The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program (LCCDP) is a systems-approach to low carbon development, including a framework and set of comprehensive requirements to help the city to plan, ...

and the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests were adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio ...

In the lead up to Rio+20 there were numerous efforts which took place in countries around the world to help Governments, Civil Society Organizations and individuals prepare for the event held in Rio ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The objective was to produce a set of universal goals that ...

Human rights should be at the heart of economic policymaking and the sustainability of our planet should be valued over ...

The 19th summit in Rio de Janeiro (18–19 November ... The world is nowhere near achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with progress towards only 17 per cent of the SDG targets ...

Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. Its objectives are to ...

Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development ... years since the 1992 Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders have adopted vital goals ...

G20 Leaders Monday signed at the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro a joint 85-item ... the defense against hunger and poverty; sustainable development; energy transition and climate action; and ...