The World
Leadership Conference 2011 Towards RIO+20 is 5-day preparatory
conference which
aims to re-kindle the spirit of Rio by enabling the younger
generations of
today with the skills, knowledge and inspiration required to be
effective
leaders in creating change, especially towards climate change and
sustainable
development. The World Leadership
Conference 2011 Towards RIO+20
reflects the highest ideals of ECO Singapore in
bringing together motivated and
proactive individuals from Asia-Pacific to
focus on pertinent issues surrounding climate
change and to develop leadership
qualities which would best prepare participants for Rio+20.
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Road to Rio+20 is aiming the global youth mobilization towards the
UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Coalition of 16
partners from 15 countries all over the world is united
behind
the common aim to mobilize, inspire, empower and support young
people to
take vivid action on issues of sustainable development in the framework of Rio+20.
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Earth Summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 4-6 June,
2012. There will be three Preparatory Meetings for the Summit, each
lasting 2 days.
The first
two preparatory meetings for the Summit,
PrepCom1 and PrepCom2,
have already taken place, from 17-19 May 2010 and
7-8 March 2011
respectively, at the UN Headquarters in New York. The third and final Preparatory
Meeting will take place in Brazil prior to the Summit itself (get more information here).
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Stakeholder Forum has set up the site Earth Summit
2012 as an information hub
to provide updates, background information and
analysis towards Rio+20. This
site also acts as
platform to connect organisations and stakeholders interested
in engaging in the preparatory process. Here you can find ways to get involved in the
lead up to the Summit and support global
efforts towards achieving sustainable development.
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Powered by Stakeholder Forum (February 2010)
This paper overviews the commitments governments have
made to sustainable
development governance and makes some suggestions on the
way forward for Rio+20.
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Created by Jan-Gustav Strandeneas, Stakeholder Forum
This paper outlines the history of global governance for
sustainable development,
charting some of the significant milestones and also
identifying the challenges
to progress. It outlines recommendations for taking forward sustainable
development in the UN system stressing the need for immediate and ambitious reforms.
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Stakeholder Forum is an international organisation working to advance
sustainable
development and promote democracy at the global level. Forum's
work aims toenhance open, accountable and participatory international
decision making on sustainable
development through enhancing the
involvement of stakeholders in intergovernmental processes.Stakeholder Forum has been founded in 1987 as UNED UK, United Nations
Environmentand Development UK, operating as the National
Committee for UNEP in the UK. Forum
has its offices in London and New York working with the consultants from around the world.
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