Efforts to promote the goal of universal access to modern energy services will face their sternest challenge at the Rio+20 summit next week. Here are the key issues which will determine the outcome.
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What’s new on energy poverty: June 8th
A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency makes a telling connection between energy access and job creation in poor countries and former US Senator Tim Wirth previews Rio+20
Energy access players shape up for Rio+20
There are many different perspectives on tackling the problem of energy poverty. In advance of the Rio+20 conference, these various interests have been jostling for position in the debate on sustainable energy for all.
Planet Under Pressure 2012 – final day
Live blog of proceedings of final day of The Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference.
Conference notes: 27th March
A potential setback on Day 2 of the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference. The UN’s preparatory negotiations for Rio+20 are not following the script.
Scientists shrink from the economics of ecosystems
We all know that GDP is unfit for the purpose of measuring progress. Should scientists at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference be doing more to promote the research results of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)?
Is Rio+20 capable of a constitutional moment?
The Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference opening in London next week will debate recommendations for the institutional framework for sustainable development published by the Earth System Governance Project. These call for a “constitutional moment” at the Rio+20 summit.
Rio+20: stay calm and carry on for last 100 days
As the political temperature rises in the run-up to the Rio+20 conference, there are pitfalls for the unwary.
Luddite spirit invoked by alternative Planet Under Pressure conference
Inspired by the bicentenary of the Luddite rebellion, the Rio+20 Teach-in is an event that questions the concept of a green economy and provokes the science establishment gathering at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference.
Rio+20: notes for scientists: 12th March
News about the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development relevant to the science community, covering Sha Zukang, Christiana Figueres, A Date With History and the Nine Principles of a Green Economy.