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![Waiting to be heard Waiting to be heard](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/3117_522202074472488_1532532700_nbis-160x110.jpg)
October 22 2012
Waiting to be heard
Ask us what we want. Understanding what people need and want is the
most basic prerequisite to intelligent ...
By Initiative for Equality
![The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after Rio+20 The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after Rio+20](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Children-play-with-a-gian-017_bis-160x110.jpg)
September 01 2012
The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after
Rio+20
Sustainable development is a highly political issue, dealing with
huge struggles of power and (short term) economic interest.
By Leida Rijnhout ◾ Northern Alliance for Sustainibility
![Rio+20: failed diplomacy, feeble democracy Rio+20: faillite des diplomaties, faiblesse des démocraties](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ATT00020_bis-160x110.jpg)
August 28 2012
Rio+20: failed diplomacy, feeble democracy
Our world governance has become the most serious risk facing
humanity.
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ Pierre Calame
![After Rio+20: What New World Governance Does the World Need? Después de Rio+20, ¿qué nueva gobernanza mundial el mundo precisa?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/7357738948_ec137e5270_bis-160x110.jpg)
August 21 2012
After Rio+20: What New World Governance Does
the World Need?
Rio+20 came and went. Twenty years have gone by since the Earth
Summit held in Rio in 1992. The world has continued to ...
By Forum for a New World Governance ◾ Gustavo Marin
![Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving Forward Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving Forward](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image_preview_bis-160x110.jpg)
August 05 2012
Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving
Forward
Cities are cooperating internationally without borders, without
customs, without military forces.
By ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainibility
![The Rio+20 Summit and its follow up The Rio+20 Summit and its follow Up](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2509382122_2d8f95108a_bis-160x110.jpg)
August 04 2012
The Rio+20 Summit and its follow up
With the outcome in Rio, the multilateral system in sustainable
development lives to fight another day.
By Martin Khor
![Commons a model for managing natural resources Os bens comuns modelo de gestão dos recursos naturais](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/commons_bis2-160x110.jpg)
July 16 2012
Commons a model for managing natural resources
The world has become so interdependent in so many ways that it is no
longer enough to address problems solely on a local scale. ...
By Confederation of Resources for Global Democracy
![A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own Sustainable Futures after a Summit that Promised Nothing! A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own Sustainable Futures after a Summit that Promised Nothing!](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5726185040_3062b0b769_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 14 2012
A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own
Sustainable Futures after a Summit ...
We as citizens of the world are now left to look after our own
sustainable futures. Advancing global citizen’s movement to ...
By Rights for Sustainability Initiative ◾ Uchita de Zoysa
![After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fim-da-rio-mais-vinte-220612-alecrim-humor-politico_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 14 2012
After Rio, we know. Governments have given up
on the planet
The post-summit pledge was an admission of defeat against consumer
capitalism. But we can still salvage the natural world.
By George Monbiot
![Financial and social sustainability are as vital as environmental sustainability Financial and social sustainability are as vital as environmental sustainability](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5336873789_92774a6932_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 13 2012
Financial and social sustainability are as
vital as environmental sustainability
Financial sustainability is as vital as environmental
sustainability. And after all what happened in 2011 around the ...
By Robert Bissio ◾ Social Watch