- 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
January 22 2012
Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global
economy
Challenging the corporate co-option of the UN should be a major
priority in the run-up to Rio+20.
By Olivier Hoedeman ◾ Transnational Institute
January 22 2012
From the American Century to a Cosmopolitan
Order
Who gets what, when and why are no longer questions confined to
state silos, democratic or otherwise? Who makes the rules ...
By David Held ◾ Social Europe Journal
January 19 2012
Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and
the green economy in Africa
As Africa faces up to the enormous challenge of climate change and
the creation of a sustainable ‘green economy’, it must look ...
By Pambazuka News ◾ Third World Network-Africa ◾ Yash Tandon
January 13 2012
The Ethics of Sustainability
Sustainability yet remains inherently difficult to implement because
of its complexity and due to the enormous shifts in thinking that ...
By Anna Peterson ◾ Charles J. Kibert ◾ Leslie Thiele ◾ Martha Monroe
January 13 2012
Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco
and Demand Moratoria on REDD+
“We will not allow our sacred Amazon rainforest to be turned into a
carbon dump. REDD is a hypocrisy that does not stop global warming”.
By Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD and for Life
January 10 2012
Switching paradigms: the only way forward
The current crisis of the international system as a whole opens up
the possibility of rethinking the relationship between state ...
By Alejandro Chanona ◾ Social Watch
January 09 2012
The Social Watch Report 2012: The right to a
future
Citizens around the world are demanding change and this report is
only one additional way to make their voices heard. The ...
By Robert Bissio ◾ Social Watch
January 06 2012
The Second Wind of the Worldwide Social Justice
Movement
We have to think of the world struggle as a long race, keeping the
eyes on the end goal – a different kind of world-system, far ...
By Immanuel Wallerstein
January 02 2012
The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
We have examined our scenarios in great quantitative detail to the
year 2100 for eleven world regions. The summary presented ...
By Christi Electris ◾ Paul Raskin ◾ Richard Rosen ◾ Tellus Institute
December 19 2011
Civil Society Organizations: Time for Systemic
Strategies
Myriad civil society organizations (CSOs) are addressing the full
range of environmental and social problems, including ...
By Michael Narberhaus ◾ Orion Kriegman ◾ Pamela Pezzati ◾ Paul Raskin