Rio+20 (Earthsummit 2012)

Rio+20: where are the G8 leaders?

8 June 2012

Blog entry

Many G8 leaders are snubbing this month’s landmark sustainable development summit in Rio, but surely they have a duty to engage and play their part.

Better lives, smaller footprints

3 June 2012

General page

Governance

Sustainable markets

Going to Rio+20? IIED’s side event at Rio+20 will presents insights from our Fair Ideas conference and will examine how the sustainable development goals can be designed to work most effectively.

Fair ideas: Background

30 May 2012

Article

Green economy

Natural resource management

Policy and planning

Working closely with partners in Brazil and elsewhere, IIED hosted an information-sharing event on the 16 and 17 June. Fair ideas opened up a space for researchers and practitioners working for a greener, fairer world to add important knowledge, experience and momentum to the official summit.

Seven Rio+20 briefing papers from IIED

25 May 2012

Media release

Food and agriculture

Natural resource management

The International Institute for Environment and Development has published seven briefing papers on topics that will feature in the Rio+20 summit and IIED’s Fair ideas conference, also in Rio, on 16-17 June.

Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20

24 May 2012

Blog entry

Governance

Green economy

IIED is playing an important role in getting government representatives and environmentalists together at our

3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit

22 May 2012

Media release

Green economy

Policy and planning

The International Institute for Environment and Development urges governments to invest in resilience, strengthen local control over natural resources, and apply realistic values to the environment and human wellbeing in order to steer societies onto a more secure path.