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Amid Stalemate Over Final Action Plan, Brazil Takes Over Negotiations

Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin

By Thalif Deen

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) After several long months of hard bargaining and protracted negotiations, the 193-member Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) drafting a blueprint for a green economy and sustainable development ran true to form, ending its discussions in a predictable stalemate. Continue Reading

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Ahead of Rio+20, “The Economy is Already Turning Green”

Posted on 07 June 2012 by admin

Sabina Zaccaro interviews CORRADO CLINI, Italian Minister of Environment

ROME, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) – While governments make a last desperate attempt to agree on a plan of action for next week’s Rio+20 summit on sustainable development – including plans on the transition to a green economy and a set of sustainable development goals – the real economy is already turning green, according to Italy’s minister of environment, Corrado Clini.

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Um grande pântano bloqueia o caminho para o Rio

Posted on 06 June 2012 by admin

Thalif Deen

Nações Unidas, 6/6/2012, (IPS) – ApĂłs uma semana de intensas negociações, o ComitĂŞ PreparatĂłrio (PrepCom), que elabora o documento final da ConferĂŞncia das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a Rio+20, nĂŁo chegou a um acordo e adiou a decisĂŁo final para sua Ăşltima sessĂŁo, no Brasil.

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A Stalemated U.N. in Do-or-Die Session on Action Plan

Posted on 04 June 2012 by admin

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – After weeklong negotiations, a meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) to finalise a plan of action titled “The Future We Want” for next week’s Rio+20 summit has failed to reach agreement – and deferred a decision to a final three-day session in Brazil.

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Ban frustrado às vésperas da Rio+20

Posted on 25 May 2012 by admin

Thalif Deen

Nações Unidas, 25/5/2012, (IPS) – O secretário-geral da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), Ban Ki-moon, expressou sua frustração pela falta de progressos substanciais nas discussões sobre um plano de ação a ser aprovado na ConferĂŞncia das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio+20).

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“Fracassar nĂŁo Ă© uma opção para a Rio+20″

Posted on 24 May 2012 by admin

Redação IPS

Nova York, Estados Unidos, 24/5/2012, (IPS) – A CĂşpula da Terra, realizada em 1992 no Rio de Janeiro, foi descrita como uma das maiores conferĂŞncias internacionais da histĂłria da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU). Continue Reading

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Rio+20 ainda não tem plano para um futuro sustentável

Posted on 10 May 2012 by admin

Thalif Deen

Nações Unidas, 10/5/2012, (IPS) – Duas semanas de negociações a portas fechadas nĂŁo levaram a um consenso sobre o plano, intitulado O futuro que queremos, para garantir uma presença humana sustentável no planeta, e que deve ser adotado pela ConferĂŞncia das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio+20).

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