14 May 2012: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Government of Israel have entered into an agreement to increase cooperation on food security, water management, women's empowerment, and industrial development in Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
11 May 2012: The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that Thailand’s Prime Minster, Yingluck Shinawatra, has joined the Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign, a joint initiative of the UNWTO and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The initiative aims to rally support for tourism among world leaders, encouraging them to acknowledge tourism’s key role in delivering more sustained and balanced growth, and to give the sector greater priority in national policies.
10 May 2012: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Republic of Korea have agreed to expand their cooperation on various issues, including green industry. Current cooperation takes place through various ministries and organizations, such as the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, and addresses preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), as well as issuing joint publications on green growth and green industry.
8 May 2012: The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has released the May 2012 issue of its newsletter, which includes articles on the UNEP FI Position Paper on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and a sustainable shipping partnership.
10 May 2012: At the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser called on NAM members to support their initiatives ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), as well as a strong outcome for the Conference.
9 May 2012: In a briefing to the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he had appointed three Co-Chairs for a high-level panel of eminent persons to advise on the post-2015 development agenda. He said that he plans to announce the full panel following the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
5 May 2012: The 45th meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was organized around the theme “Inclusive Growth through Better Governance and Partnerships” and addressed how to bring the benefits of Asia's growth to all, especially the poor.
May 2012: The World Bank has released a report presenting its findings on the necessary components for a comprehensive green growth strategy worldwide. The report, titled “Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development,” provides evidence supporting the urgent need for inclusive green growth, a type of green growth that requires overcoming economic, market, policy and institutional constraints.
26 April 2012: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO-IOC), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Conservation International (CI) organized a side event on the margins of the second round of "informal-informal" consultations on the zero draft of the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), to sensitize UN delegates of the potential value of national investment in coastal ecosystem conservation through blue carbon initiatives, as mean to ensure to long term sustainability of coastal areas and green economic development while mitigating climate change.
8 May 2012: The EC launched €34.8 million in funding to support Eco-Innovation, an initiative designed to bring to market eco-innovative products, services and processes that prevent environmental impacts or improve resource use. The call for applications focuses on five priority areas: materials recycling; water; sustainable building products; green business; and the food sector.
2 May 2012: A conference titled “Think Green! The Opportunities of Sustainable Development and of the Green Economy,” organized by the Various Interests’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), brought stakeholders together to discuss how civil society and citizens are promoting resource efficiency and long-term sustainable development, in the run-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
1 May 2012: The World Bank approved a US$480 million loan to the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to support a series of green growth projects in areas such as private sector development, public transport systems, education, and disaster risk management.
30 April 2012: In a keynote speech to the “Investing Sustainably: Rio+20” event organized by the ethical investment research group EIRIS, European Environment Agency (EEA) President Jacqueline McGlade said sustainable development is "more relevant now than ever” and called for overcoming the immediate financial challenge in creating a green economy through investment in clean technology.
May 2012: The UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has published a paper on "Sustainable Development through Policy Integration in Latin America," as part of the Occasional Paper series for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The paper examines three projects, two in Brazil and one in Ecuador, to understand how social and political actors govern natural resource use to promote ecosystem protection, biodiversity, renewable energy use and poverty reduction.
4 May 2012: The second round of “informal informal” consultations on the draft outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) made some progress in clarifying positions and finding compromise text, and agreed on 21 paragraphs ad referendum (pending agreement on the final text). Given the large amount of bracketed text remaining, the Bureau scheduled an additional week of negotiations prior to the June Rio+20 event.
4 May 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released the results of a survey of over 130 governments, regarding their efforts in sustainable management of water resources. The survey, which was coordinated by UNEP on behalf of UN-Water, focused on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and is intended to inform decision-making at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
4 May 2012: Brazil’s Senate Committee on External Relations and National Defense voted to approve the “host country” agreement between Brazil and the UN, regarding Brazil’s hosting of the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012.
4 May 2012: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has released the executive summary of a forthcoming policy brief titled “A Sustainable Development Goal for Rio+20: Zero Net Land Degradation.”
May 2012: As part of the ongoing synergies process among the chemicals and wastes conventions, Jim Willis, Joint Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Stockholm Convention), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention), has posted the first quarterly management oversight report for 2012.
27 April 2012: In his address at the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on India to develop economic policies that encourage more inclusive and sustainable development.
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