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Running ‘Round Rio+20

Draft Diary as of 22 May

If we have ommitted your event, or you see your event and wish to make an amendment (including naming your prominent speakers), please contact:

Elena Denaro ([email protected])

This diary of events was compiled by Stakeholder Forum. The information was principally sourced from the official Rio+20 website (www.uncsd2012.org) but also from various other initiative specific websites.

For this, we would like to give a special thanks to the UNCSD Secretariat.

Welcome to Rio! And welcome to ‘Running ‘Round Rio+20’! Think of this Diary as a pocket-guide to all the unofficial side events hap-pening in Rio de Janeiro this June outside RioCentro.

There is so much going on around Rio+20 that it’s hard enou-gh even just to coordinate getting from one event to the next - so Stakeholder Forum decided to try and help you make sense of it all. In this booklet you will find all the unofficial events (those that are happening outside RioCentro). For every event, we’ve tried to get a hold of the date, time, venue and a blurb of what each event will consist of (although there are still a few TBC, so please bear with us!).

But this booklet is far more that just a mere Diary - if you flip to the end you’ll find a list relevant exhibitions, a list of useful resources and publications, a photobook of the Major Group Representatives, and a Photobook of our Stakeholder Forum staff who’ll be with you in Rio. (This draft is currenly a work in progress, so a lot of this will be missing at this sta-ge unfortunately! But it will be up soon!)

Remember to check out the Official Side Events on the UNSCD website! (http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/mee-tings_sidevents.html)

You can find an electronic version of this booklet at: http://www.stakeholderforum.org/fileadmin/files/diaryofevent-sweb.pdf if you want to try and be papersmart!

DATE TITLE VENUE ORGANISERS THEMES WEBSITE/CONTACT

Mon 4 - Wed 13 June

6th World Youth Congress Sitio das Pedras Peace Child International

The World Youth Congress (WYC) is a biennial gathering of young activists from all over the world who are focused on expanding the role of youth in sustainable development. The WYC is not just a conference, It is a festival, a fun and mufti-faceted series of training courses, an advocacy exercise for youth-led development, a hands-on series of action projects with local people and many other things besides. To see the programme visit: http://wycrio2012.org/?page_id=66

wycrio2012.org

Tue 5 June World Environement Day

TBC UNEP

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. The 2012 theme for World Environment Day is Green Economy: Does it include you? and is hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

www.hqweb.unep.org/wed

Tue 5 June

Launch of UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) Report

TBC UNEP

The 5th edition, GEO-5, will be launched in time for Rio+20. GEO-5 has been developed by qualified teams of scientists around the world and covers important environmental issues such as atmosphere, biodiversity, land, and other challenges in the earth system. It identifies regional priorities, and suggests global responses for moving towards sustainability

www.unep.org/geo/

Tue 5 - Wed 6 June

World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2012)

TBC

Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences”, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, London Metropolitan University. Support from: RCE Hamburg and Region.

The aims of the “World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities” (WSSD-U-2012) are:1. to provide universities across the world with an opportunity to display and present their works relating to education for sustainable development at university level;2. to foster the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of projects, from successful initiatives and good practice;3. to discuss methodological approaches and projects which aim to integrate the topic of sustainable development in the curriculum of universities;4. to network the participants and provide a platform so they can explore possibilities for cooperation;5. to document and disseminate the wealth of experiences available today.

www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/veranstaltungen/world-symposium-on-sustainable-development-at-universities-wssd-u-2012.html


Thurs 7 - Tue 12 June

Youth Blast – Conference of Youth for Rio +20

TBCMajor Group for Children and Youth Major Group

The overall aim of the Youth Blast is to empower young people to effectively participate through the MGCY in its engagement with Rio+20 and its processes. Within this, there are three areas of focus: (i) Build capacity amongst young people to effectively participate in the formal and informal processes of Rio+20; (ii) Strategise for MGCY engagement in the official process of Rio+20; and (iii) Plan for a post-Rio+20 agenda that incorporates the implementation of the outcomes of Rio+20The event will be divided into two sections; Brazilian Days (7-9 June) aimed at supporting and strengthening the host country youth movement, and International Days (10-12 June) aimed at bringing together Brazilian and International Youth to prepare for Rio+20.

uncsdchildrenyouth.org/rio20/youth-blast/

Mon 11 - Tue 12 June TEDxRio+20 Forte de

CopacabanaTEDxRio+20

This independently organised TEDxRio event will unite thinkers of diverse areas of knowledge in order to understand and analyze HUMAN POWER, a force with great capacity to destroy, maintain, and above all, to construct a new planet and a new way of life.

en.tedxrio20.com/

Tue 11 - Thurs 13 June

II Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment

TBC

Workers & Trade Unions Major Group, ITUC and Sustainlabour (support from UNEP and others)

Issues to be discussed from a labour justice perspective are climate change, chemicals, natural resources (i.e. water, energy, food), and collective bargaining on environment.

www.sustainlabour.org/noticia.php?lang=EN&idnoticia=376

Mon 11 - Fri 15 June

Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development

Pontifical Catholic University

International Council for Science

Interdisciplinary scientific discussions, and dialogues between scientists, policy-makers, Major Groups and other stakeholders

www.icsu.org/rio20/science-and-technology-forum

Mon 11 - Fri 22 June (tbc)

Forum on Social Entrepreneurship and the New Economy

Copacabana Fort

4 main partners: Roberto Maurinho Foundation (RMF), City Hall, Sao Paulo Business Federation, Rio Business Federation.

