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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
July 01 2012
The ‘Bubbling Up’ of Subterranean Politics in
Europe
This is one of those rare moments in history when subterranean
politics ‘bubbles up’ to the surface. What we mean by ...
By London School of Economics and Political Science
June 08 2012
Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the
Earth Summit
This report, written from the Latin American and Caribbean
perspective, describes the progress made and the gaps that remain ...
By Cepal
June 06 2012
How people living in extreme poverty view the
term sustainable development
Synthesis of interviews carried out with families living in extreme
poverty in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil ...
By ATD Fourth World