Citizen Participation
Women in diplomacy, an online discussion forum
Submitted by Administrator on 24 October, 2012 - 08:04.The Online Discussion Platform is the first step in a series of initiatives led by UNITAR to empower women in diplomacy through capacity building.
The first discussion, 22 - 28 OCTOBER 2012, will focus on: WOMEN IN
DIPLOMACY IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS
The second discussion, 29 OCTOBER - 6 NOVEMBER 2012, will focus on:
WOMEN IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
The Online Discussion Platform provides an opportunity for participants,
through discussion and knowledge sharing, to:
The winners of the Equatorian Prize 2012 sharing their experiences in Rio +20
Submitted by Administrator on 5 October, 2012 - 10:03.The Jan Satyagraha 2012 March campaign, raising issues of the land, begins on UN International Non-Violence Day, October 2nd
Submitted by Administrator on 2 October, 2012 - 11:26.In India, where the main event is being held, 100,000 people, representing different rural communities, especially tribal, landless and small farmers, will walk in formation together 350 kilometers from Gwalior (near the Taj Mahal) to New Delhi. The people will raise the issue about land being a key asset in development and poverty reduction, and that high levels of landlessness and deprivation need to be reduced for achieving positive national and global development. The movement is also being held for claiming the land rights of indigenous people.
Final Declaration of the People Summit at Rio +20
Submitted by Administrator on 24 September, 2012 - 08:54.The social and popular movements, trade unions, people, civil society organizations and environmental organizations from around the world were present at the People's Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at 15-22 June 2012. The Summit denounced the true structural causes of the global crisis that are "the patriarchal, racist and homophobic capitalist system" and that the solution are to be found in people, their history, their customs, knowledge, practices and systems of production.
New FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National
Submitted by Administrator on 24 September, 2012 - 07:10.
Women's Major Group Members at Rio+20 Call for End to Nuclear Power and Support for Safe Energy
Submitted by Administrator on 19 June, 2012 - 05:41.RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 18): Only two days before the official opening of
the United Nations 20th Anniversary Conference of the 1992 "Earth
Summit", representatives from the Women's Major Group delivered an
impassioned rejection of nuclear power and a call for safe energy
development in response to a half-day conversation between energy
experts and civil society sponsored by the Brazilian government and
entitled the "Rio+20 Development Dialogue on Energy" that they
believed was bluntly promoting nuclear energy.
Announcing launch of a new Adaptation Partnership Web site and Community of Practice
Submitted by Administrator on 4 June, 2012 - 07:55.newly re-designed Adaptation Partnership Web site. In concert with
the re-design is the launch of the first Community of Practice (CoP) to
emerge from the Partnership's efforts to catalyze action and foster
communication among the various institutions and actors engaged in the
effort to scale up adaptation and resilience around the world.?
Field guide for UNFCCC negotiators
Submitted by Administrator on 4 June, 2012 - 07:23.The guide responds to requests for a short overview for new negotiators
who do not have time to read long guides. It may also provide useful
information for others.
Bernstein & Cashore: Complex Global Governance and Domestic Policies: Four Pathways of Influence
Submitted by Administrator on 1 June, 2012 - 08:50.
Rio+20 - Pictures of the World
Submitted by Administrator on 13 September, 2011 - 09:18.
Rio+20 presents world leaders the opportunity to create a new paradigm
of sustainable lifestyles - for the rich and poor alike, as well as for
everyone in between. Ensuring that our future needs can be met, and
balancing our consumption with the environmental limits of the planet,
is a collective effort that will impact all levels of society.