The objectives of the forum will be:• to give visibility/showcase entrepreneurs and how they impact on the new economy• to provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to show projects to social investors and provide a space for debate around the new economy

[email protected]


Tue 12 - Wed 23 June

Student Reporter coaching programme

TBC Oikos

oikos invites business and economics students (Bachelor to PhD) from around the world to take part in the Student Reporter coaching programme and live blogging at the Rio+20 UN Summit in Rio-Brazil. The programme includes a full fledged training programme including social media expert coaches, experienced programme alumni assistance, and an international project lead.

www.studentreporter.org/apply-for-rio20

Tue 12 - Thurs 14 June

ICLEI Urban Nature Conference

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

ICLEI

Urban Nature is a conference series focusing on Urban Biodiversity and Food Security. The International Urban Researchers’ Symposium on local sustainability will be integrated into the main congress program, providing opportunities for participants to interact directly with researchers to jointly identify research needs and to share interesting local case study examples.

worldcongress2012.iclei.org/urban-nature.html

Wed 13 - Fri 15 June

Global and Regional Research on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Achievements, Challenges, and Dialogues

TBCGlobal Research Forum on Sustainable Consumption and Production

This workshop will focus on the production of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) research, as well as its communication and application in practice. It will bring this research together through review papers from various perspectives, make it available to practitioners and the wider public, including participants at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and promote support for new research based on practitioners’ research needs. The workshop is by invitation only.

grfscp.wordpress.com


3rd Preparatory Committee Meeting

RioCentro UNCSD www.uncsd2012.org/

Wed 13 - Fri 22 June SD-learning TBC UNCSD

SD-Learning is a capacity building event consisting of multiple courses on crucial aspects of sustainable development. The courses aim at providing participants with practical knowledge and hands-on training from experts around the world.

www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=472&menu=46

Thurs 14 June

Transboundary Waters, Climate Change and Good Governance

TBC WWF (and others TBC)The event will focus on recognizing those countries that have recently ratified the UN Watercourses Convention and those that are making commitments to ratify by the end of the year.

[email protected]

Thur 14 - Fri 15 June

The Global Forum for Responsible Management Education

PRME Secretariat of the UN Global Compact Office

Windsor Barra Hotel

Official platform for management-related Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to inform the proceedings and outcomes of two conferences - the Global Compact Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum and the historic global UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.

www.unprme.org/global-forum/index.php


Thurs 14 - Mon 18 June

ICLEI World Congress 2012


ICLEI

The Congress will deal with the pressing issues facing urban areas in this unpredictable era of change. It will bring ICLEI Members, partners, global strategists, academics and NGOs together. Participants will learn from inspirational speakers and real-life city cases about cutting-edge integrated solutions to the challenges we face. Closely linked to the UN Rio+20 conference, the ICLEI World Congress 2012 will chart the way forward for local governments and their partners to a more sustainable and prosperous future.

www.iclei.org/worldcongress2012

Thurs 14 - Fri 22 June

Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 Athlete’s Park

Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and 25 other international, national and local partners

The Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 is a collaborative outreach activity. It aims to promote and strengthen synergies between the Rio Conventions at implementation levels by providing a coordinated platform for awareness-raising and information-sharing about the linkages in science, policy and practice between biodiversity, climate change and combating desertification/land degradation.

www.riopavilion.org/rio/


Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro

RioCentro

Sponsor: GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation). Organisers: WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future), UNEP, the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders of the Environment and the Women’s Major Group core members VAM, WEDO, ENERGIA, DAWN and Global Forest Coalition.

Five awards of 1,000 USD each will be presented at a festive ceremony during the UN Rio+20 summit 20 – 22 June 2012, in Brazil. Members of the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE) will present the awards.

www.wecf.eu/english/articles/2012/05/award-rioplus20.php

Fri 15 June 10:00 - 17:00

Forum Empresarial RIO+20 (Brazilian Business Forum RIO+20)

Planetário da Gávea

Fórum Empresarial Rio+20

Forum aims to discuss issues of Green Economy and Social Governance with companies, local governments and civil society.

www.forumriomais20.com.br/index.php/quem-somos/forum-empresarial-rio20


Fri 15 June 13:15 - 14:45

Impacts of Plastics on the Environment and the Health of Women and Children

TBC Voices of African Mothers The health impact of plastics on women and children around the globe


Fri 15 June AICESIS side event

TBCAICESIS and the Brazilian CDES

This side event will consist of a presentation of the working group report and a debate between AICESIS members and many high-level guests.

