The international politics of genetically-modified foods may deny scientists the opportunity to debate the subject at the forthcoming Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference.
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Doughnut can ease birth pangs of the green economy
The idea of a green economy has proved to be a reform too far for the Rio+20 summit preparations. Poor countries need solutions that tackle development as well as protect the environment.
Scientists prepare to nudge Rio+20
A major science conference to be held in London next month aspires “to provide major recommendations to the Rio+20 Summit.” However critical the ecological threat, however eminent the conference participants, can the organisers be serious? The closing date for submissions to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) passed over three months ago. A draft… Continue reading Scientists prepare to nudge Rio+20
Another Rio banana skin for David Cameron
The Future We Want is the name of the Zero draft outcome document for the Rio+20 conference. Its content is not in line with the future the UK government wants.
Prepare for personal carbon rations, says UN report
One of the UN’s most influential annual reports warns that personal energy rationing in richer countries is a necessary component of any coherent global strategy for sustainable development. American citizens might be capped at less than one sixth of their current carbon consumption by 2050.
Green economics unsettles Rio+20 prospects
Separate UN conferences held in Europe last week reached very different conclusions about the optimum speed of transition to a green, low carbon world economy.
Rio+20 rocked by CSD19 flop
Expectations of Rio+20, technically known as CSD20, tend to forget that CSD19 comes first. It wasn’t a success.