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As a special service, SusCon team leads you directly to the Rio+20 activities and positions of the continuously growing network of SusCon supporting organisations. Each of them is a trend setter in the development of a greener economy. | |
 | During the UN Conference Rio+20
the CSCP will hold several events together with its partners with the
aim to transform dialogue on sustainable consumption and production into
action: www.scp-centre.org/news/newsdetails/article/cscp-goes-to-rio.html |
 | FSC® hosts various activities during the conference and has published various position papers: www.fsc.org/fsc-involvement-in-rio20.240.htm |
 | Twenty years on from the original Earth Summit IFOAM will be back in Rio with a comprehensive and integrated advocacy program aimed at positioning organic agriculture and the global organic movement at the center of sustainable development (SD) policies and initiatives: www.ifoam.org/advocacy/rio20/ |
 | B4E will seize this opportunity to advance a new global agenda for sustainable development. A special B4E event will be held in Rio de Janeiro during the Rio+20 Conference: www.b4esummit.com/upcoming/b4e-rio-2012 The sixth annual B4E Global Summit held in Berlin on 22-23 May 2012, one month ahead of the Rio+20, approved practical policy recommendations for decision makers at rio+20 conference: www.b4esummit.com/wp-content/uploads/B4E_Berlin_2012_Outcome.pdf |
 | In cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil, the UN Global Compact will host the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro: csf.compact4rio.org/events/rio-20-corporate-sustainability-forum |
 | Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli, director of FiBL, reports on the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in his blog (only in German): www.blog.fibl.org/nc/de/blog-post/2012/06/14/die-ohnmacht-der-wissenschaft.html |
 | In the run up to Rio+20 summit Naturland looks at the importance of soil protection for a Green Economy (Press release only in German): www.naturland.de/detail+M5e771903896.html |
 | At the occassion of Rio+20 UNDP has collected its projects for sustainable development on a special website: www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/events/2012/June/rio-20-sustainable-development/ |
 | UNCTAD’S message to Rio+20 Summit: trade critical for sustainability: unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=123 To continue and deepen its contribution to the UNCSD Rio+20 Summit as well as in the implementation of its outcomes, UNCTAD is organising a series of side events: unctad.org/en/Pages/Highlight/UNCTAD-and-Rio-plus-20.aspx |
 | FAO at the Rio+20 conference from 13 to 22 June will participate in over
30 events that range from food security, agriculture, fisheries,
forestry to nutrition, energy and water among many other crosscutting
subjects that are essential when discussing sustainable development
issues: www.fao.org/rioplus20/en/ |
