In June 2012, Brazil will host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, marking the 20th Anniversary of the first “Earth Summit." As world leaders, CEOs and citizens gather in Rio next year, Rio+20 must generate real actions on the part of governments, businesses and societies to deliver the necessary actions to support the transition to a green economy and ensure the sustainability of the planet’s resources. With the Summit just one year away, now is the time to ask for real commitments!
Posted May 24, 2012 by Michael Davidson in Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
We can’t make the future with what we did in the past. I mean that is ridiculous, isn’t it? The past actions are what caused the problems in the first place. We need innovation and imagination. So says 17-year...continued→
Posted May 18, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Twenty clean energy entrepreneurs and nearly thirty civil society organizations leaders sent a letter to the World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick last week urging him to commit to $500 million for off-grid renewable energy investments at next month’s Rio+20...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations after the recent two weeks of “informal informal” negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The governments managed to reach agreement on less than two dozen...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Michael Davidson in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
Imagine you are trying to come up with the perfect recipe for a summer solstice party you’re hosting with 193 friends. The caveat: each guest insists on picking one ingredient to include in the final dish, and your guests are...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Three years ago, the Group of 20 countries pledged to phase out environmentally-harmful and ineffective subsidies. The leaders of these twenty influential countries have since made many other promises to deal with climate change and the range of global sustainability...continued→
Posted April 27, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
Just recently Rio+20 has started to get some attention in wider circles in Washington, DC with the focus on whether President Obama will attend the Summit. It began with Todd Stern, the US chief climate change negotiator, indicating on a press...continued→
Posted April 23, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
I was really pleased to get the chance last Sunday to speak on behalf of NRDC at the 2012 Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The only problem was the weather – bone-chilling cold and pouring-down rain. As I...continued→
Posted April 17, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Last week, DeSmog Blog released a video entitled Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story. In the film, scientists and other experts discuss how the government of Alberta has been shooting and poisoning wolves – blaming them for the shrinking of Alberta’s...continued→
Posted April 17, 2012 by Michael Davidson in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
I’ve blogged extensively about why my generation has a crucial stake in the outcomes of Earth Summit 2012 this June (here, here, here...). If young people don’t raise our collective voices now, nations will spend the next two months arguing...continued→
Posted April 13, 2012 by Carolina Herrera in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Thirty-two of the Western Hemisphere's leaders are gathered in the seaside city of Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas during which they’ll participate in two days of intense discussions on fostering regional collaboration. Top on the agenda...continued→
