pioneers: REM rewards their mitigation performance achieved through forest preservation so that others will follow suit. Join the discussion about REM with high-ranking REDD and development experts!
Lead organizer: German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: KfW (German development bank), Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Internationale Zusammen-arbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Climate Institute of Acre/Brazil, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amaz�nia (IPAM)
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Lead organizer: German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: KfW (German development bank), Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Internationale Zusammen-arbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Climate Institute of Acre/Brazil, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amaz�nia (IPAM)
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Rio+20 Side Event: Zero Waste Strategies and Actions towards Sustainable Cities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 June 2012
The side event, which is co-organized by IPLA, ISWA, ABRELPE, COMLURB, and UNCRD, will provide presentations and discussion on the most critical issues currently dealt with in the area of solid waste management with a comprehensive and practical view to find out the ways and guidelines on the development of strategies and actions for moving towards low-carbon and zero waste societies.
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Governance and Management of Sustainable Development - Germany's National Sustainable Development Strategy
Representatives of the German Federal Government, the German Parliament and the German Council for Sustainable Development will inform about the structure, experiences and perspectives of the governance and management of sustainable development in Germany, focussing on the German National Sustainability Strategy.
Lead organizer: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners: German Federal Chancellery, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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Lead organizer: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners: German Federal Chancellery, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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Towards Sustainable and Resilient Development in Asia-Pacific Region - Vision, Goals, and Implementation -
Organised by: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
The Seminar will focus on key issues surrounding the discussion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular in relation to green economy and post-2015 development agenda, as well as their implications for Asia and the Pacific region. [Read more]
The Seminar will focus on key issues surrounding the discussion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular in relation to green economy and post-2015 development agenda, as well as their implications for Asia and the Pacific region. [Read more]
Collaboration and dialogue on ethics, sustainability, and the Earth Charter
Earth Charter International is organizing this event to bring sustainability leaders together for an afternoon of discussions and dialogues on many of the challenges of achieving sustainable development in the 21st Century.
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ISO International Standards and Green Economy
To promote wide-ranging dialogue about the importance of ISO International Standards as a contribution to the green economy in the context of sustainable development. This side event will provide participants with examples of how an international, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, standards-setting system can achieve global agreement on the pragmatic implementation of green economy issues at the organizational level.
As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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Exploring Climate Leadership with LEAD
Come and be a part of our participative event that will take you on a facilitated leadership journey with a diverse group of climate leaders. You will have the chance to explore the key dimensions of successful leadership and learn to enhance your influencing skills to drive positive change. This event will also provide you with the opportunity to experience the LEAD approach to learning and network with other sustainability leaders.
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Broadband and ICTs for smart, inclusive and sustainable societies
Understanding the role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing in the transition to the green economy and sustainable development pathways is understanding our modern, fast moving and technology driven world. The fast evolution of ICTs and their accelerated adoption over the past decade have put ICTs at the center of today�s Information Society and Digital Economy, with various applications and impact on other economic sectors and areas of activities. This strategic position combined with the dynamic �greening� and �equalizing� potential of ICTs renders them key enablers of win-win-win scenarios in the context of sustainable development strategies. Through appropriate actions and policies, they can help induce economic transformation and job creation, achieve social goals such as social justice and poverty reduction and build sustainable, �smart� societies, in an systematic, integrative and meaningful way.
Broadband networks are the best example of such innovative technologies. They are a unique cost-effective, environmentally friendly and inclusive instrument to spur growth, trade and employment, promote social progress and accelerate achievement of the millennium development goals (MDGs), and ensure environmental protection and a sustainable future. Thus, they should be recognized as one of the major cross-cutting drivers of sustainable development, allowing to successfully integrate all its three pillars and promoting attainment of its fundamental underlying principles of efficiency, effectiveness and equity.
Broadband networks have become a basic infrastructure of modern society just like roads, electricity or water. Broadband is deeply transforming several sectors of our economy, such as transportation, energy, manufacturing or entertainment, and introducing �smart grids� solutions that bring about resource efficiency and behavioral change. The online and broadband services sectors shaping technology and innovation have great �greening� potential in promoting dematerialization and energy efficiency. But they also assist in collecting, sharing and analyzing data on environment as well as in managing and preventing natural disasters
Above all, broadband is a platform for development promoting social progress, poverty eradication and overall human well-being. After all, it is very important to realize that broadband is not an end in itself. It is a platform of progress towards Information and Knowledge Societies that are efficient, inclusive and built on sustainability principles. Broadband is truly essential and an integral part of any sustainable development strategy. [Read more]
Broadband networks are the best example of such innovative technologies. They are a unique cost-effective, environmentally friendly and inclusive instrument to spur growth, trade and employment, promote social progress and accelerate achievement of the millennium development goals (MDGs), and ensure environmental protection and a sustainable future. Thus, they should be recognized as one of the major cross-cutting drivers of sustainable development, allowing to successfully integrate all its three pillars and promoting attainment of its fundamental underlying principles of efficiency, effectiveness and equity.
Broadband networks have become a basic infrastructure of modern society just like roads, electricity or water. Broadband is deeply transforming several sectors of our economy, such as transportation, energy, manufacturing or entertainment, and introducing �smart grids� solutions that bring about resource efficiency and behavioral change. The online and broadband services sectors shaping technology and innovation have great �greening� potential in promoting dematerialization and energy efficiency. But they also assist in collecting, sharing and analyzing data on environment as well as in managing and preventing natural disasters
Above all, broadband is a platform for development promoting social progress, poverty eradication and overall human well-being. After all, it is very important to realize that broadband is not an end in itself. It is a platform of progress towards Information and Knowledge Societies that are efficient, inclusive and built on sustainability principles. Broadband is truly essential and an integral part of any sustainable development strategy. [Read more]
EU-BRICS CIVIL SOCIETY MEETING - Dialogue for Sustainable Development
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has been actively preparing for Rio+20, in particular through fostering dialogue on sustainable development aiming at a joint understanding of the issues at stake and at common civil society recommendations.
Based on previous bilateral work on sustainable development between the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and his counterparts from Brazil, China and Russia, the EESC and the Brazilian Council on Economic and Social Development (CDES) are jointly organizing an EU-BRICS civil society dialogue on sustainable development on June, 19, 2012
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Based on previous bilateral work on sustainable development between the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and his counterparts from Brazil, China and Russia, the EESC and the Brazilian Council on Economic and Social Development (CDES) are jointly organizing an EU-BRICS civil society dialogue on sustainable development on June, 19, 2012
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The Green Climate Fund: Financing for Green Growth
Transforming economies towards a low carbon development is a centre piece of green growth. The panel discussion focuses on the role of the Green Climate Fund in catalysing different sources of financing, e.g. private and other innovative sources.
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: Federal Foreign Office (AA)
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Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: Federal Foreign Office (AA)
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12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: ISEE 2012: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND RIO +20: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A GREEN ECONOMY
ISEE is a nonprofit, member-governed organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships between the economy, ecology and society, for the mutual well-being of people and nature. ISEE conferences are transdisciplinary and have been held biennially since 1990. ISEE 2012 has been conceived to dovetail with the Rio+20 UNCSD Earth Summit. The Earth Summit has been charged with developing a road map for international cooperation toward a ?Green Economy? and for promoting institutions necessary for sustainable development. ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy. It will promote dialogue with the Summit through a final ministerial panel and the participation of policy makers. The challenge for Ecological Economics at this Summit is to contribute to designing innovative alternatives, to address market and institutional failures, as well as to better understand ecological and economic systems.
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Starbucks and Conservation International Side Event: Valuing Nature and Supporting Local Communities
Join Starbucks Coffee Company and Conservation International in a coffee house setting for discussions on Valuing Nature and Supporting Local Communities. Together with Starbucks, Conservation International has worked on the ground with coffee farmers to create new income streams while promoting environmentally and socially sound growing practices. Join us to learn more about this work and how Starbucks is expanding these programs in Brazil.
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Strategy and activities in the framework of sustainability
Speaker: Eng� Claudio de Jesus - �guas de Portugal
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Seminar: Natural capital in a green economy ? from regional insights to a global partnership
This seminar focuses on the 'green' in green economy, bringing together a range of Nordic and international key experts and policy-makers to discuss and debate the role of natural capital in green economy, inspired by concrete examples and lessons learned.Speakers include: Pavan Sukhdev, TEEB Study Leader and Founder-CEO of GIST Advisory; B�rd Vegar Solhjell, Minister of the Environment, Norway; Maliina Abelsen, Minister of Finance, Greenland; Ville Niinist�, Minister of the Environment, Finland; Marianne Kettunen IEEP/TEEB Nordic and Johannes F�rster, UFZ. The event will be held in English. Sign-up recommended due to limited number of seats. Followed by a dinner buffet for all participants.
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Transforming the global energy system by deploying renewable energies – How to make it happen?
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners: Ministry for Energy and the Environment of Morocco, IRENA
Lead Organizer:
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners:
Ministry for Energy and the Environment of Morocco, IRENA
Panelists / speaker:
Mr. Peter Altmaier – Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety of Germany
Mr. Fouad Douiri – Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom
of Morocco
Mr. Adnan Amin – Director General of the International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA)
Dr. Theodor Scheidegger – CEO Siemens Energy Division Solar & Hydro
Moderator:
Mr. Mohamed El-Ashry – Chairman REN 21, UN Foundation
Short description
Ministers Altmaier (GER) and Douiri (MAR), IRENA DG Amin and Siemens Solar&Hydro CEO Scheidegger will discuss opportunities, benefits and challenges of accelerating renewable energy deployment and the need for international and regional cooperation.
