Category: UN Commission on Sustainable Development

The UN Commission on Sustainable Development was established in 1992 following the Earth Summit (which also launched the “Rio Conventions” on Climate Change, Biodiversity, and to Combat Desertification). Its goal is to follow the progress on the implementation of Agenda 21 (a plan of action from the Earth Summit) and the Rio Declaration.
You can learn more about it’s structure here.

Demand A Future

Crossposts June 25, 2012 0 Comments
Some new friends of ours were present at the Thursday action, and made a short video about it: Basta! Rio+20 Walk Out from Permacyclists on Vimeo. On June 21, 2012, leaders from around the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro to discuss sustainable development and related issues. Nobody hoped for much but the results were even worse than expected. Some members of civil society who were present...

Too bad no one really wanted sustainable development

Adrian June 24, 2012 1 Comment
   by Adrian Fernandez Jauregui   Rio+20 has come to an end. After an almost two and a half years long process governments finally came to an agreement just before the heads of state and ministers arrived to Rio de Janeiro. The outcome 49 pages text  was inaccurately called ¨the future we want¨, but then re-named to Our common vision. It was tough, even for them, to...

¿Si un barco se hunde es porque todos están del mismo lado? Siempre hay algo más

COA Admin June 24, 2012 0 Comments
escrito por Anyuri Betegón El barco que todos habíamos abordado hace un año camino a Rio+20 giraba en círculos y al final durante el último mes tomaba posiciones definitivas en diferentes direcciones. Brasil tomó el mando del barco luego del PrepCom III (durante los días de los diálogos), presentando al final una dirección que para...

Apariencias insostenibles.

COA Admin June 23, 2012 0 Comments
Regresé a darle otro vistazo al proceso de las Metas de Desarollo Sostenible, y esta vez la lección que me esperaba era mucho más grande de lo que esperaba. Al terminarse la ronda de negociaciones anterior, el gobierno brasileño tomó las riendas del proceso. Lo que significa esto, es que el gobierno de este país tomó en sus manos la tarea de...

United by Frustration

COA Admin June 23, 2012 1 Comment
By Nimisha Bastedo Throughout the entire Rio process, it seemed as though divisions within and between the different sectors of civil society were too wide to bridge. Attempts to create a major group common statement continued to fail. The most radical youth clashed with those who pushed for smaller ‘victories’ within the same old framework. Sofia Garcia, organizing partner (OP) for...