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Documents > Governance < Volver
 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						