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Partners: Ministry for Energy and the Environment of Morocco, IRENA
Lead Organizer:
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners:
Ministry for Energy and the Environment of Morocco, IRENA
Panelists / speaker:
Mr. Peter Altmaier – Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety of Germany
Mr. Fouad Douiri – Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom
of Morocco
Mr. Adnan Amin – Director General of the International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA)
Dr. Theodor Scheidegger – CEO Siemens Energy Division Solar & Hydro
Moderator:
Mr. Mohamed El-Ashry – Chairman REN 21, UN Foundation
Short description
Ministers Altmaier (GER) and Douiri (MAR), IRENA DG Amin and Siemens Solar&Hydro CEO Scheidegger will discuss opportunities, benefits and challenges of accelerating renewable energy deployment and the need for international and regional cooperation.
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Access to sustainable electrification: Bridging the financial and entrepreneurial gap & Boosting the Clean Development Mechanism
Access to electrification based on renewable energy sources is at the crossroads of both major objectives, which have mobilized the United Nations for two decades ? the Millennium Development Goals (for the eradication of extreme poverty); climate change mitigation (through the development of new renewable energies).
The Copenhagen Climate Change conference and the proposed Green Climate Fund did open the path, that Cancun and Durban conferences have confirmed. Today, universal access to modern and sustainable energy is fully identified as the major condition for human, social and economic development of the poorest regions of vulnerable countries. UN Secretary General has declared 2012 to be the Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
However, investment is lagging behind the level needed to ensure fulfilment of universal access. Bridging the financial and entrepreneurial gaps needs additional and innovative resources and the mobilization of national and international investors. Besides, the Clean Development Mechanism, one of the Kyoto mechanisms has demonstrated its limits to respond to the needs of the less advanced countries.
The side event will feature exchanges on existing experiences, best practices, identification of new mechanisms, the presentation of the CDM PLUS project, etc. [Read more]
The Copenhagen Climate Change conference and the proposed Green Climate Fund did open the path, that Cancun and Durban conferences have confirmed. Today, universal access to modern and sustainable energy is fully identified as the major condition for human, social and economic development of the poorest regions of vulnerable countries. UN Secretary General has declared 2012 to be the Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
However, investment is lagging behind the level needed to ensure fulfilment of universal access. Bridging the financial and entrepreneurial gaps needs additional and innovative resources and the mobilization of national and international investors. Besides, the Clean Development Mechanism, one of the Kyoto mechanisms has demonstrated its limits to respond to the needs of the less advanced countries.
The side event will feature exchanges on existing experiences, best practices, identification of new mechanisms, the presentation of the CDM PLUS project, etc. [Read more]
Let`s Go Land-Degradation Neutral - The role of Sustainable Land and Forest Managemen in a Green Economy
This side event will demonstrate a case on forest restoration success in Korea and will share ideas on how to achieve sustainable development in the context of green economy. In addition, participants will benefit from and share their ideas on the role of private sectors in promoting sustainable land and forest management. Taking into account the importance of sustainable land and forest management approach to the attainment of 'zero net land degradation', practical and action-oriented ideas with panel participation will be discussed.
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UNITAR New York Office collaborates with IBM in Rio to enhance knowledge and expertise in forging sustainable cities
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office extends the Rio Preparation Forum series from New York to Rio to collaborate with International Business Machines (IBM) for two intensive workshops on sustainable cities during Rio+20.
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Beyond the Sporting Arena: Contributing to Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Development
ORGANISERS: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Office for Partnerships, the Governments of Brazil and of the Russian Federation, and the RIO 2016 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
As responsible members of civil society, sports organizations have increasingly become meaningful partners to deliver lasting sustainability benefits locally and globally, while managing social, economic and environmental impacts and legacies through sport. This engagement also resulted in strong partnerships developed with key environmental actors, governments, UN institutions and NGOs, to advise and support sustainability policies. Twenty years further, the IOC and sports organizations recognize the historic opportunity provided by RIO +20 to renew commitment and scale up actions for the generations to come.
Sport as a driver for change
Bringing together athletes, Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games and sport organisations? representatives, with governments, UN agencies and programmes, business partners, and NGOs, the side-event will be a unique occasion to reflect on the contribution of sport, a world-wide social movement that counts millions of members, as a driver for change and sustainable development.
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As responsible members of civil society, sports organizations have increasingly become meaningful partners to deliver lasting sustainability benefits locally and globally, while managing social, economic and environmental impacts and legacies through sport. This engagement also resulted in strong partnerships developed with key environmental actors, governments, UN institutions and NGOs, to advise and support sustainability policies. Twenty years further, the IOC and sports organizations recognize the historic opportunity provided by RIO +20 to renew commitment and scale up actions for the generations to come.
Sport as a driver for change
Bringing together athletes, Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games and sport organisations? representatives, with governments, UN agencies and programmes, business partners, and NGOs, the side-event will be a unique occasion to reflect on the contribution of sport, a world-wide social movement that counts millions of members, as a driver for change and sustainable development.
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Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Publishing event for book
Every action towards sustainability is needed, starting from the grassroot initiatives. This book is about one of them, called Environment Online. A seed was planted by a classroom teacher at a rural school of Eno in Eastern Finland. In 12 years this virtual school and network has extended its branches to nearly 10 000 schools in 151 countries.
The book contains pedagogical and scientific articles related to sustainable lifestyle and the ENO process, written by eminent Finnish scholars in the fields of education, ethics, and forestry. It also presents concrete examples of the activities and effect of ENO in South East Asia and Brazil, and ends with environmental stories by ENO students from different parts of the world.
This seedling in my hand, I will let it grow
For those who built our land so many years ago.
We have all the keys and after centuries
If our game is fair the green gold will be there.
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The book contains pedagogical and scientific articles related to sustainable lifestyle and the ENO process, written by eminent Finnish scholars in the fields of education, ethics, and forestry. It also presents concrete examples of the activities and effect of ENO in South East Asia and Brazil, and ends with environmental stories by ENO students from different parts of the world.
This seedling in my hand, I will let it grow
For those who built our land so many years ago.
We have all the keys and after centuries
If our game is fair the green gold will be there.
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Knowing our Ocean, Protecting our Marine Treasures, Empowering Ocean Citizens
The ocean, our common heritage, covers over 70% of the globe?s surface. The ocean shapes the Earth?s climate and influences the distribution of ecosystems, biodiversity, and thus food availability across the globe. This single, contiguous body of water is crucial to human life. Yet, despite the scientific research promoted via international cooperation over the past 50 years, the ocean remains relatively unexplored. Moving towards sustainable development of the ocean requires strengthening global scientific efforts to fully comprehend and protect coastal and marine environmental health, to conserve biological diversity, and to mitigate the impact of ocean threats. Sound ocean management requires developing the appropriate tools and mechanism to protect ocean resources and biodiversity while sustaining livelihoods that are compatible with healthy ecosystems. Finally, the transition towards such a blue-green approach will require a shift in human behaviour which can only be instrumented through ocean education and awareness-raising leading to the emergence of a true ?ocean citizenship?.
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Rio+20 Side Event
Cities play a dominant role in development as engines of social and economic
growth. They are home to over half of the worlds population and
in the coming years, this number is expected to grow by 70%. While rapid
urbanization positively contributes to development, it could also lead to
the increase in exposure to disaster risks if cities are not managed properly.
In addition, failed infrastructure, environmental degradation and challenges
posed by climate change make urban areas vulnerable to hazards. More than
half of the world?s largest cities, with populations ranging from 2 to 15 million,
are currently located in areas of high risk of seismic activities. In addition,
almost a billion of people still live in informal settlements without access to
basic services and often located in high-risk areas. Addressing these challenges
requires concerted effort and commitment from all urban actors to
reduce disaster risks and build-up resilient cities and communities which will
be explored in this side event. [Read more]
growth. They are home to over half of the worlds population and
in the coming years, this number is expected to grow by 70%. While rapid
urbanization positively contributes to development, it could also lead to
the increase in exposure to disaster risks if cities are not managed properly.
In addition, failed infrastructure, environmental degradation and challenges
posed by climate change make urban areas vulnerable to hazards. More than
half of the world?s largest cities, with populations ranging from 2 to 15 million,
are currently located in areas of high risk of seismic activities. In addition,
almost a billion of people still live in informal settlements without access to
basic services and often located in high-risk areas. Addressing these challenges
requires concerted effort and commitment from all urban actors to
reduce disaster risks and build-up resilient cities and communities which will
be explored in this side event. [Read more]
Rio+20 Global Town Hall
ICLEI is organizing the Rio+20 Global Town Hall during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development from 18-22 June 2012. This venue will see a forum for dialogues and debates, and an exhibition
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
ECOLABELLING AS TOOL FOR ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIROMENT
This international workshop has the twofold purpose of presenting and promoting a wide dialogue about the importance of Ecolabelling, as well as of introducing the project developed by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) for Greenhouse Gases Management, to be implemented in the Small and Medium Enterprises in Brazil.
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
[Read more]
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Green Youth for Green Growth - do youthinkgreen?
Lead organizer: YOUTHinkgreen - jugend denkt um.welt
Partners: VW AG, Mercator-Stiftung, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany, Bingo-Stiftung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V., Germanwatch and others
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Partners: VW AG, Mercator-Stiftung, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany, Bingo-Stiftung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V., Germanwatch and others
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ICC official side event
For further information, please visit: http://www.iccwbo.org/rio20/id48232/index.html
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Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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Standards and sustainable development: What role should governments play?
This session illustrates the relevance of standards in implementing sustainable strategies in global supply chains. Business, government and civil society representatives discuss the role of state actors in working with standards.
Lead organizer: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: SECO, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), UNFSS, ITC and others
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Lead organizer: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Partners: SECO, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), UNFSS, ITC and others
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ISO International Standards and Green Economy
To promote wide-ranging dialogue about the importance of ISO International Standards as a contribution to the green economy in the context of sustainable development. This side event will provide participants with examples of how an international, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, standards-setting system can achieve global agreement on the pragmatic implementation of green economy issues at the organizational level.
As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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As a concrete example, ISO developed an International Standard that provides guidance on social responsibility – ISO 26000 – in 2010. It involved more than 450 par¬ticipating experts, from 99 countries, and 42 organiza¬tions in liaison. These experts came from six specifically identified stakeholder categories: government, industry, labour, consumers, NGOs and academia. Its main topics are organizational governance, human rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community involvement and development.
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Transformation towards a sustainable, low-carbon future
This side event will discuss pathways to a sustainable future by drawing on the German Advisory Council on Global Change's report "A social contract for sustainability". Energy system will be considered in detail. The WBGU's perspective will be complemented with practical experiences from German international development corporation.
Lead organizer: German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Lead organizer: German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Low emission development strategies as key element of sustainable development
Side event organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Climate Action
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BASD official side event
This side event will build on previous formal and informal, business-led side events that have been held throughout the Rio+20 process, as well as other events including The Hague Consultation (April 2012), the KPMG Conference (February 2012), and the UN Corporate Sustainability Forum (15-18 June 2012).
These business-led Rio+20 activities will culminate with the Business Day on 19 June, bringing the output from these different activities together, and providing a final, unified output from the business community to the Rio+20 Conference.
The proposed side event is intended to provide a forum to present this final contribution to the Rio+20 process, to reflect on the progress made by business since the 1992 Summit, to discuss the many commitments made by business to sustainable development, and to identify a priority set of actions that should be taken in order to address the scale of the challenges that we are facing (in the context of the anticipated Rio+20 achievements). [Read more]
These business-led Rio+20 activities will culminate with the Business Day on 19 June, bringing the output from these different activities together, and providing a final, unified output from the business community to the Rio+20 Conference.
The proposed side event is intended to provide a forum to present this final contribution to the Rio+20 process, to reflect on the progress made by business since the 1992 Summit, to discuss the many commitments made by business to sustainable development, and to identify a priority set of actions that should be taken in order to address the scale of the challenges that we are facing (in the context of the anticipated Rio+20 achievements). [Read more]
Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
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Thursday, 21 June 2012
UN Multi-stakeholder Strategies for Scaling-up and Mainstreaming Sustainable Development
In order to achieve a green economy, green society, and a world fit for children, a radical transformation in our policies, technologies, patterns of production and consumption, and our foci of innovation is required. A wide range of sustainable development strategies have emerged, led by UN agencies, international and national organizations as well as civil society. These practices have demonstrated their potential to engage and empower even the most vulnerable and marginalized communities equipping them with values, skills and knowledge to thrive and contribute towards a green society. Yet, while there is evident success of these transformative practices, they often retain a status of “good examples” and are seldom up-scaled and mainstreamed to become a core strategy for a green economy.
This event, organized by the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Programme at UNU-IAS in partnership with UNICEF, UNDP and UNESCO, will explore multi-stakeholder partnerships and strategies that enable the implementation and concretization of sustainable development in areas such as urban planning, education, disaster risk reduction, innovation, research and more. It will also show that, in order to upscale sustainability practices at all levels, new and innovative forms of education and capacity development are required. The ESD Programme at UNU-IAS will place a particular emphasis on the ways in which its initiatives have created more effective information and knowledge generation and sharing on sustainable development, as well as showcasing case studies on learning as a transformative tool towards sustainability. [Read more]
This event, organized by the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Programme at UNU-IAS in partnership with UNICEF, UNDP and UNESCO, will explore multi-stakeholder partnerships and strategies that enable the implementation and concretization of sustainable development in areas such as urban planning, education, disaster risk reduction, innovation, research and more. It will also show that, in order to upscale sustainability practices at all levels, new and innovative forms of education and capacity development are required. The ESD Programme at UNU-IAS will place a particular emphasis on the ways in which its initiatives have created more effective information and knowledge generation and sharing on sustainable development, as well as showcasing case studies on learning as a transformative tool towards sustainability. [Read more]
Plasticity Forum
Join us at the Jockey Club - Complexo Victoria on the 21st June 2012.
A one-day forum focused on the technologies, innovations and opportunities in the world of plastic - where the environment is the benefactor.
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A one-day forum focused on the technologies, innovations and opportunities in the world of plastic - where the environment is the benefactor.
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Rio+20 Global Town Hall
ICLEI is organizing the Rio+20 Global Town Hall during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development from 18-22 June 2012. This venue will see a forum for dialogues and debates, and an exhibition
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
A green economy limits ecological risks and strengthens competitiveness!
