Noticias
SABMiller Blog // Rio+20: Green growth requires a rethink
One of the themes of Rio+20 is 'green growth'. The first and most obvious question will be 'Can there be such a thing as green growth?' and for me…
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…
businessGreen // Spelman on Rio: Time to "nail the myth" you can't be green and growing
Environment secretary says it's time to shatter the myth that you can't be green and growing The clouds may be gathering around the Rio +20 Earth…
BBC News // Rio+20 deal weakens on energy and water pledges
Governments are set to weaken pledges on boosting access to water and energy after a new draft negotiating text was issued at the Rio+20 meeting. The…
AllAfrica // Africa: Rio+20 Conference - "World Cannot Grow At the Expense of Poor People"
Recommendations by CARE International for Rio+20 According to the CARE report launched today entitled "One Planet - One Future: Equity and…
Global Warming is Real Blog // Findings and Solutions in the Living Planet Report
Richard Matthews on the Messages of WWF's Living Planet Report The WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) is the world's leading science-based analysis on…
Huffington Post // The Alarm Is Ringing, Time to Wake Up to Water
No resource is more fundamental than water to the health and security of people and the environment. Yet the alarm bells are ringing as this finite,…
UNCCD Press Release // UNCCD Calls for Rio+20 to Agree on a Sustainable Development Goal on Land
The international community needs to agree on a sustainable development goal with a measurable target of achieving zero net land degradation by 2030.…
BBC News // Resource depletion: Opportunity or looming catastrophe?
Imagine a world of spiralling food prices, water shortages and soaring energy costs. For many living in the world today, this nightmare scenario is…
BBC News // So much to do, so little time
"Along with thousands of government delegates, activists, academics, business chiefs and other journalists I'm making my way this week to Rio de…
ERD Blog // Where next for the WEL nexus? Some clues from efforts to integrate in water
Water, energy and land are headline issues in the run-up to Rio+20. The 2012 European Report on Development (ERD), which has its UK launch at DFID on…
IPS news // Will Water Dry Up at Summit on Sustainable Development?
he headline in a New York newspaper last March captured the essence of a future potential threat to political stability the world over: "U.S. Report…
Sustainability@Newcastle Blog // Water-Energy-Food nexus — what is it and how might it be approached at Rio+20?
The Water-energy-food nexus (or other permutations) is increasingly finding itself in the public discourse surrounding development and…
Ashden Blog // Kandeh Yumkella: four reasons why the world needs to act fast on climate change
Since he was tapped by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to co-lead his global energy access initiative, UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella, has…
Europe's World // Europe needs policies to decouple economic growth from water and energy consumption
What are the EU's policy options? In my view, it's a matter of getting the balance right between a range of long-term, location-specific policies…
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