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Published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development Rio de Janeiro (June 21, 2012): Women from Asia Pacific demand governments address critical issues on women’s human rights missing in the Rio+20 negotiations for sustainable development. Employment and economic … Continue reading →

by Ashish Kothari. In August 2010, the UN Secretary General set up a ‘High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability’, to formulate a “new vision for sustainable growth and prosperity” for the world (‘Beyond the Benchmarks, Hindustan Times, 14.10.2010). Co-chaired by the … Continue reading →

By Martin Khor As the Rio summit on sustainable development nears, governments have yet to agree on most issues, and rich countries are backtracking on the original principles and commitments made 20 years ago. With only 10 days to go … Continue reading →

Delegates resumed their discussions on the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) during back-to-back meetings from 19-27  March 2012 at UN Headquarters in New York. The first “informal informal” consultations to negotiate the draft … Continue reading →

By Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee). We strongly object to blanket statements that “welcome” and “endorse” the Nagoya Protocol – without any mention of its … Continue reading →

By Derek Osborn, President, Stakeholder Forum. The text that has emerged from the first week of Rio+20 negotiations has become a monstrosity. The already inadequate Zero Draft has emerged festooned with bracketed amendments, whose general tendency is profoundly negative. Everyone … Continue reading →

Ben Vanpeperstraete and Olimar Maisonet-Guzman on behalf of the UN-CSD Major Group of Children and Youth. Although the first version of the Zero Draft tries to capture a diversity of views from Members States and civil society, it falls short … Continue reading →

By Lisa Curtis, Youth Representative. When I was just beginning kindergarten, the leaders of the world came together in Rio de Janeiro for a groundbreaking Earth Summit that put the concept of sustainable development and biological diversity on the global … Continue reading →

This article was originally published in Outreach. Ben Vanpeperstraete and Olimar Maisonet-Guzman work on behalf of the UN-CSD Major Group of Children and Youth. By Ben Vanpeperstraete and Olimar Maisonet-Guzman on behalf of the UN-CSD Major Group of Children and … Continue reading →

Included below are links to and summaries of select reactions to the Zero Draft for Rio+20 from the Human Impacts Institute. The Human Impacts Institute is working on compiling these summaries and links to facilitate dialogue and knowledge-sharing among diverse … Continue reading →