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Partners: Federation of German Industry (BDI)
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Partners: Federation of German Industry (BDI)
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
[Read more]
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
[Read more]
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Civil society taking global responsibility - Models of civil society participation in sustainable development from local to global level
Involving civil society at global, national and local levels is crucial for a successful transition to a green economy and
sustainable societies.. Therefore, appropriate systems for dialogue and democratic participation should be
established at each level. The Rio+20 discussions on governance and the institutional framework for sustainable
development must consider the participatory aspect. This side event organised by the European Economic and
Social Committee (EESC), the European Union consultative body representing European organised civil society
will discuss civil society participation based on experiences with models from global, regional, national and local
level. Institutional approaches will be considered as well as consultation rights of citizens and access to information. [Read more]
sustainable societies.. Therefore, appropriate systems for dialogue and democratic participation should be
established at each level. The Rio+20 discussions on governance and the institutional framework for sustainable
development must consider the participatory aspect. This side event organised by the European Economic and
Social Committee (EESC), the European Union consultative body representing European organised civil society
will discuss civil society participation based on experiences with models from global, regional, national and local
level. Institutional approaches will be considered as well as consultation rights of citizens and access to information. [Read more]
Civil society taking global responsibility - Models of civil society participation in sustainable development from local to global level
Side event organised by the European Union Economic and Social Committee
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Parallel Event on the Eye on Earth Special Initiative ?Access for All? (A4A)
The event will present the Eye on Earth Special Initiative ?Access for All (A4A)? that aims at supporting the development of adequate institutional and legislative enabling conditions for furthering the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration. Principle 10 addresses access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. The A4A Initiative particularly focuses on access to environmental and societal data and information for decision-making. The event will bring together representatives of government delegations, donor community, Eye on Earth stakeholders and partners, scientific and technical institutions, environmental organizations, media, and interested stakeholders, among others. The event is organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with A4A partners, including UNITAR.
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SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT – ADDING VALUE TO A GREEN ECONOMY
Sweden is one of the leading countries on Sustainable public procurement and will present its successful concept.
UNOPs Executive director Jan Mattsson will present their experience on sustainable procurement which include collaboration with UNEP to develop training material and conducting training on sustainable procurement, and field projects in several countries [Read more]
UNOPs Executive director Jan Mattsson will present their experience on sustainable procurement which include collaboration with UNEP to develop training material and conducting training on sustainable procurement, and field projects in several countries [Read more]
Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
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The potential of sustainable technologies: Solutions for the German 'Energiewende' and global climate protection
Lead organizer: Federation of German Industry (BDI)
Partners: Federal Foreign Office (AA), Volks-wagen Group, BMW Group [Read more]
Partners: Federal Foreign Office (AA), Volks-wagen Group, BMW Group [Read more]
Agriculture � the way towards sustainability and inclusiveness
In order to feed 2 billion more people by 2050, and as climate change contributes to depleting land and water resources, we will have to produce more food with fewer resources. Sustainable agriculture will help us to face today�s challenges, both in Europe and in the world as a whole.
The European Commission is organising a joint high-level side event at the Rio Summit of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. This side event will outline the important role that sustainable agricultural practices and supporting policies can play in order to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection, and thereby contribute to sustainable development.
The EU Common Agricultural Policy has undergone substantial changes since its early days and has become a policy that helps agriculture respond to the requirements of sustainable development. We are making our agriculture greener, so that scarce resources can be managed more effectively thanks to innovation, and ensuring the continued existence of our production base, while enhancing rural livelihoods.
Investment in sustainable and inclusive agriculture and the development of supportive policies are also at the core of EU development policy. Sustainable agriculture is key for poverty reduction and food and nutrition security and long-term and inclusive growth, especially in developing countries, due to its strong multiplier impact on other sectors.
This side event will also provide an opportunity for prominent speakers to share experiences and visions from Brazil and the African Union. In order to showcase best practices, closing speeches by high-level representatives of key farmers' organisations will present their views and on-the-ground experiences regarding sustainable and organic agriculture.
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The European Commission is organising a joint high-level side event at the Rio Summit of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. This side event will outline the important role that sustainable agricultural practices and supporting policies can play in order to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection, and thereby contribute to sustainable development.
The EU Common Agricultural Policy has undergone substantial changes since its early days and has become a policy that helps agriculture respond to the requirements of sustainable development. We are making our agriculture greener, so that scarce resources can be managed more effectively thanks to innovation, and ensuring the continued existence of our production base, while enhancing rural livelihoods.
Investment in sustainable and inclusive agriculture and the development of supportive policies are also at the core of EU development policy. Sustainable agriculture is key for poverty reduction and food and nutrition security and long-term and inclusive growth, especially in developing countries, due to its strong multiplier impact on other sectors.
