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![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
![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
![The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2719837662_53d24c56f7_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 13 2012
The world needs an ambitious global agenda that
links finances, society and the environment
No country or group of countries today has the capacity to exercise
policy leadership, globally speaking. The traditional ...
By International Labour Organization ◾ Juan Somavia
![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
![Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global Report Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global Report](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/6733464961_3b9889a7b1_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 08 2012
Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global
Report
Larger, denser cities, on the whole, demonstrate smaller per capita
greenhouse gas emissions.
By Carbon Disclosure Project
![The terms of the present ecological debate Términos de la discusión ecológica actual](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Rio20-United-Nations-Con-007_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 06 2012
The terms of the present ecological debate
Río+20 showed that the industrialized countries do not want to
abdicate their position. The emerging countries want to catch ...
By Leonardo Boff
![The ‘Bubbling Up’ of Subterranean Politics in Europe The ‘Bubbling Up’ of Subterranean Politics in Europe](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5068622812_4a24aafcc5_bis-160x110.jpg)
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
![Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit La Sostenibilidad del Desarrollo a 20 Años de la Cumbre para la Tierra](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/4234357542_31d2720a68_bis-160x110.jpg)
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
![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
![World Happiness Report World Happiness Report](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cov_bis-160x110.jpg)
May 02 2012
World Happiness Report
These analisis put a clear limit on the extent to which rich
countries can become happier through the simple device of ...
By Jeffrey Sachs ◾ John Helliwell ◾ Richard Layard ◾ the Earth Institute