Category Archives: Rio+20
European Parliament Absent in Sustainability Summit
By Julio Godoy, cross-posted from IPS BERLIN, May 16, 2012 (IPS) – The decision by the European Parliament (EP) to renounce its participation in the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development next month on the grounds that hotel costs … Continue reading
Filed under Rio+20
Rio+20: Guide Document on Convergence Plenary and People’s Assembly
Note: Here is a statement from the organizers of the alternative Peoples’ Summit that will occur in Rio around the time of the official UN Rio+20 (corporate sell-out) Summit. People from around the world are coming together to talk about … Continue reading
Report from the International Joint People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice in Rio
For the unity and mobilization of the people in defense of life and the common good, social justice and environmental against the commodification of nature and “green economy” Rio de Janeiro, May 12, 2012 A month before the UN Conference … Continue reading
No more evictions! Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala in defense of nature, lands and territories.
Note: Evictions of community farmers from UC Berkeley land, peasants thrown off of their land all over the world for agrofuel feedstock production, deforestation, forest “protection,” large-scale hydroelectric projects, etc. It’s time for the end of neoliberalism, private property and … Continue reading
Defining our terms: Agroecology and sustainable agriculture in the context of Rio+20
By Shiney Varghese, from Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy May 11, 2012 – Earlier this month as the UN Conference on Sustainable Development was hosting one of the last meetings to bring out a final draft for the negotiations in Rio de Janeiro, … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Rio+20
Mother Earth Should Not Be “Owned, Privatised and Exploited” : Interview with Tom Goldtooth
In this report from IPS, Aline Jenckel interviews, TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Tom Goldtooth, an activist for social change in Native American communities and is the executive director of Indigenous Environmental Network. Credit:Courtsey of … Continue reading
Filed under Green Economy, Indigenous Peoples, Rio+20
‘UN Global Compact turns a blind eye to corporate malpractices’ Civil Society Statement raises concerns in run up to Rio Conference
Note: Global Justice Ecology Project will be attending the UN Rio+20 conference and the alternative Peoples’ Summit this June. We will feature daily coverage of events both inside the UN talks and outside at the alternative forum from June 15th … Continue reading
Global Corporations Undermining Democracy Worldwide
Note: Those of us who railed against the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the World Trade Organization, GATT, etc warned about this. So called “free trade,” also known as neoliberalism, has exponentially exacerbated … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Climate Justice, Corporate Globalization, Green Economy, Land Grabs, Rio+20
Brazil: Peoples’ Alternative Summit to Boycott Gov’t “Dialogues” prior to Rio+20 Summit
Note: Climate Connections will be in Rio in June to cover the activities inside and outside of the Rio+20 Summit and the Peoples’ Alternative Summit. Against the Green Economy and the Commodification of Nature! –The GJEP Team The Summit will … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Corporate Globalization, Green Economy, Greenwashing, Rio+20
Statement: The Peoples’ Summit of the Americas vs the UN Rio+20 Summit
Statement of Teotihuacan 2012 Cross-Posted from the Red Ecologista Autónoma de la Cuenca de México lunes 7 de mayo de 2012 The Peoples’ Summit, parallel to the United Nations Rio+20 Summit, 20 years after Rio92 – the so-called United Nations … Continue reading
