Beyond Rio+20: Reflections on the Road to Nairobi and Paris
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
I just traveled to Nairobi for the first Universal Session of the United ...
Measuring the True Reach of the Rio+20 Earth Summit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
The mainstream media, outside of Brazil and particularly in the United ...
Big Wins at Rio+20′s: a Platform, Partnerships and Business Opportunities to Stop Plastic Pollution
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
What do mushrooms, tires, and soda bottles have in common? They are all ...
Final Outcomes for Our Oceans in Rio+20 Negotiations: Protection from Plastic, Action on Ocean Acidification and Overfishing, and a Disappointing Stalemate on a High Seas Agreement
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
At the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, action happens on two ...
At Rio’s Giant Trash Dump, Protecting People and Oceans Alike
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
What we do on land dramatically effects the health of our oceans. There ...
India at Rio+20: Putting Commitments Into Action
Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco
As Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh heads to the Earth Summit to address the gravest ...
Reflections on the Race to Rio: The Sky is the Limit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
“We’d never know how high we are, till we are called to ...
My Eyeball and Envisioning the Rio+20 Earth Summit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
After a year of Racing to Rio, I was suddenly not sure ...
A Beacon in the Fog: Opportunities for International Cooperation on World Oceans Day, at Rio+20, and Beyond
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
June 8 is World Oceans Day, and I’m thrilled to celebrate it from Rio ...
Local Victories to End Plastic Pollution and Protect our Oceans lead to Global Opportunity at Rio+20
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
The world’s environmental problems can seem overwhelming, but I often ...
Entrepreneurs and Key Organizations Urge the World Bank Group to Set Aside $500 million for Energy Access at Rio+20
Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Twenty clean energy entrepreneurs and nearly thirty civil society organizations ...
Reflections on the Race to Rio: Crowdsourcing Sustainability at Earth Summit 2012
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations ...
The World is Watching: Will G20 Countries Lead this June at the Earth Summit?
Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Three years ago, the Group of 20 countries pledged to phase out environmentally-harmful ...
Time to Help Power the World with renewable energy at the 2012 Earth Summit
Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
One in five people in the world live without electricity – or ...
Reflections on the Race to Rio: Ten weeks before the next Earth Summit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
After participating in Rio+20 preparatory meetings last month at the ...
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