Author Hanna Thomas

I have been a naughty tracker. For today, on the last day of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, I stopped tracking. In fact, I was not even allowed to go into the Rio Centro conference centre this morning as, yesterday, I turned in my accreditation badge. I stepped out of the proceedings, and abandoned my negotiators.

The first step we take on Monday in transitioning to a green economy, is to realise that we actually have to do some work to get there. Work to make our buildings more energy efficient, to better our...

Disillusion turned to anger today, when I went along to the reception for UK participants, and had an argument with Nick Clegg! Or, let's call it a reasoned debate.

There are so many themes being discussed here, and it is clear as day to me that the only way we will achieve any of it, is to build in women's rights and participation from the beginning.

The bigger picture is getting lost as we deal in details.

All eyes are on Rio, Brazil, as the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit gets underway later this week. World leaders will come together from the 19th – 22nd, twenty years on from the original Earth Summit, to...

Education and employment are taking centre stage as it becomes clear that to make a successful transition to a more sustainable, green economy, we must tackle the massive skills gap that we face

One of the most vocal civil society groups here is the ITUC - the International Trade Union Confederation. They are here to call for green jobs and skills, social protection, a financial transactions tax, and...

Here at Rio+20, I have only just got through the full list of official UK delegates who are negotiating our future on our behalf. So take a browse below!

During the Prep Com, the term 'just transition' has been in and out of the green economy text so many times, it's like playing the hokey cokey.