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![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
![No Future Without Justice No Future Without Justice](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/future_justice_bis-160x110.jpg)
June 05 2012
No Future Without Justice
We need to build a new narrative of development and sustainability
that can permeate daily life, public and social arenas ...
By Reflection Group ◾ Social Watch ◾ Third World Network
![Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/greenwashing_bis-160x110.jpg)
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
![Governance of international trade for the green economy Governance of international trade for the green economy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/13953_une_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 14 2011
Governance of international trade for the green
economy
Today’s trade system may be incapable of steering the world into a
“green economy.” It is, however, a wisely constructed ...
By International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development ◾ Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz
![Enter the Four Degrees Celsius World: The Failings of Climate Negotiations Enter the Four Degrees Celsius World: The Failings of Climate Negotiations](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/oil-in-the-soil_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 13 2011
Enter the Four Degrees Celsius World: The
Failings of Climate Negotiations
Perhaps the UN’s tedious methods are not the answer for the run-away
crisis of climate change.
By Saliem Fakir ◾ South African Civil Society Information Service
![Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2558075052_ac76207405_obis-160x110.jpg)
December 13 2011
Global Environmental Governance: The Role of
Local Governments
What could a model for involvement of local governments in
international environmental governance look like?
By ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainibility ◾ Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
![Tracks and Sidetracks for Biocivilization Caminos y descaminos hacia una Biocivilización](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/4855913610_a9f673cdea_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 09 2011
Tracks and Sidetracks for Biocivilization
Thinking the basis of a new civilization and becoming part of the
long process of social dismantlement and of reconstruction ...
By Cândido Grzybowski
![Global Environmental Governance and Rio+20: Thinking Big – Doing Little? Global Environmental Governance and Rio +20: Thinking Big – Doing Little?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2040285645_6382aeb1d7_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 03 2011
Global Environmental Governance and Rio+20:
Thinking Big – Doing Little?
There is little faith in the reform of the UN system; nonetheless,
the Rio+20 Conference is not only to set the stage for a ...
By Barbara Unmüßig