By Helen Clark*
UNITED NATIONS, June 8, 2012 (IPS) – The world’s population today is healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. Yet, despite incredible progress, disconcerting realities stubbornly persist. Continue Reading
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By Helen Clark*
UNITED NATIONS, June 8, 2012 (IPS) – The world’s population today is healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. Yet, despite incredible progress, disconcerting realities stubbornly persist. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 June 2012 by admin
Por Helen Clark *
NACIONES UNIDAS, jun (IPS) – La población mundial es hoy más sana, más rica y mejor educada que nunca antes. Pero con estos avances increÃbles aún conviven realidades desconcertantes. Continue Reading
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Fabiana Frayssinet
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 8/6/2012, (IPS) – Enquanto a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) hasteava sua bandeira nesta cidade que receberá uma de suas mais esperadas cúpulas mundiais sobre meio ambiente, a presidente Dilma Rousseff transmitia de BrasÃlia a mensagem de que o combate à pobreza também pode ser verde.
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
Por Stephen Leahy
UXBRIDGE, Canadá, jun (IPS) – El Ãrtico 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
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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 deberÃan formar parte de la agenda de RÃo+20, según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). Continue Reading
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Rousbeh Legatis entrevista a MOHAMED BÉAVOGUI, del FIDA
NACIONES UNIDAS, jun (IPS) – Será imposible hablar de sostenibilidad en RÃo+20 sin escuchar qué tienen para decir los pequeños agricultores del mundo, sostuvo el director de la Oficina de Asociación y Movilización de Recursos del Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo AgrÃcola (FIDA), Mohamed Béavogui. Continue Reading
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Sabina Zaccaro interviews CORRADO CLINI, Italian Minister of Environment
ROME, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) – While governments make a last desperate attempt to agree on a plan of action for next week’s Rio+20 summit on sustainable development – including plans on the transition to a green economy and a set of sustainable development goals – the real economy is already turning green, according to Italy’s minister of environment, Corrado Clini.
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By Carey L. Biron
To deal with looming food crises in the coming decades, Africa needs a Green Revolution on par with what took place in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, according to experts in Washington.
Posted on 06 June 2012 by admin
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) – Amidst much political fanfare, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro concluded with the adoption of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the landmark Agenda 21 blueprint for a sustainable future in the 21st century.
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Stephen Leahy
Uxbridge, Canadá, 6/6/2012, (IPS) – As polÃticas 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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