Filed under: Development
There were many lessons to take away from the gathering of 40,000 sustainability believers in Rio + 20 last June. But one lesson haunts me even as the euphoria fades: it is high time to multiply the number of believers who care about sustainable development and inclusive growth. 40,000+ is inspiring, but simply inadequate. To… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Development Development 2.0 Health
Gina Lucarelli As the last region to hold its Preparatory Meeting for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Commission for Europe (UNECE) region is a bit of a test case for the global debate since it includes low, medium, and high-income countries. For the first two days of December, 350 representatives of governments,… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Development Environment Social inclusion
Gina Lucarelli With a team of experts from the United Nations Development Group, we’re in Bratislava planning how to engage governments in Europe and Central Asia in the run up to the global sustainable development conference next year (a.k.a. Rio+20). Rio will take the debate on environmental sustainability forward by looking at fundamental global questions… Read more »
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