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Canadá muda postura sobre a água às vésperas da Rio+20

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

Thalif Deen

Nações Unidas, 4/6/2012, (IPS) – Em uma drástica virada política antes da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a Rio+20, o Canadá anunciou sua disposição de reconhecer o acesso a água e saneamento como um direito humano básico.

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“O desenvolvimento sustentável é inevitável”

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

Busani Bafana

Bulawayo, Zimbábue, 4/6/2012, (IPS) – Uma agricultura sustentável claramente definida deveria ser uma prioridade na agenda da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, afirmou Sameer Dossani, coordenador de campanhas internacionais da ActionAid, em entrevista à IPS.

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A crise ambiental e a economia estão interligadas

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

Maurice Strong*

PEQUIM, China, 4 de junho de 2012, (IPS) – (Tierramérica).- Paradoxalmente, se não se atuar com decisão para frear a mudança climática, a redução das emissões de gases-estufa poderá ocorrer pelo colapso da economia mundial, alerta neste artigo Maurice Strong.

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“Land Is Our Natural Ally, But Its Patience Is Not Eternal”

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

By Karina Boeckmann

BERLIN, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – Land degradation poses a threat to all life on Earth including humanity. To stop the enormous loss of life-giving land, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is pushing for a sustainable development goal of Zero Net Land Degradation (ZNLD) to be adopted at the upcoming Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, in Brazil.

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A Stalemated U.N. in Do-or-Die Session on Action Plan

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – After weeklong negotiations, a meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) to finalise a plan of action titled “The Future We Want” for next week’s Rio+20 summit has failed to reach agreement – and deferred a decision to a final three-day session in Brazil.

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24 Policies to End the Earth Emergency

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

By Stephen Leahy

UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – Ecologically ignorant policies are largely responsible for the interlinked crises that are unraveling the planet’s life support system.

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Divisão Norte-Sul paira sobre a Rio+20

Posted on 01 June 2012 by admin

Thalif Deen

Nova York, Estados Unidos, 1/6/2012, (IPS) – A Cúpula da Terra de 1992 no Rio de Janeiro se viu em grande parte desbaratada pela divisão Norte-Sul: uma batalha entre uma coalizão de nações industrializadas ricas e o Grupo dos 77 (G-77), atualmente integrado por 134 países em desenvolvimento.

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Rio+20 é a conferência de todos

Posted on 01 June 2012 by admin

Sha Zukang*

Nações Unidas, 1/6/2012, (IPS) – A Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio+20), que acontecerá de 20 a 22 de junho no Rio de Janeiro, é uma oportunidade única em uma geração Continue Reading

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Rio+20 – a Call to Responsibility, a Call to Action

Posted on 01 June 2012 by admin

By Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Mario Soares*

BARCELONA, Jun 1, 2012 (IPS) – We are all going through a period of great confusion and uncertainty.

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U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint

Posted on 01 June 2012 by admin

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 1, 2012 (IPS) – As the international community readies for a global mega- conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.

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