Media Room: Rio+20
It's Happening, but Not in Rio
"For the past two weeks, representatives from around the world met here for Rio+20, the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, to define a global plan of action that would take humanity toward a cleaner, greener future."
WWF International Director General Jim Leape, OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR, The New York Times.
WWF International Director General Jim Leape, OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR, The New York Times.
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Background and supporting documents
Latest news releases from Rio+20
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Sustaining the Coral Triangle’s Marine Biodiversity and its People: “Building Sustainable Blue Economies”
A group of countries from Southeast Asia and the Pacific came together at the Rio+20 Summit this week to showcase their combined efforts to ...
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WWF Rio+20 closing statement
With negotiations at an end, WWF Director General Jim Leape today issued the following closing statement about the Rio+20 summit:
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Rio+20: WWF and African Development Bank rally leaders to invest in Africa’s Natural Capital
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released a joint report on the state of environment in Africa, and are ...
What WWF wants out of Rio+20
Sustainable Development Goals
These goals must be an evolution of the Millennium Development Goals and Rio+20 should name thematic areas such as food, water, energy and oceans goals and set up the process to create them, fund them and measure them.
To value natural wealth
World leaders agree to create indicators to measure the quality of the environment, nature, and biodiversity and ecosystems alongside their existing economic (GDP) and social (IHDI) indicators.
Subsidy reform
World leaders should agree to transparent annual reporting and review on subsidy reforms leading to the elimination of by 2020 of all environmentally harmful subsidies, in particular fossil fuel subsidies.
Ocean governance
World leaders should agree to better ocean governance, including addressing the conservation and sustainable use of the high seas, outside of national boundaries.
A stronger UN Environment Programme
World leaders should agree to strengthen UNEP with the funding and authority to properly protect the world’s environment.
» More on WWF's policy positions for Rio+20
These goals must be an evolution of the Millennium Development Goals and Rio+20 should name thematic areas such as food, water, energy and oceans goals and set up the process to create them, fund them and measure them.
To value natural wealth
World leaders agree to create indicators to measure the quality of the environment, nature, and biodiversity and ecosystems alongside their existing economic (GDP) and social (IHDI) indicators.
Subsidy reform
World leaders should agree to transparent annual reporting and review on subsidy reforms leading to the elimination of by 2020 of all environmentally harmful subsidies, in particular fossil fuel subsidies.
Ocean governance
World leaders should agree to better ocean governance, including addressing the conservation and sustainable use of the high seas, outside of national boundaries.
A stronger UN Environment Programme
World leaders should agree to strengthen UNEP with the funding and authority to properly protect the world’s environment.
» More on WWF's policy positions for Rio+20
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WWF's side events agenda - June 21, 2012
AEFR
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Multipurpose Pavilion, Athletes Park
Mozambique GG RMap Launch
Time: 12:50-13:10
Location: RioConventio Pavilion, Athletes PArk
Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security
Time: 19:00-20:30
Location: RioCentro Conference Centre P3-C
Decisions We Need for the City of 2030
Time: 19:00-20:30
Location: RioCentro Conference Centre P3-6
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Multipurpose Pavilion, Athletes Park
Mozambique GG RMap Launch
Time: 12:50-13:10
Location: RioConventio Pavilion, Athletes PArk
Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security
Time: 19:00-20:30
Location: RioCentro Conference Centre P3-C
Decisions We Need for the City of 2030
Time: 19:00-20:30
Location: RioCentro Conference Centre P3-6
We need Rio+20 to deliver new environmental indicators so that we can measure what we treasure.
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Photo: Albums of imagery have been prepared in the WWF Global Photo Network to support the themes of Rio+20.
Staff at Rio +20 will be uploading edited selections of the best images to a dedicated Rio +20 stream on the WWFint Flickr channel: Video: For WWF video footage to use in online articles and blogs or for broadcast go to:
Staff at Rio +20 will be uploading edited selections of the best images to a dedicated Rio +20 stream on the WWFint Flickr channel: Video: For WWF video footage to use in online articles and blogs or for broadcast go to:
