draft diary of rio+20 events (may 9th)

8/2/2019 Draft Diary of Rio+20 Events (May 9th)

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Draft diary of

Rio+20 events asof 9 May 2012


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Date Title Venue Organisers Themes Website/Contact

4 - 13 June 6th World YouthCongress

Sitio das Pedras Peace ChildInternational

[email protected]

5 June Launch of UNEPGlobalEnvironment Outlook(GEO-5) Report

TBC UNEP The 5th edition, GEO-5, will belaunched on time for Rio+20. GEO-5 has been developed by qualifiedteams of scientists around theworld and covers important envi-ronmental issues such as atmos-phere, biodiversity, land, and otherchallenges in the earth system. Itidentifies regional priorities, andsuggests global responses formoving towards sustainability.

http://www.unep.org/geo/

5 - 6 June World Symposium onSustainableDevelopment atUniversities (WSSD-U-2012)

TBC Research andTransfer CentreApplications of LifeSciences of theHamburg Universityof Applied Sciences,under the auspicesof the RCE HamburgandRegion.

A Parallel Event to the UNConference on SustainableDevelopment (Rio+20)

http://www.unc-sd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=289&menu=46

7 - 12 June Youth Blast Conference of Youthfor Rio +20

TBC TBC Major Group for Children and YouthMajor Group

http://uncsdchil-drenyouth.org/rio20/youth-blast/

email: [email protected]

11 - 12 June TEDxRio+20 Forte de Copacabana EDxRio+20 Concentration of thoughts fromdiverse knowledge areas tounderstand and analyze humanpower

http://en.tedxrio20.com/
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11 - 13 June II Trade UnionAssembly on Labourand Environment

TBC ITUC andSustainlabour

The Workers & Trade Unions MajorGroup organises a Global Assemblyin Rio de Janeiro, organized byITUC with support from UNEP andothers. Issues to be discussed froma labour justice perspective areclimate change, chemicals, naturalresources (i.e. water, energy,food), and collective bargaining onenvironment.

[email protected]

11 - 15 June Forum on Science,Technology andInnovation forSustainableDevelopment

Pontifical Catholic Uni-versity (PUC-Rio)

InternationalCouncil for Science

Interdisciplinary scientificdiscussions, and dialoguebetween scientists, policy-makers, Major Groups and otherstakeholders.

[email protected]

11 - 22 June Forum on SocialEntrepreneurship andthe new economy

Copacabana Fort 4 main partners:Roberto MaurinhoFoundation (RMF),City Hall, Sao PauloBusiness Federation,Rio BusinessFederation.

The objectives of the forum will be:

to give visibility/showcaseentrepreneurs and how they impacton the new economy

to provide an opportunity forentrepreneurs to show projects tosocial investors and provide a spacefor debate around the new economy

[email protected]

12 - 13 June Student Reportercoaching programme

TBC Oikos http://www.studentre-porter.org/apply-for-rio20

12 - 14 June ICLEI Urban NatureConference

Belo Horizonte, Brazil ICLEI Urban Nature is a conference seriesfocusing on Urban Biodiversity andFood Security. The International

Urban Researchers Symposiumon local sustainability will beintegrated into the main congressprogram, providing opportunitiesfor participants to interactdirectly with researchers to jointlyidentify research needs and toshare interesting local case studyexamples.

http://worldcon-gress2012.iclei.org/

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13 - 15 June Global and RegionalResearch Workshop onSCP Systems

TBC This workshop, Global andRegional Research on SustainableConsumption and Production:Achievements, Challenges, andDialogues, is being organizedby the Global Research Forumon Sustainable Consumptionand Production, and will focuson the production of sustainableconsumption and production(SCP) research, as well as itscommunication and applicationin practice. The workshop is byinvitation only.

http://grfscp.word-press.com/

13 - 15 June 3rd PreparatoryCommittee Meeting

RioCentro ConventionCenter

UNCSD

13 - 22 June SD-learning TBC UNCSD http://www.unc-sd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=472&menu=46

14 June 5:30 - 7:00PM TransboundaryWaters, ClimateChange and GoodGovernance

TBC WWF The event will focus onrecognising those countries thathave recently ratified the UNWatercourses convention and thosethat are making commitments toratify by the end of the year.

