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Fair ideas
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Students on Fair Ideas and the future they want
Among the experts and practitioners attending Fair Ideas, a group of highly-engaged students discussed the future of our generation, questioned speakers, filmed short video interviews and brainstor
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Five things we’ve learnt from Rio+20
While the outcomes from Rio +20 may not currently give grounds for much optimism, its value is likely to be in less tangible, longer-term changes in attitudes and understanding.
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Costa Rica: Growing money on trees
Actions urgently needed to protect ecosystems are costly, and money doesn’t rain down from the sky or grow from the trees. Or does it?
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Sustainable energy: can a new initiative succeed where Rio+20 failed?
Rio+20 failed to deliver any significant globally binding agreements on energy. Will voluntary Sustainable Energy For All initiative commitments fare any better?
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Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
IIED's report summarises what leading thinkers — including government ministers, business leaders, senior scientists and environmentalists, UN agency staff and representatives of community organisations and indigenous peoples — said at IIED’s two-day conference in Rio de Janeiro, on 16-17 June.
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Press briefings at IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio
The following 30-minute press briefings will take place during the IIED Fair ideas conference in Rio on 16-17 June.
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Five good reasons for journalists to attend IIED’s Fair ideas conference in Rio
On 16-17 June, IIED will hold a major event at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. The Fair ideas conference will gather leading experts in sustainable development from around the world. Here are five good reasons for journalists to be there.
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The first people’s manifesto for democracy and sustainable development
A process to develop the world’s first people’s manifesto for democracy and sustainable development will kick off on 16 June at IIED's Fair ideas conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Rio+20: where are the G8 leaders?
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.
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Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
IIED is playing an important role in getting government representatives and environmentalists together at our
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Global sustainable development leaders to speak at IIED conference
Government ministers, heads of UN agencies, business leaders, senior scientists and other experts in sustainable development are set to show that a fairer, greener world is a realistic vision when they speak at a major conference convened by the International Institute for Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro on 16-17 June.
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Fair ideas conference: sharing solutions for a sustainable planet
Fair ideas was a major conference jointly hosted by the IIED and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) in Rio de Janeiro on 16-17 June 2012. It 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.