This side event will also provide an opportunity for prominent speakers to share experiences and visions from Brazil and the African Union. In order to showcase best practices, closing speeches by high-level representatives of key farmers' organisations will present their views and on-the-ground experiences regarding sustainable and organic agriculture.
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Agriculture: the way towards sustainability and inclusiveness
Side event organised jointly by the European Commission Directorate General for Agriculture and Directorate General for Development and Cooperation
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High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All
21 June 2012 - Riocentro Convention Center (Pavilion 3 -P3-6) - 15:00 – 17:50 - Open to all accredited.
The High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All will showcase commitments to actions by all stakeholders towards the objectives of the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It will provide a unique platform for global leaders, including heads of states, CEOs and heads of civil society organizations, to announce their major initiatives, commitments and partnerships that will make Sustainable Energy for All a reality by 2030. For more information on the initiative: www.sustainableenergyforall.org [Read more]
The High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All will showcase commitments to actions by all stakeholders towards the objectives of the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It will provide a unique platform for global leaders, including heads of states, CEOs and heads of civil society organizations, to announce their major initiatives, commitments and partnerships that will make Sustainable Energy for All a reality by 2030. For more information on the initiative: www.sustainableenergyforall.org [Read more]
The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in Practice - Make it happen!
The water, energy and food security nexus will be one of the major chal-lenges in achieving universal access to these basic services without compromising planetary boundaries. This was the main message of the Bonn2011 Conference. The Event will feature early experience in implementing the nexus.
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
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Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
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Energy+: Partnership for a sustainable energy future
Side event organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Exploring Climate Leadership with LEAD
Come and be a part of our participative event that will take you on a facilitated leadership journey with a diverse group of climate leaders. You will have the chance to explore the key dimensions of successful leadership and learn to enhance your influencing skills to drive positive change. This event will also provide you with the opportunity to experience the LEAD approach to learning and network with other sustainability leaders.
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Peace Tree Planting
Planting of peace tree in center of RioCentro in commemoration of the joint efforts at Rio+20.
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Launching the Global Network on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Living - Business Innovation for Sustainable Scale up (BISS)
This is an event to interact and gain practical insights on innovative business models and their success factors as well as key development and scaling up opportunities. The results from the discussion mark the starting point of a new, global network.
Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
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Lead organizer: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
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When cities breathe, people progress - Europe's cities building partnerships to implement the green agenda
Side event organised jointly by the European Union Committee of the Regions and the European Commission Directorate General for Environment
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Decisions we need for the city of 2030 - ICLEI side event
In 2050, about 9 billion people will live on this planet ? how can we ensure at least basic, decent livelihoods for all with more equity and social justice when current trends indicate that by 2030 climatic changes will have taken effect, scarcity will have led to significant price increases in water, food, mineral oil, natural gas, and many materials? ICLEI?s vision is not to merely look at the status quo and make incremental improvements to it, but rather to consider the systemic changes we need to make now in order to ensure sustained human life on earth. Within this approach, the side event will consider specifically how we must design our cities now in order to create a sustainable urban future. Which decisions have to be taken now and by whom in order to create a sustainable city by 2030?
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Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
[Read more]
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Friday, 22 June 2012
Conference “What Happens on Monday”?
In order to create a space to discuss how the outcomes and commitments made in Rio can be implemented, the Stakeholder Forum, in collaboration with several international partners including UNITAR, convenes a Conference entitled “What Happens on Monday?” The Conference will take place on the final day of the Rio+20 Summit, 22 June and will bring together a diverse range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders alike to build capacity and expertise on how to develop a post-Rio+20 work plan of implementation. Learning from examples of successful implementation strategies and sharing plans for future efforts will be a focus of the conference; as well as connecting those stakeholders who are doing the implementation work with funders that are looking to support such initiatives. Projects and initiatives presented at the Conference will cover the following key areas: cities; oceans; green jobs and skills; freshwater; and energy.
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Off-Site Event during Rio+20: Waste Strategies and Actions towards Sustainable Cities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 June 2012
The one-day off-site side event, which is co-organized by IPLA, ISWA, Fiesp, ABRELPE, COMLURB, and UNCRD in conjunction with Rio+20, will provide presentations and discussion on the most critical issues currently dealt with in the area of solid waste management with a comprehensive and practical view to find out the ways and guidelines on the development of strategies and actions for moving towards low-carbon and zero waste societies.
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Rio+20 Global Town Hall
ICLEI is organizing the Rio+20 Global Town Hall during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development from 18-22 June 2012. This venue will see a forum for dialogues and debates, and an exhibition
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
of actors and the solutions they offer to the vital challenges facing urban areas. [Read more]
Building Inclusive Green Economies: A New Development Partnership?
Can moving to a green economy really help reduce poverty and achieve inclusive and sustainable growth and development? Although the transition can benefit low-income countries and people living in poverty, this is by no means guaranteed. This session will facilitate a dialogue on the building blocks of an inclusive green and the role of development cooperation in supporting low-income countries to make the transition.