14 - 15 June The Global Forum forResponsible

ManagementEducation

PRME Secretariat of theUN Global

Compact Office

Windsor Barra Hotel Official platform for manage-ment-related Higher EducationInstitutions (HEIs) to inform theproceedings and outcomes of two

conferences - the Global CompactRio+20 Corporate SustainabilityForum and the historic global UNConference on SustainableDevelopment - Rio+20.

http://www.unprme.org/global-forum/in-

dex.php

14 - 18 June ICLEI World Congress2012

Belo Horizonte, Brazil ICLEI The Congress will deal with thepressing issues facing urban areasin this unpredictable era of change.It will bring ICLEI Members,partners, global strategists,academics and NGOs together.Participants will learn frominspirational speakers and real-lifecity cases about cutting-edgeintegrated solutions to thechallenges we face.

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14 - 22 June Rio ConventionsPavilion at Rio+20

Athletes Park Rio ConventionsPavilion at Rio+20

The Rio Conventions Pavilion atRio+20 is a collaborative outreachactivity of the Secretariats of theRio Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCDand CBD), the Global EnvironmentFacility (GEF), and 25 otherinternational, national and localpartners.

http://riopavilion.org/rio/

15 June 10:00AM -5:00PM

Forum EmpresarialRIO+20(Brazilian BusinessForum RIO+20)

Planetrio da Gvea Frum EmpresarialRio+20

Aims to discuss Green Economyand Social Governance withcompanies, local governments andcivil society.

http://www.forumrio-mais20.com.br/index.php/quem-somos/fo-rum-empresarial-rio20

15 June 1:15 - 2:45 PM Impacts of Plastics onthe Environment andthe Health of Womenand Children

Voices of AfricanMothers

Health impact plastics have onwomen and children around theglobe.


15 June Framing SD PolicyDialogues: AWell-Prepared Society

Rio Centro Worldview ImpactFoundation;

Roundtable event with the UNCSDEducation Working Group

[email protected]

15 - 16 June Peoples Meetings onEcological Debt,Climate Change, andVale

Aterro do Flamengo Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee

As part of the Peoples Summit,there will be a plenary onReparations of Ecological Debt,and a Meeting of Peoples Affectedby Climate Change. In parallelthere will be a Third InternationalMeeting of Peoples Affected byVale

http://cupuladospovos.org.br/en/

15 - 17 June World Summit ofLegislatures

TBC GLOBE international The Summit will seek to placenational legislation, naturalcapital and scrutiny at the heart ofimplementing the Rio agenda

http://www.globein-ternational.info/world-summit-of-legislators/

15 - 17 June World Meeting ofEnvironmentalLawyers

Jardin Botanique de Riode Janeiro

InternationalCentre ofComparativeEnvironmental Law(C.I.D.C.E.)

Presentation of all gaps inenvironmental law and proposalsfor new commitments and newenvironmental law conventions.

www.cidce.org
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15 - 17 June 3rd InternationalUrban ResearchersSymposium on localsustainability

Belo Horizonte, Brazil ICLEI The symposium will beintegrated into the main congressprogram, providing opportunitiesfor participants to interactdirectly with researchers to jointlyidentify research needs and toshare interesting local case studyexamples.

http://worldcon-gress2012.iclei.org/re-searchers-symposium/

15 - 18 June Rio+20 CorporateSustainability Forum:Innovation andCollaboration for the

Future We Want

Windsor Barra Hotel United NationsGlobal Compact

The Forums objective is to bringgreater scale and quality tocorporate sustainability practices

www.compact4rio.org

15 - 23 June Peoples Summit forSocial andEnvironmental Justice

Aterro do Flamengo Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee


16 June 9:00AM -6:00PM

Responsible Mining inMegadiverseCountries


Major Groups http://www.unc-sd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=676&menu=46

16 - June World SustainableCommunities Day

Auditorium, Bolsa deValores

World Federation ofEngineeringOrganizations & theWorld Bank

This one-day seminar will providepractitionaers, policy-makers anddecision-makers involved in theplanning, operation andmanagement of communities theopportunity to learn world-leadingbest practices towards achieving a

sustainable community.

