Archive | June, 2012
Tags: CO2, combustibles fósiles, energÃa, Stephen Leahy
La cura de la Tierra ya existe
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
Tags: América Latina, BahÃa de Guanabara, basura, Brasil, ciudades, FabÃola Ortiz, Izabella Teixera, Jardim Gramacho, RÃo de Janeiro
Brasil cierra sÃmbolo de degradación ambiental, antes de RÃo+20
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
Por FabÃola Ortiz
RÃO DE JANEIRO, jun (IPS) – En vÃsperas de acoger la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, Rio+20, que discutirá el rumbo de la economÃa verde, esta ciudad brasileña pone fin a uno de sus mayores crÃmenes ambientales: el gigantesco basurero de Gramacho, en la BahÃa de Guanabara. Continue Reading
Tags: CO2, compensación de emisiones, gases de efecto invernadero, Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser, ONU, PNUD, Thalif Deen
La ONU viaja a RÃo+20 borrando sus huellas
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
Por Thalif Deen
NACIONES UNIDAS, 4 jun (IPS) – Mientras los lÃderes de la comunidad internacional se preparan para la cumbre RÃo+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
Tags: desnutrición, FAO, hambre, La VÃa Campesina, recursos naturales, Sabina Zaccaro
Sin desarrollo sostenible no hay futuro
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
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
Tags: FIDA, Mohamed Béavogui, pequeña agricultura, Rousbeh Legatis, Sahel, Santo Tomé y PrÃncipe
El mundo debe escuchar a los pequeños agricultores
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
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
Tags: European Union, Inclusion, Italy, PrepCom, Sabina Zaccaro, Sustainable Development
Ahead of Rio+20, “The Economy is Already Turning Green”
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
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.
Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
Camilla Toulmin – (iied)
With one month to go until the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, I have just returned from New York where I discussed how policy think tanks, like IIED, can help frame the outcomes. Continue Reading
Tags: Fossil Fuels, Isabella De Grave, North America, Population, Renewable Energy, WASH
World Faces Stark Choice at Rio+20, UN Report Warns
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
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.
Tags: Africa, Carey L. Biron
Calls for an African Green Revolution, Only Smarter
Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin
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.
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