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Rio+20,
UNCSD, June 13-23, 2012,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
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INFORSE
was formed at the NGO "Global Forum" parallel
to the UNCED Conference in 1992 |
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INFORSE'øs Opinion on Rio+20 |
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INFORSE's
Evaluation of the Rio+20 Outcome |
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INFORSE's Opinion on Rio+20 NGO Consultation Read the opinion submitted on 1.11.2011: (  pdf
file) Link to INFORSE's submission on the Rio+20 official web site. |
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| INFORSE Side Event | ||
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| "Sustainable Energy News"on Rio | ||
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| INFORSE Members at Rio | ||
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Several members of INFORSE participated at Rio+20. Among the participants were: - Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe coordinator and VE, Denmark - Judit Szoleczky, INFORSE-Europe and Sustainable Energy News - Raymond Myles, INFORSE-South Asia coordinator, INSEDA, India, - Secou Sarr, INFORSE West Africa Coordinator, ENDA, Senegal - Finn Tobiesen, Bjarke Rambøll from Sustainable Energy Denmark - Hamid Taybo, ADEL-Sofala, Mozambique, and - Representatives of members including AIWC (India), WAFD (India), HELIO international (France), MAMA-86 (Ukraine), and Sidki Uyar from Eurosolar-Turkey. The INFORSE group picture was made at the INFORSE's exhibition at the NGO Side Event Pavilion. |
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| INFORSE at Demonstration | ||
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| NGO Major Groups Statements | ||
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NGO Major Group INFORSE contributed to the work of the NGO Major Group Read the NGO Major Group Statement at the Plenary Opening delivered by Wael Hmaidan, CAN (Statement pdf file). Watch the video at the UN WebTV. |
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Women's Major Group |
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| The Future .. | ||
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The Future We Want The Future We Don't Want The Future We Dread |
More than 1,000 organisations and individuals have signed in only one day a petition called "The Future We Don't Want" |
| INFORSE at a Preparation Conference | ||
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Preparation Rio+20 Conference: UNRISD, Geneva, October 10, 2011 INFORSE participated in the UN - Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) conference ''Green Economy and Sustainable Development - Bringing Back the Social Dimension'' on October 10th, 2011. This event was a precursor to the Rio +20 scheduled for the beginning of June 2012. The Conference had a strong attendance from the academic and NGO fields. Governmental and business sectors were noticeably absent but that is to be expected. Though many of the studies and ideas put forward had an every echo from the Rio 1992 discussions, some progressively new positions were introduced. Lessons were learned from policies and implementations gone wrong or otherwise needing systemic alterations. Predominantly two things were made very clear: Local knowledge must be a prerequisite for any climate mitigation solution, and should ideally be sourced and maintained through stakeholder dialogues on a regular basis. Second, dominant socio-economic models that prevailed during the 20th century are clearly inadequate to deal with the challenges we now face. It is quite clear that the time for making unfilled promises needs to end abruptly. All solutions must come equally from local ideas supported by strong regional, national and international policies--the so-called 'glocalization' movement. This is not the same as think global act local. Rather it is much more ambitious. It is more like act local and demonstrate various success stories, and this will in turn drive global decision-making to act. Read Report from the Conference by Kyle Stuart Herman. (pdf file) Read Proceedings of the UNRISD and UN-NGLS |
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The Official Conference Sites: Read
more on INFORSE at the Rio Process Conferences: See
INFORSE's Participation at
UNFCCC COPs: See other INFORSE participation at UN Conference |
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