Towards a world summit on sustainable development 2012-“UNITING FOR SUSTAINABILITY”
TOWARDS A WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2012
“UNITING FOR SUSTAINABILITY”
On 1st and 2nd April 2009, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Stakeholder Forum held a conference on the theme “Towards a world summit for sustainable development in 2012”.
The aim of the conference was to look at the potential and scope for a global review of the sustainable development agenda leading up to a new World Summit in 2012. It discussed how such a summit should be designed in order for it to be a success. The conference touched on different subjects, e.g. stocktaking 20 years after Rio, the green economy, sustainability governance, climate change, environmental security and the role of stakeholders of all kinds working alongside governments.
High level representatives from government, the UN, the EU institutions and various representatives from civil society gave their vision for a summit 20 years after Rio.
Read the presentations at: www.earthsummit2012.org
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European Union wants ´Green Economy´ as part of Earth Summit 2012
The EU has welcomed the Brazilian Government offer to host a United Nations high-level event on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. Both parties shared the view that the ´Green Economy´ should be one of its main focus. The EU and Brazil agreed that the event could renew political commitment towards this key issue of sustainable development and define appropriate new initiatives. They agreed that the event could also offer an opportunity to advance issues that have taken up prominent positions in the international agenda. Read more at: www.earthsummit2012.org
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Civil Society in the USA call for an Earth Summit
Civil Society Organisations across the USA representing more than a million US citizens have written an open letter to President Obama calling for the USA to endorse the current proposal before the United Nations to hold an Earth Summit in 2012 in Brazil.. Download the letter at www.earthsummit2012.org
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