By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) – The thematic battle at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Brazil next week will be primarily around the new concept of a “green economy” – and how best to define it. Continue Reading

Rousbeh Legatis interviews JOAN CLOS, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12, 2012 (IPS/TerraViva) – Building the cities of the future requires not only smarter planning but a profound shift toward greater equity and social justice, says Joan Clos, executive director of the U.N. Human Settlements Programme, or UN-HABITAT. Continue Reading

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) – When world leaders endorse the final plan of action, titled “The Future We Want, at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, a lingering question may remain unanswered: how best can the United Nations transform political platitudes into economic realities? Continue Reading

TerraViva interviews KANAYO F. NWANZE, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 11 (TerraViva) With heads of state from more than 120 nations and tens of thousands of civil society and international development experts gathering for the U.N. Summit on Sustainable Development next week, it is accepted wisdom that rethinking agriculture is one of most critical issues facing this and future generations. Continue Reading

Peter Richards

Bridgetown, Barbados, 9/5/2012, (IPS) – Os governos das pequenas ilhas do Caribe, do Oceano Pacífico e da costa africana trabalham duramente para chegar à conferência de junho no Brasil com uma mensagem única que sensibilize o resto do mundo sobre a importância do desenvolvimento sustentável.

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Por Stephen Leahy

UXBRIDGE, Canadá, jun (IPS) – El Ártico alcanzó una concentración récord de dióxido de carbono de 400 partes por millón (ppm). La última vez que la Tierra registró niveles similares fue hace tres millones de años, durante la era del Plioceno. Continue Reading

Por Thalif Deen

NACIONES UNIDAS, 4 jun (IPS) – Mientras los líderes de la comunidad internacional se preparan para la cumbre Río+20 este mes, la ONU parece decidida a practicar lo que predica: mejorar su eficiencia y reducir drásticamente sus emisiones de gases invernadero. Continue Reading

Por Sabina Zaccaro

ROMA, 31 may (IPS) – El hambre y la desnutrición deben abordarse de modo efectivo, pues están tan inextricablemente relacionados al desarrollo sostenible que deberían formar parte de la agenda de Río+20, según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). Continue Reading

By Isabella De Grave

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) – Irreversible environmental damage threatens to destabilise the world’s life-support systems unless urgent action is taken, according to the latest Global Environment Report (GEO-5) which looks to the Rio+20 summit as a crucial opportunity to halt this decline.

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Stephen Leahy

Uxbridge, Canadá, 6/6/2012, (IPS) – As políticas que ignoram a dimensão ecológica e ambiental são em grande parte responsáveis pelos problemas que afetam o sistema de suporte vital do planeta.

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