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.
Posted on 06 June 2012 by admin
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.
Posted on 06 June 2012 by admin
Karina Boeckmann
Berlim, Alemanha, 6/6/2012, (IPS) – A degradação da terra ameaça todos os seres vivos que povoam o planeta, incluídos os humanos.
Posted on 06 June 2012 by admin
Thalif Deen
Nações Unidas, 6/6/2012, (IPS) – Após uma semana de intensas negociações, o Comitê Preparatório (PrepCom), que elabora o documento final da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a Rio+20, não chegou a um acordo e adiou a decisão final para sua última sessão, no Brasil.
Posted on 05 June 2012 by admin
By Stephen Leahy *
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 5, 2012 (Tierramérica) – The theme of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) is “The Future We Want”, but there is no official role for youth nor a spokesperson for future generations who will inherit that future.
Posted on 05 June 2012 by admin
Thalif Deen
Nações Unidas, 5/6/2012, (IPS) – Enquanto os líderes da comunidade internacional se preparam para a cúpula Rio+20 neste mês, a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) parece decidida a praticar o que prega: melhorar sua eficiência e reduzir drasticamente suas emissões de gases-estufa.
Posted on 05 June 2012 by admin
Fabíola Ortiz
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 5/6/2012 , (IPS) – À véspera de receber a Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio+20), que discutirá o rumo da economia verde, o Rio de Janeiro acabou com um de seus maiores crimes ambientais: o gigantesco lixão de Gramacho, na Baía de Guanabara.
Posted on 05 June 2012 by admin
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5, 2012 (IPS) – When the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) takes place in Brazil next week, it will be closely shadowed by another event thousands of kilometres away in the South Korean coastal town of Yeosu: Expo 2012.
Posted on 05 June 2012 by admin
By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, Jun 5, 2012 (IPS) – When it comes to expressing the threat to food security posed by changing climate patterns and extreme weather events in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) does not mince its words.
Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin
By Fabíola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which will discuss the green economy, the Brazilian city has put an end to one of its worst environmental sins: the enormous Jardim Gramacho garbage dump on Guanabara Bay.
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 >>.
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