By Thalif Deen

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 14 (TerraViva) When a reluctant George H.W. Bush, Sr., then U.S. president, changed his mind and decided at the eleventh hour to address the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, he sounded defensive in his strong response to charges that the United States was one of the major powers responsible for the some of the world’s worst environmental ills – from greenhouse gases to conspicuous consumption. Continue Reading

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 14 jun (TerraViva) Enfrentados a la exigencia creciente de los consumidores y a la necesidad de recursos naturales sostenibles para sus propios negocios, los empresarios pasan a incorporar cada vez más el compromiso ambiental como un activo. Continue Reading

Fabíola Ortiz

Rio de Janeiro, 14/06/2012 (TerraViva) Cientistas marinhos e defensores dos oceanos aspiram na Rio+20 a uma nova era na conservação dos mares. Após duas décadas da Rio92 que tratou os oceanos como uma questão secundária, atualmente menos de 1% dos oceanos está protegido e 85% das populações de peixes estão ameaçadas. Continue Reading

Mario Osava, enviado especial

Jeremoabo, Brasil, 14/6/2012 (IPS/TerraViva) Muitos cultivam alface, tomate, cenoura, beterraba e outros vegetais, mas é o coentro a decoração constante nas hortas que ajudam famílias camponesas a suportarem a prolongada seca que novamente afeta a região Nordeste do Brasil. Continue Reading

Isabelle de Grave interviews MICHELE BACHELET, Executive Director of UN Women

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS/TerraViva) Unlocking women’s energies and allowing them to become drivers of change could fuel the motor of sustainable development. Continue Reading

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) – The thematic battle at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Brazil next week will be primarily around the new concept of a “green economy” – and how best to define it. Continue Reading

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) – When world leaders endorse the final plan of action, titled “The Future We Want, at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, a lingering question may remain unanswered: how best can the United Nations transform political platitudes into economic realities? Continue Reading

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (IPS/TerraViva) – The headline in a New York newspaper last March captured the essence of a future potential threat to political stability the world over: “U.S. Report Sees Tensions Over Water.” Continue Reading

By Claudia Ciobanu

WARSAW, June 11, 2012 (TerraViva) European farming is based on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU, whose main logic, to produce increasingly more food largely through industrial farming, needs reassessment. Continue Reading

Por Fabíola Ortiz

RÍO DE JANEIRO,  jun (IPS) – En vísperas de acoger la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, Rio+20, que discutirá el rumbo de la economía verde, esta ciudad brasileña pone fin a uno de sus mayores crímenes ambientales: el gigantesco basurero de Gramacho, en la Bahía de Guanabara. Continue Reading