UN Rio+20 High-Level Summit Begins
The UN’s Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development reaches its most important stage as the High-Level Summit gets underway, following months...
June 19, 2012Topic
Summit
Businesses Vital to Rio+20 Success
The agreement and participation of the private sector has been a key ingredient at the UN’s milestone Rio+20 Conference on...
June 19, 2012
No Consensus Yet for Rio+20 Doc: Daily
The final stage of negotiations over the UN’s Rio+20 Outcome Document has ended without achieving a universally-agreed set of goals...
June 17, 2012
Key Meetings at Rio+20 for Brazil
Brazilian political figures have been invited to speak at the Rio+20 , including: President Rousseff, Izabella Teixeira, Rio Governor Cabral...
May 22, 2012
Rio Prepares for the UN Rio+20 Conference
Rio is gearing up for Rio+20, and Conference Secretary-General, Sha Zukang was in Brazil to discuss the logistics with Environment...
March 20, 2012G20 Ends in Appeal to Rich Nations
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Representatives of the world’s developing countries, including Brazil, left...
November 16, 2010
BRICs Discuss Alternative to Dollar
By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_4994" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Presidents of Brazil, Russia, China and India (from left to right)...
June 23, 2009