The Conversation

Rio+20: who owns the Green Economy?

Dr Matthew Rimmer is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working on Intellectual Property and Climate Change. He is an associate professor at the ANU College of Law, an associate director of ...
Climate Central

Rio+20: Economic Growth at Core of Summit

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...
Time

As Rio+20 Unfolds, A U.N. Report Shows How Far We Have to Go to Save the Planet

World leaders set the global agenda for sustainable development at the Earth Summit in 1992 and since then governments around the world have agreed on hundreds of goals to protect the environment and ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rio+20 Outcomes: What Was Agreed And What This Means For Womens Rights Going Forward

By Ana Ines Abelenda and Natalie Raaber [1] The Rio+20 Conference, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 June 2012 was a twenty-year review and follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit, bringing together ...
Cfr.org

Examining Rio+20’s Outcome

Editor’s note: This roundup is a new monthly feature of the Council of Councils initiative, gathering opinions from global experts on major international developments. The Rio+20 summit on ...
webtv.un.org

Water at Rio+20

22 June 2012 - Two roundtables convened to consider the theme "looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference." Among the suggestions offered by Heads of State and ...
Forbes

Felix Dodds: Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda

Author and global sustainable development leader Felix Dodds has been working with sustainable development for more than two decades observing and participating in international development meetings, ...
Panda

Rio+20 must ensure a future that is both sustainable and fair

On 20-22 June world leaders will gather at Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, in what presents a unique opportunity to develop and plan a sustainable future for all.
Christian Science Monitor

Rio+20: megacities strive to survive – and thrive

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Time

The Rio+20 Summit: Don’t Expect Much

First the bad news: the planet is in peril. On June 6, an international team of scientists published a study in the journal Nature warning that because of human activity, Earth is reaching a ...
Forbes

Rio+20: The Long View

Author and global sustainable development leader Felix Dodds has spent more than two decades observing and participating in international development meetings, including the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, ...