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![The road to Rio+20 is paved with corporate environmentalism The road to Rio+20 is paved with corporate environmentalism](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5409594295_ef3054f39b_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 26 2011
The road to Rio+20 is paved with corporate
environmentalism
The corporations and international financial institutions have
become quite skilled in packaging their quest for economic ...
By Meera Karunananthan
![Business as usual is not an option Business as usual is not an option](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5308196334_0befe63fd8_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 25 2011
Business as usual is not an option
We need to build global alliances. We have done the first step,
internationalize the solidarity economy movement. Now we need ...
By Pierre Calame
![Development without Carbon: Climate and the Global Economy through the 21st Century Development without Carbon: Climate and the Global Economy through the 21st Century](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6246337801_12d66a1112_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 22 2011
Development without Carbon: Climate and the
Global Economy through the 21st Century
Economic development and the eradication of energy poverty are
increasingly seen as key components in a comprehensive strategy ...
By Elizabeth A. Stanton ◾ Stockholm Environment Institute
![Green economy: gain or pain for the the Earth’s poor? Green economy: gain or pain for the earth's poor?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tao75-160x110.jpg)
November 21 2011
Green economy: gain or pain for the the Earth’s
poor?
The upcoming UNCSD should therefore be a challenge and an
opportunity for the world’s leaders to confront the ...
By IBON International
![Contesting a “just transition to a low carbon economy” Contesting a ‘just transition to a low carbon economy’](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4370352638_1237b3f906_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 17 2011
Contesting a “just transition to a low carbon
economy”
Obviously, the transition to a low carbon or green economy has
massive implications for labour. Historically, the labour ...
By Jacklyn Cock
![The Green Growth Agenda: Is This the New Hope? The Green Growth Agenda: Is This the New Hope?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6327697329_b965d458a6_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 15 2011
The Green Growth Agenda: Is This the New Hope?
It’s clear that the focus on greening the economy led by a
clean-tech boom only continues to support the prevailing ...
By Saliem Fakir
![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
![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
![The Green Economy, Poverty and the Global Inequality The Green Economy, Poverty and the Global Inequality](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4293716030_9bb59d5867_z-160x110.jpg)
July 23 2011
The Green Economy, Poverty and the Global
Inequality
The contemporary crisis’s of global capitalism are however only the
most acute in the last eighty years. Whilst originating in the ...
By Rasigan Maharajh