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Gina Lucarelli @Gml2001 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… Read more »
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Albert Soer Rio+20, the United Nations conference on sustainable development called for significant investment in capacity development for sustainable development: the outcome document mentions capacity building more than 60 times. It almost seems as if we are starting afresh. Now, who remembers Capacity 21? Capacity 21 was part of the sustainable development strategy that came… Read more »
Filed under: Development Human rights Migration and remittances
Alessandra Bravi @alessandrabravi and Adelle Lees The Rio+20 conference on sustainable development ended almost a month ago and left many wondering about next steps, and what countries will do to act on their commitments. The conference covered issues including hunger, poverty, and access to renewable energy. Rio+20 aimed to provide solutions to the mounting uncertainty… Read more »
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Clare Romanik >> Watch interview with Ginka Chavdarova, Executive Director of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria Ultimately, sustainable, green development will save our planet because it’s a local solution; but high-level climate change negotiations may carry on without results or with slow progress because it’s a global challenge. Why? Perhaps it’s because… Read more »
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Jürg Staudenmann,* UNDP in Serbia All eyes are on Rio de Janeiro these days. But do people on the street really care about it? My four year old daughter certainly couldn’t care less, when we got on our bikes some ten days ago for a demo fun ride through the heart of Belgrade. All she… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Development Disaster response Environment Governance Poverty Social inclusion
Rastislav Vrbensky and Milica Begovic Radojevic @ElaMi5, UNDP in Montenegro Right now, presidents, prime ministers, scientists and civil society leaders are meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to assess progress since a previous landmark gathering in the same place 20 years ago and to try to put the World on a sustainable path. A green… Read more »
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Our very own Stamatios Christopoulos sat down with Kosha Joubert, president of the Global Ecovillage Network, to exchange ideas about how to support and encourage sustainable development at the community level in the region. Question: Why are ecovillages important for sustainable development? KJ: Ecovillages promote a supportive and inclusive social environment and a way of life that has… Read more »
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Milica Begovic Radojevic @ElaMi5 UNDP in Montenegro Several weeks ago the municipality of Kolasin hosted a discussion on sustainable development in Montenegro. It was also among the first conferences in the country where hundreds of citizens participated in real time via Twitter. A dialogue generated some difficult questions. The discussion brought one crucial dilemma to light – does Montenegro focus… Read more »
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Jan Szczycinski @szczycinski Is it time to reset the global development agenda? Will world leaders be bold enough to agree on new sustainable development goals? Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland and Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator will discuss those and other questions ahead of the Rio+20 summit at the Kapuscinski development lecture in Helsinki on… Read more »
Filed under: Development Governance
Dmitry Mariyasin @maryasin_undp Sustainability is at the core of development. But there are diverse views on how it will affect the future growth of countries. Few groups of countries are more important in shaping this debate than the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) – an informal but powerful and increasingly vocal group of… Read more »
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