Research and Reporting Project // Choke Point: US
In undertaking Choke Point: U.S., Circle of Blue set out to understand whether the transition to a low-carbon economy would produce a penalty or a…
UN Chronicle // Managing the Water-Land-Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development
We live in the Anthropocene in which humans have become a major force shaping the environment. Rising incomes and reduced poverty have coincided with…
CSR Wire // Circle of Blue Founder J. Carl Ganter Receives Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award
The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that J. Carl Ganter, director and co-founder of Circle of Blue, a team of leading journalists and…
Key Issues for Rio+20 // World Bank's Key Issues for Rio+20
The world's current growth patterns are not only unsustainable, they are also deeply inefficient. That is why inclusive green growth is necessary and…
Communiqué // Business Leaders to Heads of Governments attending Rio+20 Summit: "Make Water Sustainability A Priority!"
As you gather for crucial deliberations on the occasion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development ("Rio+20 "), we wish to urge you to…
The Guardian // Rio+20: Big businesses club together to demand water is given fair value
Forty five influential CEOs commit to lobbying for political change to stave off water crisis It's not often that you get 45 of the world's most…
Forbes // Should Countries With No Water Be Pushing for Growth?
The water-energy nexus has been coming into focus over the last couple of years. The idea is that water and energy are inextricably linked: it takes…
Policy Brief // FAO Support to Decision-Making for Sustainable Bioenergy - Making Bioenergy Work for Climate, Energy and Food Security
The rapid development of bioenergy, and in particular liquid biofuels, has generated considerable debate regarding their sustainability, and in…
Roads from Rio+20 // Pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050
This report analyses how combinations of technological measures and changes in consumption patterns could contribute to achieving a set of…
Policy Brief // The Case for Energy-Smart Food Systems
The food sector accounts for around 30 percent of the world's total energy consumption, with more than 70 percent occurring beyond the farm gate;…
Issue Paper // Energy-Smart Food for People and Climate
Lack of access to modern energy services in many parts of the world is a fundamental barrier to reducing hunger and ensuring that the world can…
UN-Water // Water for Life Decade
Water for Life Decade website by UN Water with updated information on Water in Rio+20
AlertNet // Bangladesh wary of "green economy" agenda at Rio+20
Bangladesh will advocate for a "green economy" approach that does not constrain poorer nations' potential to grow at the U.N. conference on…
Messages for Rio // Sustainability is Essential for Development
Interview with Stephan Opitz, Director General of KfW, on the Rio+20 conference and the work of KfW. On the occasion of the UN-conference Rio+20 he…
Guyana Times // Improving energy use key challenge for world's food systems <<-->> FAO
Agriculture's heavy dependence on fossil fuels is undermining the sector's ability to feed the world, perpetuating poverty and undermining efforts to…