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And take the road to Rio+20 with us!

The European Economic and Social Committee is determined to engage civil society actors in the run up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, 20-22 June 2012.

The Rio+20 Summit has to send out to the world community a clear signal for a global change towards a green and sustainable economy and poverty eradication.

Sustainable Development Goals
A research paper commissioned by a group of UK based international environmental and development organisations titled Sustainable Development Goals: Building the foundations for an inclusive process. The research process involved consultations with a...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
07.05.2012
From the 23 April to 4 May 2012, leaders and civil society actors met at the UN headquarters in New York for the second round of "informal informal" consultations on the draft outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Read he...
Brazzaville Declaration
03.05.2012
On May 3, leaders of the Economic and Social Councils (ESCs), members of the Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of member states and governments of La Francophonie (UCESIF), committed in a declaration to put all their weig...

Reindustrialising Europe: The Green Way
Reindustrialising Europe: The Green Way conference will assess how European industry can continue to prosper under current circumstances and how a green economy can help nuture the necessary re-industrialisation of Europe.
RIO+20: the future we REALLY want
Chaired by Green MEPs Sandrine Bélier, Carl Schlyter and Isabella Lövin,the Rio+20: the future we really want conference will aim aim to answer whether land protection will be taken into consideration, if ocean governance will be addressed and how en...
Symposium - Choices facing Japan for a sustainable low-carbon society and green economy
On 3 June, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organises a symposium to discuss the challenges facing Japan. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster of 2011, the symposium will focus on energy systems, how to build a stable low-ca...