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Rio+20 anda en pantuflas

COA Admin June 17, 2012 1 Comment

Rio+20 anda en pantuflas por Anyuri Betegón Amaneció el tercer día de las negociaciones y las promesas quedaron por cumplir. La ceremonia de inauguración del PrepCom III (Comité Preparatorio encargado de establecer el programa, concluir la redacción de la declaración de principios, plan de acción y decidir las modalidades de...

Reaction to Brazil’s “Presentation of a New Text”

jvelez June 16, 2012 0 Comments

Julian gives an update on today's events: As host country, Brazil takes charge of negotiations, and developes a new text (with merged and newly agreed-upon paragraphs) for the work to continue on. Then they distribute it...in the delegates-only pavilion. Oh, and Switzerland wants to go to the beach.

Belo Monstro: a first hand account of hydro-politics in Brazil

guest March 7, 2012 1 Comment

COA student Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler is currently in Altamira, Brazil, from where he sent us this dispatch. As an delegation heads off to the World Water Forum in France, this piece serves as a poignant reminder as to what is at stake in the world of hydropolitics. You can read more about Jivan's experiences on his blog. ***** The Xingu and the dam run side by side through the social fabric of...

BASIC makes Room for an Elephant

Joe Perullo December 9, 2011 0 Comments

by Joe Perullo BASIC (the group of Brazil, South African, India, and China) gave a rather uncomfortable press conference the other day. China, the leader of the group, started the talk on the defensive, denying the major "rumor" floating around that BASIC is splitting up. The other countries complied and also denied the allegations. An elephant walked into the room. The EU and the US have...