Sustainable Development
Rio+20 Day 10 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20 Business Focus: Including cities and local governments in international negotiations
Anke Stoffregen, from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability explains how cities and local governments will be key players in a world increasingly marked by urbanisation and the need to harenss their power and engage them in policy making.
Rio+20: Leaders round on summit process as frustration grows
Senior figures from business, economics and diplomacy including Jeffrey Sachs and Christiana Figueres criticise rate of progress.
Rio+20 Day 9 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20 Day 8 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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PODCAST: How does the CDM benefit sustainable development
In the fourteenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Ugonma Cokey, from Voice of Nigeria traveled to Bonn to explore how the CDM is contributing to sustainable development.
Rio+20: Draft outcome on sustainable development signed-off
Troubled negotiations end but many unsatisfied with watered down proposals.
Rio+20 Day 7 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20: The Rio de Janeiro favela setting the standard for inner-city sustainability
RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler takes a tour of the Babilonia favela in Rio de Janeiro where sustainable development is at the heart of the community’s hopes for a higher quality of living and a healthier, more prosperous future.
Rio+20 Day 6 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20: Bringing the favela to Copacabana beach
An installation on the fringes of Copacabana beach uses familiar materials from favelas to illustrate the positive work currently going on in the city’s shanty towns.
Greenpeace: “Polluters are in charge at Rio+20”
NGO’s political director slams compromise agreement proposed by Brazil as an abject failure being steered by the interests of multinationals.
Rio+20: WWF and Greenpeace slam new draft text on sustainable development
WWF says energy section of latest proposal “could have been written by the oil and gas industry”.
Rio+20 Day 5 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20: The underwater lab that could unlock the secrets of the ocean
A 58m sub-sea laboratory could drastically increase the length of time that scientists can observe the oceans.
Rio+20 Day 4 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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Rio+20: Talks survive scare as developing countries threaten walkout
G77+China group issued ultimatum over finance and fossil fuel subsidies on Thursday but back at the table today.
Rio+20: Usual suspects holding up the talks says Seychelles Ambassador
Big polluters and industrial interests blocking progress says Seychelles ambassador to the US.
Rio+20: We’re all developing countries now says Oxfam researcher
Countries can’t consider themselves developed until they maintain high quality of life without detrimental effects on resources and the environment.
Rio+20 Day 3 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
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