Fri 15 - Sat 16 June

Peoples’ Meetings on Ecological Debt, Climate Change, and Vale

Aterro do Flamengo

Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee

As part of the Peoples’ Summit, there will be a plenary on Reparations of Ecological Debt, and a Meeting of Peoples Affected by Climate Change. In parallel there will be a Third International Meeting of Peoples Affected by Vale

cupuladospovos.org.br/en/

Fri 15 - Sun 17 June

World Summit of Legislatures TBC GLOBE international

The Summit will seek to place national legislation, natural capital and scrutiny at the heart of implementing the Rio agenda

http://www.globeinternational.info/world-summit-of-legislators/


World Meeting of Environmental Lawyers

Jardin Botanique de Rio de Janeiro

International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law (C.I.D.C.E.)

Presentation of all gaps in environmental law and proposals for new commitments and new environmental law conventions

www.cidce.org


3rd International Urban Researchers’ Symposium on local sustainability


ICLEI

The symposium will be integrated into the main congress program, providing opportunities for participants to interact directly with researchers to jointly identify research needs and to share interesting local case study examples.

http://worldcongress2012.iclei.org/researchers-symposium/

Fri 15 - Mon 18 June

Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want

Windsor Barra Hotel

United Nations Global Compact

The forum’s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices

www.compact4rio.org


Fri 15 - Sat 23 June

People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice

Aterro do Flamengo


To meet the challenges of the systemic crisis, the People’s Summit will not only be a great event. It is part of a historical process of accumulation and convergence of local, regional and global struggles, that have anti-capitalist, classist, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal and anti-homophobic political frames.We want to transform Rio+20 in a moment of opportunity to address the serious problems that humanity is facing and demonstrate the political power of organized people. ”Come reinvent the world” is our call and our invitation for the participation of the organizations and social movements in Brazil and in the world.


Sat 16 June 09:00 - 18:00

Responsible Mining in Megadiverse Countries

RioCentro Major Groups

Through the development of four different subject panels, the forum will foster a space for respectful discussion and debate about how to do mining responsibly in megadiverse countries. The subject panels proposed here will cover issues of regional sustainability, environmental standards for the mining industry, economic linkages to bind sustainable development, and policy for responsible mining


Sat 16 June 10:00 - 19:00

The Oceans Day at Rio+20: Advancing Oceans and Coasts at Rio+20 and Beyond

Rio Conventions Pavillion

Global Ocean Forum

The Oceans Day at Rio+20 will bring together high-level representatives from governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, industry, and the science community to: 1. Provide perspectives on the ocean outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference; 2. Showcase major funded initiatives to spur action on oceans, coasts, and small island developing States in the post-Rio+20 world; and 3. Consider the opportunities and challenges for implementation of the “oceans package” emanating from the Rio+20 Conference.

www.globaloceans.org/content/rio20

Sat 16 June 11:00 - 15:00

World Summit on Green Tourism and Creative Economy

Planetarium of Rio de Janeiro

TBCwww.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=890&menu=46

Sat 16 JuneSeminar on Sustainable Communities

Clube de EngenhariaAv. Rio Branco 124 – 20º floor

UNESCO, World Federation of Engineering Organizations & the World Bank

This one-day seminar will provide practitioners, policy-makers and decision-makers involved in the planning, operation and management of communities the opportunity to learn world-leading best practices towards achieving a sustainable community.


Sat 16 JuneField excursion: 'Returning to our roots'

TBCEuropean Environment Agency

A restricted event with 20–30 participants will bring together some of the world's leading chefs and various thought-leaders to explore ways of protecting biodiversity, while preserving and developing flavours and culinary methods for a new type of cuisine.

www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/returning-to-our-roots

Sat 16 - Sun 17 June

Fair ideas: Solutions for a sustainable planet

Pontifíca Universidade Católica

IIED

Fair ideas will open up a space for researchers and practitioners working for a greener, fairer world to add important knowledge, experience and momentum to the official summit

iied.org/governance/key-issues/strategic-planning/fair-ideas-solutions-for-sustainable-planet

Sat 16 - Mon 18 June

Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, Self-Determined Development

TBCIndigenous Peoples Global Steering Committee

www.tebtebba.org/index.php/content/207-ip-global-conference-and-pavilion-in-rio20

Sat 16 - Tue 19 June

Sustainable Development Dialogues with Civil Society

RioCentro UNCSD, Brazilian Government

Top representatives from civil society, including private sector, NGOs, scientific community, among other major groups, will convene to engage in an open and action-oriented debate on key topics related to sustainable development. There will be no participation of Governments or UN agencies. The recommendations emanating from the Dialogues will be conveyed directly to the Heads of State and Government present at the Summit.