16 - June Global Ocean Forum TBC Global Ocean Forum http://www.globa-loceans.org/content/rio20

16 - June Field excursion:Returning to our

roots

TBC EuropeanEnvironmentAgency

On 16 June a restricted event with2030 participants will bringtogether some of the worldsleading chefs and various thought-leaders to explore ways ofprotecting biodiversity, whilepreserving and developing flavoursand culinary methods for a newtype of cuisine.

http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/returning-to-our-roots
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16 - 17 June Fair ideas: Solutionsfor a sustainableplanet

Pontifca UniversidadeCatlica

IIED Fair ideas will open up a spacefor researchers and practition-ers working for a greener, fairerworld to add important knowledge,experience and momentum to theofficial summit

http://iied.org/gov-ernance/key-issues/strategic-planning/fair-ideas-solutions-for-sustainable-planet

16 - 18 June Indigenous PeoplesGlobal Conferenceon Sustainable, Self-Determined

Development

Indigenous PeoplesGlobal SteeringCommittee

http://www.tebt-ebba.org/index.php/content/207-ip-global-conference-and-pavil-

ion-in-rio2016 - 19 June Dialogues with Civil

SocietyDialogues with CivilSociety

UNCSD

16 - 19 June ISEE 2012 Conference- Ecological Economicsand Rio+20:Challenges andContributions for aGreen Economy

Windsor GuanabaraPalace Hotel

ISEE ISEE 2012 will address UNCSDthemes as well as other keydebates within ecologicaleconomics and environmentalpolicy

http://www.isee2012.org/

17 June 9:00AM -6:00PM

Local and regionalauthorities dayfor a sustainabledevelopment

TBC Major Groups http://www.unc-sd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=601&menu=46

17 June Peoples Rio+20Marches, OpeningMarch of the PeoplesSummit

Various Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee

March for the future and otheractivities will take place in variouscommunities around Rio deJaneiro. Events are also planned inother parts of the world.

http://cupuladospovos.org.br/en/contact-us/
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17 June 2012 WorldDay to CombatDesertification

Various UNCCD Secretariat The 2012 celebration of WorldDay to Combat Desertification,an annual event on 17 June, willfocus on the theme Healthysoil sustains your life: LETSGO LAND-DEGRADATIONNEUTRAL. In 2012, World Dayto Combat Desertification fallsthree days before the start of theUN Conference on SustainableDevelopment (UNCSD, or Rio+20),and the global observance isplanned to take place in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.

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

17 June Sustainable livingevent: Symposium onSustaining ourselvesin the future

Leblon EuropeanEnvironmentAgency

On 17 June, the EEA will organisea full-day event starting with asymposium for around 150participants in Leblon, Rio deJaneiro with an agenda spanningbiodiversity, agriculture,sustainable production andconsumption, resource efficiency,resilience and socio-economicissues related to youth.

http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/sustaining-ourselves-in-the-future-sympo-sium

17 - 19 June World YMCASustanibleDevelopmentDialogue

TBC Wolrd Alliance YMCA http://www.ymca.int/newsroom/latest-news/our-ymca-is-not-sending-delegates-to-rio-20-what-can-i-do/

17 - 18 June nrg4SD GeneralAssembly

Palacio de Guanabara,Government Palace

of the State of Rio deJaneiro

nrg4SD From 13 - 15 June; the nrg4SDSecretariat will take part in thelast UN preparatory meeting

for the UN Rio +20 Conference.Immediately after that and beforethe Conference itself, nrg4SDwill convene its annual statutorymeetings - Steering Committee andGeneral Assembly - hold sessionsof its working groups and celebrateits 10th anniversary after itsreation at the UN World Summit ofJohannesburg in 2002.
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17 - 20 June World Congress onJustice, Governanceand Law forEnvironmentalSustainability

TBC UNEP The World Congress will bringtogether Attorneys-General, ChiefProsecutors, Auditors-General,Chief Justices, Senior Judges,and other legal practitioners fromaround the world. The purposeis to foster a common vision andprinciples among key stakeholderson how to transform discussionsinto action, and how to use justice,law and governance to promotesustainable development throughthe outcomes of Rio+20 andbeyond.

