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Potočnik pledges EU commitment to development after Rio - 20 December 2012 - News

The European Union has not forgotten the commitments made at the Rio+20 conference six months ago, said EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik. Next year, the European Commission will publish results of the follow-up work, he promised.

Industry aims to ‘close the loop’ on resource use - 04 December 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Six months after the Rio+20 Earth Summit, a Belgian company, Deceuninck Nv., has begun living up to the plastic industry's voluntary commitments by turning discarded doors, windows and other goods made with PVC into new products.

Footing the world’s bill for a green transition - 20 June 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / World Bank President Lewis Preston called on rich donors to back a $5-billion (€4 billion) fund to help the world’s poorest nations protect their environment and make economic development more sustainable.

MEPs cancel Rio+20 trip to cut costs - 10 May 2012 - News

MEPs have cancelled plans to send a delegation to the UN Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, due to take place in June in Brazil. 

EU plays down expectations for Rio Earth Summit - 25 April 2012 - News

Europe faces major obstacles in achieving two of its goals at the upcoming sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, a top EU official admitted yesterday (24 April), but will remain an “ambitious partner”.

MEPs press Commission on 2020 green master plan - 23 April 2012 - News

With 60 days left before the Rio sustainable development conference, MEPs have sent a message to the European Commission to produce “without delay” an ambitious environmental agenda for the decade ahead that avoids past failures.

Liberia sees hurdles to EU electricity aid goals - 17 April 2012 - News

European plans for promoting public and private solutions to a pressing global development need - electricity - will do little to address the immediate challenges of one of the world’s poorest countries, Liberia’s energy minister said.

Europe needs to nurture a new generation of farmers - 22 March 2012 - Opinion

The Common Agricultural Policy's reform needs to be decoupled from strict, technical standards that will be unappealing to younger generations if we are to have a sustainable farm policy, writes Staffan Nilsson.

EU leaders eye stronger UN role to police the environment - 01 March 2012 - News

European leaders on Friday (2 March) could throw their weight behind a plan to convert the relatively powerless UN Environment Programme (UNEP) into a world body with the muscle to oversee treaties and protect the ecology.

Potočnik to test Rio ideas at UNEP forum - 20 February 2012 - News

The EU's Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik says he will “test the waters” on his priorities for the June Earth Summit during ministerial meetings in Nairobi that began today (20 February).

Resource-efficiency: Europe can set a global example - 10 October 2011 - Opinion

The European Commission's roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe proposes a decent way forward to transform the Union into a sustainable economy, writes Bas de Leeuw from the World Resources Forum.

EU pressed to lead Rio+20 Earth Summit - 30 September 2011 - News

The European Parliament has called on the EU to take the lead in preparing global green actions for the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit next year.

Next generation: Sustainable development victim of 'short-termism' - 08 July 2011 - Interview

If the world is to make any real progress on sustainable development with the renewed momentum sparked by the Rio+20 Earth summit next year, policies need to be better connected to people's daily activities and given teeth by means of proper accountability and enforcement mechanisms, the World Future Council's Maja Göpel told EurActiv in an interview.

Sustainable development victim of 'short-termism' - 08 July 2011 - News

If the world is to make any real progress on sustainable development with the renewed momentum sparked by the Rio+20 Earth summit next year, policies need to be better connected to people's daily activities and given teeth by means of proper accountability and enforcement mechanisms, the World Future Council's Maja Göpel told EurActiv in an interview.

Commission calls for global 'green economy roadmap' - 21 June 2011 - News

The European Commission yesterday (20 June) tabled proposals for next year's Rio+20 Earth Summit, spelling out the 'what, how and who' of a transition to a green economy and calling for the adoption of global roadmap to guarantee continued commitment beyond the conference itself.

Lalonde wants WTO-style talks on sustainable development - 26 May 2011 - News

As global environmental talks intensify ahead of next year's Earth Summit in Rio, Brice Lalonde, summit coordinator at the UN, called for a binding agreement on sustainable development to be reached via WTO-style negotiating rounds on topics such as energy or agriculture.

Developing countries fear being duped by green economy - 16 March 2011 - News

As global rhetoric on the need to move towards green economy gains ground, developing countries fear that the new discourse could be used to justify unilateral trade protection measures, merely strengthening inequalities between rich and poor nations and hindering their development.

Rio+20: Dancing to the tune of the green economy - 24 February 2011 - LinksDossier

The Rio Earth Summit in May 2012 will try to set a global vision on greening the economy, with France leading European calls to establish a brand new World Environmental Organisation (WEO).

EU, UN join forces to walk the road to Rio - 24 February 2011 - News

The European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed a new partnership to further global action on sustainable development and help developing countries green their economies at next year's Rio+20 summit.

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