www.rio20.gov.br/events/dialogos-da-sustentabilidade

Sat 16 - Tue 19 June

ISEE 2012 Conference - Ecological Economics and Rio+20: Challenges and Contributions for a Green Economy

Windsor Guanabara Palace Hotel

ISEEISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy

www.isee2012.org/

Sun 17 June 09:00 - 18:00

Local and regional authorities' day for a sustainable development

TBC Major Groups

This special event will gather representatives from local, sub-national, national and international levels to discuss existing initiatives and possible collaboration between the different levels of governance to ensure a sustainable development.


Sun 17 June2012 World Day to Combat Desertification

Various UNCCD Secretariat

The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification will focus on the theme "Healthy soil sustains your life: LET’S GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL". The global observance is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

www.unccd.int/en/media-center/Pages/CalendarDetail.aspx?calID=24


Sun 17 June

Sustainable living event: Symposium on 'Sustaining ourselves in the future'

Leblon European Environment Agency

A full-day event starting with a symposium for around 150 participants in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro with an agenda spanning biodiversity, agriculture, sustainable production and consumption, resource efficiency, resilience and socio-economic issues related to youth.

www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/sustaining-ourselves-in-the-future-symposium

Sun 17 June

Ocean in Google Earth as an Environmental Educational Tool: The Dominican Perspective

T-9 RioCentro GFDD

GFDD will host a special presentation entitled “Tour of the DR” which will highlight the Mission Blue program and how the Ocean in Google Earth tool is being effectively used to raise awareness and provide information on coastal and marine sources using the example of the DR as a model for the Caribbean and Latin American Region

www.globalfoundationdd.org/gfdd/fulltext.asp?t=a&id=8308

Sun 17 June

Peoples Rio+20 Marches, Opening March of the People's Summit

Various Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee

A march for the future and other activities will take place in various communities around Rio de Janeiro. Events are also planned in other parts of the world.


Sun 17 June 14:00-19:00

National SD Councils

Rio Pavilion, Athletes’ Park

nrg4SD

Sun 17 June 15:00-17:00

Innovative Financing for Green Building at the City-Level

Espaço Arena da Barra (ARN-3)

USGBC & more

Buildings contribute on average to about 45% of cities’ carbon emissions. The building-sector is one of the least cost low-hanging fruit of emissions mitigation opportunities. Innovative finance policies have been implemented in cities throughout the world and are yielding significant results. This panel discussion will feature experts with global perspectives of green building policy and finance mechanisms. Through presentations and targeted discussion, our speakers will explain the city-wide Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities currently under pilot in Amman, Jordan, the world’s first building-sector emissions trading scheme successfully underway in Tokyo, as well as select examples of the nearly 500 LEED Green Building policies in U.S. states, counties and cities.

Sun 17 - Mon 18 June

nrg4SD General Assembly

Palacio de Guanabara, Government Palace of the State of Rio de Janeiro

nrg4SD

From 13 to 15 June; the nrg4SD Secretariat will take part in the last UN preparatory meeting for the UN Rio +20 Conference. Immediately after that and before the Conference itself, nrg4SD will convene its annual statutory meetings - Steering Committee and General Assembly - hold sessions of its working groups and celebrate its 10th anniversary after its creation at the UN World Summit of Johannesburg in 2002.


Sun 17 - Tue 19 June

World YMCA Sustanible Development Dialogue

TBC Wolrd Alliance YMCA

A Capacity Building activity/Strategic Discussion for young leaders two days prior Rio +20 for a maximum of 25 participants from outside of Rio de Janeiro.Goals: (i) To prepare young leaders for a meaningful participation at Rio+20; (ii) To share knowledge about some of the current initiatives undertaken by YMCAs around the world and previews of YMCA global initiatives, with special focus on YMCA green initiatives; (iii) To provide inputs in how the YMCA could engage more in Sustainable Development issues, link and mobilize young people around the world.

www.ymca.int/newsroom/latest-news/our-ymca-is-not-sending-delegates-to-rio-20-what-can-i-do/

Sun 17 - Wed 20 June

World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability

TBC UNEP

The World Congress will bring together Attorneys-General, Chief Prosecutors, Auditors-General, Chief Justices, Senior Judges, and other legal practitioners from around the world. The purpose is to foster a common vision and principles among key stakeholders on how to transform discussions into action, and how to use justice, law and governance to promote sustainable development through the outcomes of Rio+20 and beyond.

www.unep.org/DELC/worldcongress/about.asp

Mon 18 June 09:00 - 18:00

UCLG Executive Bureau

TBC UCLGwww.cities-localgovernments.org/

Mon 18 June 11:30 - 13.00

Beyond Rio+20: A Global Youth Movement for Sustainable Development

T4, RioCentro (capacity 216)

AEGEE, Global Shapers Community, Euforia, Green Young Economy, Road to Rio+20, Major Group for Children & Youth, UNFPA

This event will discuss future scenarios both in terms of priorities for the movement (e.g. SDGs, youth unemployment, education) and form (through the Major Groups or an independent alliance). Feedback will be sought from other stakeholders, whose partnership will be fundamental in making a long-term youth movement flourish, for a sustainable future.

