At COP11, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP has lavished praise on controversial ideas known as The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
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CBD COP11 News round-up for Monday October 15th
News round-up for Monday October 15 at COP11 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Diary clash for world food and biodiversity talks
Negotiations on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity may stumble over finance. World food talks in Rome in the same week have similar problems. Agriculture and biodiversity are closely linked. Why have such separate meetings?
Rio+20 agreement puts energy poverty on global agenda
In one of its few ambitious gestures, the agreement approved by world leaders at Friday’s conclusion of the Rio+20 conference commits their support to the goal that everyone should have access to modern energy.
Coal commitments shadow Sustainable Energy For All
As public and private sector commitments rained down on the UN initiative on Sustainable Energy For All yesterday, a short phrase about fossil fuels in the now-forgotten text of the Rio+20 agreement began to make its presence felt.
Lessons of safe sanitation for clean cookstoves
There are many similarities between the provision of safe sanitation and the upgrading of traditional cookstoves in developing countries. The role of women in both challenges is fundamental and has been recognised in the Rio+20 debates.
Sustainable Energy For All heads new world order
Leaders of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All initiative have held a press conference at Rio+20. Public-private partnerships are the model of the future, they say, and this is the biggest of all.
Energy poverty news: Rio+20: June 21
A medley of characters has something to say about Sustainable Energy For All as the Rio+20 conference nears its climax.
Achievements speak for UN sustainable energy initiative
The UN’s Sustainable Energy For All initiative has received a strong statement of support from the US State Department. And “hundreds of actions and commitments” have been offered by “businesses, donors, entrepreneurs, organizations, artists, and individual volunteers.”
Rio+20 agreement fuels demand for change in Sustainable Energy for All
A Friends of the Earth report concludes that the Sustainable Energy For All initiative will fail due to its inappropriate links with major corporations. The initiative has also been rebuffed in the Rio+20 agreement. It’s time for change.