By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (TerraViva) Over one billion people in the developing world could benefit from the Sustainable Energy for All initiative to bring electricity and clean-burning cookstoves to those without by 2030, U.N. officials said here June 21. Continue Reading

Por Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 de junho (TerraViva) “Muito decepcionante” é a forma como empresas e organizações não governamentais descreveram, hoje, as negociações intergovernamentais formais na Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a Rio+20. Continue Reading

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) Youth and future generations do not deserve a voice in their own future, the Brazilian government appears to have arbitrarily decided here at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, where the theme is “The Future We Want”. Continue Reading

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Goals drive action, and that’s why establishing a set of Sustainable Development Goals is so important to put the world on a sustainable pathway, experts said Saturday under the tropical fig and palm forest that covers much of the ground at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Continue Reading

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Delegates in Rio will need to take a leap of faith and agree on concepts like the green economy and sustainable development goals without really knowing what they involve, suggest experts on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Continue Reading

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 15 (TerraViva) – Poor countries that green their economies will lift millions of their citizens out of poverty and generate higher incomes while protecting invaluable natural ecosystems, says a report released here in Rio Thursday. Continue Reading

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

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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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.

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Stephen Leahy

UXBRIDGE, Canadá, 4 de junho de 2012, (IPS) – (Tierramérica).- Um ombudsman das futuras gerações pode se contrapor à natureza de curto prazo dos ciclos eleitorais dos governos, ao defender interesses e necessidades das próximas gerações.

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