Mon 18 JuneForests: The Heart of a Green Economy

Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro

FAO, ICFPA, BRACELPArole of forests and industry in fostering local livelihoods at the resource base and enabling product transitions to low-carbon bio-economy among consumers.

www.fao.org/forestry/trade/76571/en/


Mon 18 June

Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20: Lessons in Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods

Sul America Convention Center

CGIAR, FAO, GFAR and others

Do you believe in the importance of investing in an integrated landscape approach that improves agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods, while also addressing threats to forests, water, and biodiversity? Then make plans to attend or follow online Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20. The purpose of the 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day is to ensure that the vision for a sustainable green economy includes clear steps for building a sustainable food system.

www.agricultureday.org/

Mon 18 June 19:30 - 21:00

Students Speak Up For The Polar Regions

T-4 RioCentro

Students on Ice Alumni Delegation to Rio + We Canada Initiative & APECS Brazil (Co-organisers)

Students Speak Up for the Polar Regions aims to educate international decision-makers on the emerging challenges of sustainable development in the polar regions. This event will feature speakers from the Students on Alumni Delegation. Members of this international youth delegation are united by the rare privilege of having visited the Arctic and Antarctica. During this event, delegates will share first-hand experiences of visiting the poles to explore the importance of these regions to the global environment. Nine key sustainable development challenges facing the polar regions will be addressed, and implementable solutions will be highlighted. Ultimately, the connection between polar regions and Rio+20 will be made, clearly answering how Rio+20 can address polar challenges. The second half of the side event is a multi-stakeholder panel on "Polar Sustainable Development: Required Leadership and Solutions for the Next Decade" with notable experts from polar science, policy, and governance. This event aims to catalyze national delegations and civil society to commit to the sustainable development and protection of the Arctic and Antarctica.

www.soidelegation.com

Mon 18 - Tue 19 June

Peoples Permanent Assembly

Aterro do Flamengo


As part of the People’s Summit, there will be self-organized activities and the first two days of a People’s Permanent Assembly, which will reconvene on 21-22 June.



Mon 18 - Tue 19 June

UNITAR New York Office collaborates with IBM in Rio to enhance knowledge and expertise in forging sustainable cities

TBC UNITAR (New York Office), IMB

Two intensive workshops on sustainable cities. The workshops’ agenda will draw upon the expertise from the United Nations—including the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)—as well as top IBM Smarter Cities subject matter experts. The workshops will be especially important for city leaders, regional planners, economic development professionals, finance administrators and national government leaders that are focused on ensuring the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of their urban centers. Please note that participation requires a priori liaising with the UNITAR New York Office by 10 June, and only those participants who have pre-registered can attend ([email protected], Tel (212) 963-9683). Attendance at each event will be capped at 40 participants.


Mon 18 - Fri 22 June

Rio+20 Global Town Hall Athlete's Park ICLEI

The Rio+20 Global Town Hall will be an inviting and open setting where local leaders, the conference delegates, international organizations, and business can meet up and discuss the urban future. What does the world need to look like in 2030 and how can urban areas become part of the solution to realize this? The Rio+20 Global Town Hall will offer a rich program of presentations, debates, seminars, and performances. The main goal will be to highlight the experience and capacities of local governments and work towards their utilization in the post Rio+20 global sustainable development framework. The Rio+20 Global Town Hall will also serve as a communicative space where actors from different sectors and levels can interact and join forces. Only people who have pre-registered to the conference (deadline 12 May) will be able to access it (http://local2012.iclei.org/pre-registration/)

local2012.iclei.org/iclei-and-rio-20/rio-20-global-town-hall/

Tue 19 June 08:00 - 20:00

BASD Business Day

Windsor Barra Hotel

BASD 2012high-profile platform for the interaction between business leaders and policy-makers with the theme: “Achieving Scale”

basd2012.org/564/basd-2012-business-day/


Tue 19 June 09:00 - 19:00

Aiming for a Food Secure Future: Think Global, Act Local

Sheraton Rio Hotel & Resort

Rome-based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International)

fighting hunger and malnutrition, reducing poverty and enhancing the resilience and sustainability of production systems and people’s livelihoods


Tue 19 JuneWorld Summit of Federated States and Regions

Athlete's Park

State of Rio de Janeiro, nrg4SD, The Climate Group and Regions-United/FOGAR

The World Summit will bring together subnational governments for around the Globe committed to sustainable development, which will demonstrate how they are making sustainable development happen on the ground in close partnership with all other levels of government and the private sector. The World Summit will launch a global declaration of commitments for the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication at subnational level, under which signatories will commit to specific targets and initiatives within the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development. The World Summit and the coalition are open to any Federated States, Regions, Provinces and other subnational governments committed to sustainable development in their respective territories.

www.nrg4sd.org/news/save-date-world-summit-states-and-regions-2012

Tue 19 June

Choosing Our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance

Fundação Getulio Vargas, Praia de Botafogo, 190

UNEP, Stakeholder Forum, EEA, World Resource Institute, Access Initiative, Unitar, Inspection Panel, REC, FGV, World Future Council, INECE, Article 19

On June 19th, governments, civil society groups, and intergovernmental organizations will meet to assess progress and advance proposals to move Principle 10 into its next generation of reforms. Workshops will give citizens and their governments the opportunities to share innovations and challenges as they identify next steps in citizen engagement in decision-making

www.accessinitiative.org/choosefuture

Tue 19 June Rio+Social TBCUnited Nations Foundation, Mashable, and 92nd Street Y.

Rio+Social promises to be one of the most important gatherings of technology, social media and global leaders in the history of South America. This global conversation, focusing on topics related to #SocialGood and how new media can help foster positive solutions to the world’s biggest problems, comes at a time when the world gathers to discuss issues that affect us all.

rioplussocial.com.br/en/


Tue 19 JuneGlobal Climate Coalition Student Workshop

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Yale University, Fundação Getulio Vargas, University of Massachusetts Boston

A groundbreaking collaborative workshop, that will offer teams of university students from around the world the opportunity to idea-share and collaborate on how to tackle sustainability issues on their campuses. Student teams are invited to submit proposals for ambitious-yet-achievable campus-based projects. Two or three student representatives from selected projects will then be invited to attend a half-day workshop in Rio, during which the students will engage in peer-review and receive feedback from practitioners and officials attending Rio+20. Students will subsequently share ideas and best practices throughout the process of implementing their projects on a web-based forum provided by Yale

www.environmentalgovernance.org/event/2012/03/yale-partners-with-fundacao-getulio-vargas-and-umass-boston-for-rio-2012-event/

Tue 19 JuneForests: The 8th Roundtable at Rio+20

Royal Tulip Hotel

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

This Roundtable is based on the recognition that forests have been largely excluded from most of the key discussions in the preparations for Rio+20, despite making important contributions toward solving many sustainable development challenges. The event aims to ensure that forests remain high on the agenda in 2012. Participants will discuss new research findings, remaining knowledge gaps and the policy implications for integrating forests into the solutions to several key challenges to progress toward a green economy, namely: energy, water, climate, food and income. CIFOR is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Seats are LIMITED, so please Register online via the website

www.cifor.org/events/rio20/8th-roundtable-registration.html

Tue 19 June Water Day TBCUNDP/UN Water / UN-Habitat/UNEP/CBD/DESA/UNW-DPAC

tbc

Tue 19 June (evening)

World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals

TBC ICC/IBLF/UNDP

The World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) are the first global business awards to recognize the crucial role of the private sector, large and small, in implementing the millennium goals. The spirit of the Awards lies in the pursuit of innovative and productive core business practices to sustainable development which help make the societies where they operate better places to live and better places to work. The 2012 Awards will be given explicitly to companies delivering inclusive business models: sustainable, commercially-viable business initiatives that expand access for low-income people to goods and services, or improve their livelihoods by engagement in value chains as direct employees, suppliers or distributors, while also generating sales and profit growth.


Tue 19 June 19:30 - 21:00

Oceans at Rio+20: Toward Implementation of the Rio Ocean Commitments

tentative: P3-A, RioCentro (capacity 100)

International Coastal and Ocean Organization, Secretariat of the Global Ocean Forum

This side event will address perspectives of States, UN-agencies and civil society on the Rio+20 oceans outcome and voluntary commitments on oceans, and will report on the outcomes of The Oceans Day at Rio+20 (June 16)

Miriam Balgos: [email protected]

Tue 19 June - Thurs 21 June

Women Leaders' Forum: Multi-stakeholder event

TBC UN Women

The Forum is envisaged as an inclusive, multi-stakeholder and interactive Forum. It will reaffirm the criticality of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the achievement of sustainable development in its three dimensions: economic, social and environmental protection

www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Rio+20-WomensLeadershipForum_en.pdf

Tue 19 - Fri 22 June

Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion on Sustainable Development

TBC Indigenous Peoples Global Steering Committee

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz ([email protected])

Wed 20 June 09:00 - 10:30

One Planet, One Ocean: Knowing our Ocean, Protecting our Marine Treasures, Empowering Ocean Citizens

