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Rio+20 offered an opportunity for governments to acknowledge science and recognize the role of other stakeholders. The outcomes of the conference are however disappointing in both respects. Will governments seize upcoming opportunities for more participatory and better informed decision-making?
Read post →Born in an island in the midst of one of the most brutal civil wars in history, with my disciplinarian…
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The need to consider the interest of future generations when taking decisions has been recognized as a principle of sustainable development over the past decades. RioPlus20 offers now a key opportunity to turn this principle into practice. However, a few countries threatened to prevent this from happening.
Read post →To fasten the pace of the discussions, Brazil decided to remove many proposals from the draft text, not considering whether those elements would have contributed to the solution…
Read post →Australia is playing a strong role mediating negotiations on Oceans. But is it the right tole to play?
Read post →The official alternative [pick-up] text for negotiators at Rio+20
Read post →20 years ago, in this very city; negotiators at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: rightly termed, the “Earth…
Read post →In order to cross-geopolitical divides at Rio, what we now need a symbolic show of faith from the world’s developed leaders
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A more personal note to explain why I have decided to quit the UN negotiations in Rio for a while and explore other venues to promote governance solutions for sustainability, hoping to find among city councilors or judges some of those top-down approaches that I have been searching for over the past years.
Read post →Creative leadership being called upon Canada and Australia to end fossil fuel subsidies.
Read post →At the Youth Blast, I bumped into Louise who explained through a video interview what the concept of Ecocide actually is.
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Following the Copenhagen talks, the former President of Asia’s smallest country- the Maldives emerged as a spokesman for small island…
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