Lead organizer: Poverty-Environment Partnership (repre-sented by Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and World Resources Institute (WRI))
Partners: UNDP, UNEP, ADB, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, WBCSD, WWF and other PEP members
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Lead organizer: Poverty-Environment Partnership (repre-sented by Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and World Resources Institute (WRI))
Partners: UNDP, UNEP, ADB, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, WBCSD, WWF and other PEP members
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Exhibition: Drop by Drop Competition
Exhibition of posters from the UN ad competition on water shortage and resource efficiency, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See also www.dropbydrop.eu
[Read more]
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Exhibition: Local Energy Solutions
Exhibition of best cases from a Nordic competition on energy solutions for local government and municipalities. See also http://www.nordicenergymunicipality.org/
[Read more]
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Women at the Frontline of Sustainable Mountain Development
Two decades after the first, ground-breaking Rio Summit, many mountain women continue to be economically poor and disadvantaged in terms of access to natural and development resources and power relations. Although some mountain countries have made gains in women�s economic power, many have made less progress in the implementation of policies, allocation of resources, and political will needed to make a difference to marginalized rural women. Women�s economic and social empowerment is rarely a central goal in the renewed attention to sustainable development and the emerging global debate on green economy and climate change. Yet women have valuable knowledge and experience in adapting to multiple drivers of change including climate change, globalization, economic policies, out-migration, and land use change in mountain contexts. People in the mountains, particularly women, experience these changes differently and disproportionately because of socially constructed gender relations and the environmental fragility of mountain contexts.
This event provides an opportunity to share the voices and experiences of normally excluded but critically important actors of sustainable mountain development, and offers a global platform for dialogue and discussion among policy and decision makers, researchers, women leaders, and gender advocates. The event is expected to have both cross-regional impact and global significance. It is part of ICIMOD�s commitment to improve the livelihoods and wellbeing of mountain women, men, and children in the greater Himalayan region, and is a lead-up to the international Bhutan+10 conference on gender and sustainable mountain development to be held in October 2012 (see overleaf). [Read more]
This event provides an opportunity to share the voices and experiences of normally excluded but critically important actors of sustainable mountain development, and offers a global platform for dialogue and discussion among policy and decision makers, researchers, women leaders, and gender advocates. The event is expected to have both cross-regional impact and global significance. It is part of ICIMOD�s commitment to improve the livelihoods and wellbeing of mountain women, men, and children in the greater Himalayan region, and is a lead-up to the international Bhutan+10 conference on gender and sustainable mountain development to be held in October 2012 (see overleaf). [Read more]
Mainstreaming sustainability in a multistakholder process: lessons from soy
Side event organised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands
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BASD official joint side event
Jointly organized by
Barbados, Benin, Vietnam, the Netherlands and BASD
The contribution to Rio +20 is to represent the constructive business voice in the UN Rio+20 process, with the ultimate objective of enhancing the conference contribution to sustainable and inclusive markets.
A panel will discuss the outcomes of the June 16-19 sessions and will talk about the business case for sustainable development in light of the Rio +20 process.
For further information: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=479&menu=126 or http://basd2012.org/ [Read more]
Barbados, Benin, Vietnam, the Netherlands and BASD
The contribution to Rio +20 is to represent the constructive business voice in the UN Rio+20 process, with the ultimate objective of enhancing the conference contribution to sustainable and inclusive markets.
A panel will discuss the outcomes of the June 16-19 sessions and will talk about the business case for sustainable development in light of the Rio +20 process.
For further information: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=479&menu=126 or http://basd2012.org/ [Read more]
Environmental Public Agencies Meeting at Rio+20
Environmental Public Agencies Meeting at Rio+20
Organizers:
ANAMMA - National Association of Environmental Agencies Environmental
ABEMA - Brazilian Association of State Entities of Environment
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Organizers:
ANAMMA - National Association of Environmental Agencies Environmental
ABEMA - Brazilian Association of State Entities of Environment
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Programme of side events in the European Union Pavilion
The European Union and its Institutions, Member States and big organisations will hold a series of side events in the EU Pavilion in the Athletes Park between 14 and 22 June.
[Read more]
High-level event on Green Growth and Developing Countries
Green economy and green growth have provoked much passionate discussion and heated debate here in Rio. Is green growth good for developing countries? Can it deliver poverty reduction and economic growth? Or is it only a developed countries agenda?
The OECD would like to open a dialogue with developing countries to discuss these issues. [Read more]
The OECD would like to open a dialogue with developing countries to discuss these issues. [Read more]
Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
On the occasion of the upcoming UNCSD Conference in Rio (RIO+20), five Women?s Rio+20 Good Practices will be awarded and invited to present their initiatives at the UN summit in Brazil.
[Read more]
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