T-9 RioCentro

UNESCO and its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

The event will present and discuss a number of initiatives that support the Rio+20 ocean targets leading to the sustainable use of the ocean. The side event will be structured around three inter--connected themes: (i) Knowledge for an improved management of the Ocean; (ii) Protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the ocean and coasts and the essential services they provide to society; (iii) Empowerment of ocean citizens and society.Panel speakers include: Irina Bokova, (Director General, UNESCO), Michel Jarraud, (Secretary General, World Meteorological OrganizaSon - WMO), Etienne Bourgois, (President of Tara Expeditions).

www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/ioc-oceans/priority-areas/rio-20-ocean/

Wed 20 June Sustainia100 Launch Event

Copacabana Palace Hotel

Sustainia

The Sustainia consortium will hold a high-level event to launch “Sustainia100” – a catalogue of sustainability best practices. During this event, the Sustainia100 catalogue of solutions will be presented to decision makers.

www.sustainia.me/

Wed 20 June The World Green Summit

Government of Rio de Janeiro Pavilion, Olympics Athlete’s Park

World Climate Ltd and Climate Action

business, finance and government forum during the high-level segment of the Rio+20 conference

worldgreensummit.org/


Wed 20 June Day of Global Action for Rio+20

Vila do Autódromo (starting point)


This is an International Day of Mobilization. Actions will take place on the local, regional, national and global level. Major demonstrations in Rio de Janeiro, in several cities of Brazil and in the world, will express the peoples’ struggle against the commoditisation of nature and in defence of the commons. The march in Rio will leave from the community Vila do Autódromo, a symbol of resistance.

Wed 20 June

EEA side event: 'Sharing environmental information in action'

TBC European Environment Agency

This side event will showcase examples of European progress in the global sharing of environmental information. It will also explain Europe's Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) and its principles and foundations. The global promotion of access to information was a key element of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration.

www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/eea-at-the-rio-20-conference/eea-side-event-sharing-environmental

Wed 20 June 17:00 - 18:30

Denmark, South Africa and Brazil show the way: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting create a Green Economy and Sustainable Development

RioCentro

Stakeholder Forum (lead) & GFI, The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and The Government of the Republic of South Africa (co-hosts)

The event will focus on the topic of sustainability reporting as a tool to advance a Green and Responsible Economy. The Danish Prime Minister and the South African Minister of Environment will testify that this is common and successful practice in their countries. Achim Steiner will picture the broader context. The objective of the event will be to profile i) the role of business and ensure accountability of the corporate sector, ii) the importance of corporate sustainability reporting in sustainable development policies, iii) the role of governments as regulators with special emphasis on Denmark presenting the results of its sustainability reporting policy and the South African approach and iv) the strong multi-stakeholder collaboration among the different Rio+20 actors (Governments, CSOs and Private Sector).

Anna Beutling: [email protected]


United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

RioCentro UNCSDUNCSD Secretariat e-mail:[email protected]


Partnerships Forum at Rio+20 T-3 RioCentro TBC

The Forum will consist of highly dynamic and interactive sessions to highlight the significant contributions of partnerships to the implementation of sustainable development.




Occupy Earth Summit TBC OccupyGreenSpring

A Global Power Shift will happen as we occupy and reclaim our future. One world is dying, and another is being born - let's tend to both of them with compassion. We, the 99% of people, are now connecting, collaborating and participating through a global movement. We are Occupying and Innovating to define The Future We Want. A global 'maker fare' will provide space for presenting sustainability concepts. This year our Earth Summit coincides with the United Nations Rio+20 conference, and our voices will be heard globally. The 2nd reenactment of Mock Rio+20 will also take place in real time with the UN Rio event - we provide open source real time polling, voting and collaboration.

occupytheearth.net/

Thurs 21 June 09:00

Environmental auditing for better environmental governance

Room T-9 RioCentro

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Side event focuses on the messages of public sector auditors derived throughout years of work of Supreme Audit Institutions about the factors hindering the progress of national governments in their quest towards achieving solid performance in sustainable development.

www.environmental-auditing.org, [email protected]

Thurs 21 JuneWomen Leader's Forum: High-Level Summit

TBC UN Women

The culmination of the Women Leaders’ Forum will be a Summit of women Heads of State and Government to be held on 21 June 2012. The Leaders are expected to make a “Call to Action” to elevate women’s vital contribution to realizing sustainable development as well as benefit from it. Their agency, leadership, voice and participation is crucial to this call and must therefore be fostered.

www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Rio+20-WomensLeadershipForum_en.pdf

Thurs 21 JunePlasticity Forum for the Rio Earth Summit

Jockey Club - Complexo Victoria. Rua Mário Ribeiro, 410 - Lagoa

Organisers: The Ocean Recovery Alliance, Republic of Everyone, Applied Brilliance & MetodoSupporting partners: UNEP, Clinton Foundation, Google, NRDC, Business for the Environment / B4E, Earth Watch, Hub Culture, MBA Polymers, Plastics Industry Development Center of Taiwan, VISY

