Rio 20 conference the future we want pdf

Contents of this site are being updated periodically for all access outside the conference site in rio. We, the heads of state and government and high level representatives, having met at riode janeiro, brazil, from 20 22 june 2012, with full participation of civil society, renew ourcommitment to sustainable development, and to ensure the promotion of economically,socially and environmentally. Its a matter of life and death world economic forum. Oconnor spent a decade and a half at oecds development centre in paris, where he began working on sustainable development issues at the time of the first rio conference in 1992. But it will not be an easy task for governments to fill the future we want document with a bold, comprehensive vision of how we can do this in todays economically straitened times. Outside the negotiations, governments, the private sector, civil society and other groups made nearly 700 voluntary commitments to implement the. The conference was set to allow the international community to. A useful forum for external commitments, but no transformational vision nathan hultman monday, june 25, 2012. From 20 to 22 june 2012, world leaders and representatives met for intense meetings which culminated in finalizing the nonbinding document, the future we want. Integrated sustainable papersmart services for the conference. In june 2012, more than 150 presidents and prime ministers and thousands of other top leaders.

The future we want is not to be found in the document that bears this name. Find here the initiatives and the schedule of activities of the. Realizing the future we want for all united nations. It marked the 20th anniversary of the original 1992 rio earth summit that framed the three pillars of sustainable development economic, social and environmental through the agenda 21 outcome document. The purpose of the letter or form is to verify that an employee works there, how much they make, and other information typically requested by. The united nations conference on sustainable development, june 2012 congressional research service 1 overview the united nations u. Understanding what people need and want is the most. Walter leal filho evangelos manolas paul pace, 2015,the future we want, international journal of sustainability in higher education, vol. United nations framework convention on climate change. We recall the declaration of the united nations conference on the. It provides a onceinageneration opportunity for world leaders, supported by all stakeholders and peoples of the world, to take bold decisions that will provide a strong framework for action to achieve a sustainable future. It would take another 20 years, by the time of the first rio conference in 1992, for this figure to reach 900. But in less than 10 years following this, by the turn of the new century, this figure had more than doubled, to almost 2,000. While the outcome document of the conference responded to most of the demands of the developing and emerging nations.

The united nations conference on sustainable development, that is. The outcome document, entitled the future we want, was signed by 191 states, and outlined a. It resulted in a focused political outcome document which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development in rio, member states decided to launch a process to develop a set of sustainable development goals sdgs, which will. Introduction kyoto and beyond is a series of presentations on the evolving international climate treaty process that began with the united nations framework. The draft of the final declaration entitled the future we want zero draft is. United nations conference on sustainable development. The summit adopted a 53page document, the future we want. It reaffirmed or recalled what had been agreed to 20 or 10 years ago at the first rio summit that produced the rio principles and agenda 21, and the johannesburg summit that marked the 10th anniversary and produced a.

The once in a generation opportunity to change the future of the planet ended on friday, after running from 20 22 nd june 2012. We highlight the social, economic and environmental benefits of forests to people and the contributions of sustainable forest management to the themes and objective of the conference. This is good news, but it is only the start we need to turn this recognition into real environmental improvements. During the rio summit, the eea successfully pushed for the meeting to recognise the importance of environmental data and information and information sharing.