- 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.
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- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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