Plasticity will cover a variety of topics that touch on all aspects of the Plastic's lifecycle from manufacture to recycling. This one-day forum will be a unique, action and solutions oriented event, with both public and private sectors, focused on the opportunities that are presenting themselves in the world of plastic and its role as a secondary raw material. Plasticity will explore the innovations and solutions that leaders in their respective industries and communities are undertaking to ensure that plastic and used material is treated as a resource, therefore minimising its impacts on our shared global ecosystem.The intended outcome of the Forum is to create a community of stakeholders, innovators and idea generators that can help shape the future direction of plastic use and re-use.We expect key plastics decision-makers, influencers and innovators, leaders and global decision-makers from the corporate, NGO and government sectors, who have a vested interest in plastics, to be interested in attending the event.

www.plasticityforum.com



Peoples Permanent Assembly

Aterro do Flamengo


As part of the People's Summit, the People’s Permanent Assembly reconvenes. There will also be several other self-organized activities on the side.


Fri 22 June What Happens on Monday? Athlete’s Park Stakeholder Forum

How do we take the agreements of Rio+20 forward, both at the national and international level?

Kirsty Schneeberger: [email protected]

Fri 22 JunePeoples Press Conference on Rio+20

TBC Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee

This press conference in the end of the Rio+20 Summit will echo of the peoples’ voices and opinions on the outcomes of the UN conference and the way forward.


Mon 25 - Wed 27 June

2012 ICGN Annual Conference

Hotel Sofitel, Copacabana

International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), hosted by Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC)

The 2012 ICGN Annual Conference will take place 25 -27 June in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Hotel Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana. This conference is hosted by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). To register for this conference go to registration page (www.icgn.org/annual-conference-info?view=Events)

www.icgn.org/

Publications

Stakeholder Forum publishes this magazine daily during negotiations.

“Only One Earth - The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development”

By Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss with Maurice F. Strong, published by Earth Scan, will be released this coming June.

For more information see http://bit.ly/on-lyoneearth

“Climate Change and Energy Insecurity”

Edited by Felix Dodds, Richard Sherman and Andrew Highman.

This book examines the interrelatedness of climate and energy production as a security issue. It hears from leading experts from across science, business, practitioner, and NGO communities to address the global in-security and development challenges arising from the twin thrust of climate change and the energy supply crunch.

“Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecuri-ty: A Planet in Peril”

Produced by Stakeholder Forum and edited by Ahmed Djoghlaf and Felix Dodds.

The book provides an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the th-reats presented to human security and well-being by the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity – recently confirmed as one of the critical ‘planetary boundaries’ that has already been exceeded.

“How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings”

Stakeholder Forum has gathered its exper-tise into a helpful publication that helps to demystify UN processes for individuals and organisations who are looking to influen-ce policy negotiations at an international level.

Please remember to check out OUTREACH!

www.stakeholderforum.org/sf/outreach/

The Stakeholder Forum Team

Executive Director Designate

Georgie HarrisProject Officer

Felix DoddsExecutive Director

Farooq Ullah Jeannet Lingan Senior Project Officer

Senior Project OfficerKirsty SchneebergerSenior Project Officer

Jack CornforthProject Officer

Tom HarrisonProject Officer

Matthew Reading-SmithProject Officer

Amy CutterProject Officer

Jan-Gustav Strandeneas

www.earthsummit2012.org - Stakeholder Forum has recently redesigned this website as an information portal to provide updates, background information and analysis at Rio+20. It is intended that this website will also act as a platform to connect organisations and stakeholders interested in engaging in the preparatory process.

www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.html - The Official website of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20.

www.globaltransition2012.org - The Global Transition 2012 is an international network of organisations and leading thinkers from the Global North and South. It is catalysing a ‘Global Transition’ by building a community of civil society organisations across the globe to promote and deliver a rapid transition to the desirable and beneficial economy that we aspire to.

www.csradialogue2012.org - The Dialogue on a Convention for Corporate Social Responsibility and Accountability is the starting point for a stakeholder-led conversation on corporate responsibility, in relation to the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development and Green Economy themes of the Rio+20 Conference. The dialogue aims to draw on conversations over the last number of years on businesses’ proactive contribution to sustainable development.

www.volunteeractioncounts.org -The campaign gives volunteers like yourself, along with communities and organizations, a chance to show what you are doing for the future of our planet and generations to come. www.summitwatch.org - The UN recently announced that 115 heads of state are already committed to attend Rio+20, but has not released their names, nor is there much information readily available on how their governments are preparing for Rio+20. To fill this important information gap, Earth Summit Watch is gathering and publishing current information on the status of Rio+20 preparations in every country.

Relevent Websites

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