RIO+20
Con la colaboración de aliados estratégicos alrededor del mundo, el Gobierno del Perú liderará el Pabellón de Montañas en Río+20 para mostrar a representantes de 191 países y la sociedad civil presente en la Conferencia los avances y logros hacia el desarrollo sostenible en regiones de montaña.
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The two-day International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change has concluded in Kathmandu on Friday, issuing a 10-point 'Kathmandu Call for Action'.
The 'call' to the global community is for dedicated funding for adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts in mountain countries.
The representatives from 30 mountain countries, who participated in...
Katmandú, abr. 07 (ANDINA). Funcionarios de 30 países pidieron que las políticas de estado incluyan la preservación de los ecosistemas de montaña, durante la I Conferencia Internacional de Países Montañosos sobre Cambio Climático, donde Perú estuvo representado por el viceministro de Desarrollo Estratégico de los Recursos Naturales, Gabriel Quijandría.
En la reunión,...
Nepal Youth Task Force on Rio+20 has been working on Rio+ 20 since April 2011, in collaboration with South and Central Asia regional and international youth and in coordination with the UNCSD Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY). We are dynamic, energetic young people, between 16-29 years of age and working on sustainable development. We are concerned about present environmental...
The side event on "The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matter" took place on 26 March 2012 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, back to back with the 3rd Intersessional meeting.
Key for renewable energy, safe and reliable water, food security...
23 March 2012: A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future.
The report, titled “From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and Inclusive...
The aim of the report is to present the sustainable development challenges in the region, and to make policy proposals for overcoming these challenges and achieving a green transition. Three concepts underpin the report: resource depletion and environmental degradation; poverty; and inequality.
The report underlines the importance of cross-sectoral policies to achieve sustainable...
The third open-ended informal intersessional meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is ending today (Tuesday, 27 March 2012) in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB). As this meeting is an informal one, no formal list of speakers will be maintained or opened for pre-inscription. Members of permanent missions, United Nations...
The third open-ended informal intersessional meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held on Monday, 26 March, and Tuesday, 27 March 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB). As this meeting is an informal one, no formal list of speakers will be maintained or opened for...
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10:00 am to 11:30 am (EDT)
The recent Durban Climate Conference made important progress towards clarifying the international operational framework for Nationally...








