By Don de Silva*
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 (TerraViva) I disagree with the branding of Rio+20 as an abject “failure”. As a returnee from the 1992 Earth Summit, I have mixed views about the conference, some positive. Continue Reading
Archive | June, 2012
Tags: Brazil, BRICS, Darryl D'Monte, farmers, food, hunger, India, Oxfam
India, Brazil Share Lessons in Combating Hunger
Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin
By Darryl D’Monte
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 (TerraViva) “Thousands of farmers are waiting on the side of the road for land reform,” Milton Rondo Filho, Brazil’s minister for international cooperation for tackling hunger, told a meeting organised by Oxfam on “Inequalities and Sustainable Development – a BRICS Perspective” here this week. Continue Reading
Tags: Julio Godoy, obesity, overpopulation
Obesity as Bad as Overpopulation
Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin
By Julio Godoy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 (TerraViva) A new study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) presented at Rio+20 shows that overconsumption of food and the obesity it causes, especially in the industrialised countries, threaten not only individual health but the very sustainability of our planet. Continue Reading
TerraViva talks to Giuseppe Sala, CEO of EXPO Milano 2015
Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin
Expo Milano 2015 is in Rio to kick off its global dialogue on food and energy. During a side event on June 21, CEO Giuseppe Sala gives an overview of the Expo 2015 that will run from May to October in Milan, Italy.
Titled “Feeding the planet, energy for lifeâ€, the Expo aims at stimulating and leading a global discussion on the challenges linked to food production, safety, availability and nutrition. “Expo Milano will reflect the need of raising global questions rather than just proposing solutions. Its focus on food security is inextricably linked to the priority areas identified by the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed today when he spoke about the ‘Zero Hunger Challenge’.†Sala says.
Expo Milano will be home to an estimated 140 countries; 87 have already formally confirmed participation.
Terraviva talks to Giuseppe Sala, CEO of EXPO Milano 2015
Rio+20: The Rift Between Hope and Power
Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin
At the demonstrations in the streets of Rio de Janeiro and the colourful People’s Summit, civil society activists brainstormed together, chanted slogans and railed against nearly everything. Continue Reading
Tags: Coasts, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Manipadma Jena, Oceans, Pollution, United Nations, Wendy Watson-Wright
‘It Should be Named Planet Ocean, Not Planet Earth’
Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin
Manipadma Jena interviews WENDY-WATSON WRIGHT, executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
YEOSU, South Korea, Jun. 21 (TerraViva) Oceans, seas and coasts provide over 200 million jobs globally, while 4.3 billion people get 15 percent of their intake of animal protein from the seas. Travel and tourism, ports and energy production use oceans and seas to create jobs and economic and social benefits for millions of people.
Tags: Êxodo, FabÃola Ortiz, Migração
Refugiados por catástrofes climáticas
Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin
Por FabÃola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO, 21 Junho (TerraViva) – O êxodo de populações da Somália para o Quênia ou Etiópia de finais de 2010 e ao longo de 2011 aponta para a discussão de uma nova preocupação mundial: os refugiados climáticos que se veem obrigados a deslocar-se para paÃses vizinhos após serem atingidos por extremos do clima.
Tags: Busani Bafana, farmers, La VÃa Campesina, land grabs, UNCCD
Our Livelihoods, Their Lunch
Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin
By Busani Bafana
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (TerraViva) Canadian grain and lentils farmer Nettie Wiebs does not support a green economy, a term she says has become a euphemism for corporate land grabbing that is putting smallholder farmers out of business. Continue Reading
Tags: Claudia Ciobanu, EU, farmers, food security, malnutrition
Agriculture Emerges as Bright Spot on Rio Horizon
Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin
By Claudia Ciobanu
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (TerraViva) Agriculture and food security are one area where experts say that even a more general level of agreement, as reached in the final Rio+20 declaration, constitutes progress. Continue Reading
Tags: reproductive rights, UN Women, Vatican, WEDO, Zofeen Ebrahim
Women Fighting Same Old Battles at Rio+20
Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin
By Zofeen Ebrahim
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (TerraViva) What does birth control have to do with reducing global emissions? Everything, women around the world would say, because they know how closely linked reproductive health is to poverty, food security, climate change and more. Continue Reading
Download PDF File
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Photos from our Flickr stream
See all photos
RECENT VIDEOS
Terraviva talks to Giuseppe Sala, CEO of EXPO Milano 2015 Expo Milano 2015 is in Rio to kick off its global dialogue on food and energy. During a side on June 21, CEO Giuseppe Sala gives an overview of the Expo 2015 that will run from May to October in Milan, Italy.more >>.
Add to Google
News from our partners
- Are you ready to Connect4Climate?
World Bank's social media campaign engaged African youth caring about climate change. - Natural capital accounting
Thomson Reuters Foundation and the World Bank have jointly produced a video explaining the concept of “natural capital accounting†in the run-up to the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development. The seven-minute video news release (VNR) was created as part of a World Bank campaign for countries to carry through on promises to include the full [...] - IUCN World Conservation Congress
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is a long standing member of COM+. It helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, [...] - IFC, Union for Ethical BioTrade Encourage Businesses to Protect Biodiversity in Latin America
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 17, 2012—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Union for Ethical BioTrade today announced an agreement at the Rio+20 Conference to increase private sector awareness of biodiversity and strengthen market frameworks for protecting it in Latin America. In addition to aiding environmental conservation, the partnership will help [...] - Rio de Janeiro e Banco Mundial lançam inédito Programa de Desenvolvimento de Baixo Carbono da Cidade
RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 de junho de 2012 – A Cidade do Rio de Janeiro e o Banco Mundial lançaram hoje, durante a Cúpula dos Prefeitos – evento paralelo à Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável-Rio+20 –, um programa pioneiro na esfera municipal para colocar em prática ações para o desenvolvimento de baixo carbono [...]
Sponsors and Partners of TerraViva Rio + 20
-
KEY THEMES
- Agriculture (52)
- Climate Change (83)
- Development (169)
- Environment (168)
- Food Security (53)
- Geen Economy (89)
- Gender Equality (22)
- Governance (115)
- Poverty (85)
- Sustainability (158)
-
@ipsnews
8174 followers
Copyright © TERRAVIVA Rio + 20.
