- InformationHere you can find the documents for debate allowing us to advance on the reflections and issues of Rio+20. They can be concept papel, analysis, notes and reports.
Events July 2024 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All events - Main Themes
- Ethical and philosophical fundamentals: subjectivity, domination, and emancipation
- Human rights, peoples, territories, and defense of Mother Earth
- Political subjects, the architecture of power, and democracy
- Production, distribution and consumption, access to wealth, common goods, and economies in transition
Documents
![Environmental justice: Putting the poor first Environmental justice: Putting the poor first](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4391372009_faa450ac54_b-e1320916316170-160x110.jpg)
November 10 2011
Environmental justice: Putting the poor first
Behind the public face of the climate action campaigns there is a
deep malaise and debate within civil society circles about ...
By Brian K. Murphy
![Contesting a”just transition to a low carbon economy” Contesting a ‘just transition to a low carbon economy’](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Orlando-cooling-towers-small-160x110.jpg)
November 10 2011
Contesting a”just transition to a low carbon
economy”
A ‘just transition’ could involve demands for shallow change focused
on protecting vulnerable workers, or it could involve deep ...
By Jacklyn Cock
![Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and the green economy in Africa Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and the green economy in Africa](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/original_Picture-7-160x110.jpg)
November 10 2011
Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and
the green economy in Africa
As the African continent faces up to the enormous challenge of
climate change and the creation of a sustainable ‘green economy’, ...
By Yash Tandon
![Keeping track of our changing environment Keeping track of our changing environment](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/keeping_track-e1320421819891-160x110.jpg)
November 04 2011
Keeping track of our changing environment
In 1992, the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, was ...
By UNEP
![Rio2012: Latin America defends sustainability and rejects “green economy” Rio2012: América Latina rechaza el polémico principio de la “economía verde”](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sala-160x110.jpg)
October 22 2011
Rio2012: Latin America defends sustainability
and rejects “green economy”
Following three days of deliberations, the representatives examined
the gaps still remaining since the 1992 Earth Summit for ...
By Editorial Team
![Beware the Biomass Economy Beware the Biomass Economy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/4959137031_5f86bb5066-160x110.jpg)
October 13 2011
Beware the Biomass Economy
When proponents talk of a “green economy” much of the ‘green’ they
have in mind is quite literally green. For the new ...
By Jim Thomas
![Now is the Time! Why “Rio+20” must succeed Now is the time: why Rio+20 must succeed](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Plataforma7Banner700-e1318190908594-160x110.jpg)
October 09 2011
Now is the Time! Why “Rio+20” must succeed
Too many opportunities have since been missed, too many commitments
failed to be honored. Poverty remains a persistent challenge, ...
By German Development Institute
![Rio+20: Let us not miss out on this one! Rio+20: não deixemos passar a hora!](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/4276667314_669d481694_o-160x110.jpg)
September 15 2011
Rio+20: Let us not miss out on this one!
Let us turn Rio 2012 into a time for global indignation and citizen
change. We need to assert our citizen power, deeply-rooted in ...
By Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (Ibase) ◾ Cândido Grzybowski
![Rio+20: Resisting market environmentalism and strengthening rights and social-environmental justice Rio+20: Resisting market environmentalism and strengthening rights and social-environmental justice](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5537238750_80e2cffbab_b-160x110.jpg)
August 19 2011
Rio+20: Resisting market environmentalism and
strengthening rights and ...
Rio+20 therefore, has the potential to be a moment to, at the same
time, assess the successes and failures of the past two decades ...
By Federation of Organism for Social Help and Education