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

18 June 9:00AM -6:00PM

UCLG ExecutiveBureau

TBC UCLG

18 June Forests: The Heart of aGreen Economy

Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro FAO, ICFPA,BRACELPA

Role of forests and industry infostering local livelihoods at theresource base and enabling producttransitions to low-carbonbio-economy among consumers.

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

18 June Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Dayat Rio+20: Lessonsin SustainableLandscapes andLivelihoods

Sul AmericaConvention Center

CGIAR, FAO, GFARand others

The purpose of the 4th Agricultureand Rural Development Day is toensure that the vision for asustainable green economyincludes clear steps for building asustainable food system.

http://www.agricul-tureday.org/

18 - 19 June Peoples PermanentAssembly

Aterro do Flamengo Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitating

committee

As part of the PeoplesSummit, there will be self-organized activities and the first

two days of a Peoples PermanentAssembly, which will reconvene on21 - 22 June.


18 - 22 June Rio+20 Global TownHall

Athletes Park hosted byRio State Pavilion

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

19 June World Summit ofFederated States andRegions

Athletes Park State of Rio deJaneiro, nrg4SD,The Climate Groupand Regions-United/FOGAR

The World Summit will bringtogether subnational governmentsfor around the Globe committed tosustainable development, whichwill demonstrate how they aremaking sustainable developmenthappen on the ground in closepartnership with all other levels ofgovernment and the private sector.

http://www.nrg4sd.org/news/save-date-world-summit-states-and-regions-2012
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19 June Choosing Our Future:Open and ParticipatorySustainableDevelopmentGovernance

FGV Law School UNEP, StakeholderForum, EEA, WorldResource Institute,Access Initiative,Unitar, InspectionPanel, REC, FGV,World FutureCouncil, INECE,Article 19

On June 19th, governments, civilsociety groups, and intergovern-mental organizations will meet toassess progress and advanceproposals to move Principle 10into its next generation of reforms.Workshops will give citizens andtheir governments the opportuni-ties to share innovations and chal-lenges as they identify next stepsin citizen engagement in decision-making.

http://www.accessini-tiative.org/choosefu-ture

19 June Rio+Social TBC United NationsFoundation,Mashable, and 92ndStreet Y.

Rio+Social promises to be one of

the most important gatherings oftechnology, social media and globalleaders in the history of SouthAmerica. This global conversation,focusing on topics related to #So-cialGood and how new media canhelp foster positive solutions to theworlds biggest problems, comes ata time when the world gathers todiscuss issues that affect us all.

http://rioplussocial.com.br/en/

19 June Global ClimateCoalition StudentWorkshop

Fundao Getulio Var-gas

Yale University,Fundao GetulioVargas, Universityof MassachusettsBoston

Universities from around theglobe are invited to participate ina groundbreaking collaborativeworkshop one day before Rio+20,that will offer teams of universitystudents from around the world theopportunity to idea-share andcollaborate on how to tacklesustainability issues on theircampuses. Student teams areinvited to submit proposals for

ambitious-yet-achievablecampus-based projects.

http://www.environ-mentalgovernance.org/event/2012/03/yale-partners-with-fundacao-getulio-vargas-and-umass-boston-for-rio-

2012-event/

19 June Forests: The 8thRoundtable at Rio+20

Royal Tulip Hotel CIFOR This Roundtable is based on therecognition that forests have beenlargely excluded from most of thekey discussions in thepreparations for Rio+20, despitemaking important contributionstoward solving many sustainabledevelopment challenges. The eventaims to ensure that forests remainhigh on the agenda in 2012.

[email protected]
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19 June Water Day TBC UNDP/UN Water /UN-Habitat/UNEP/CBD/DESA/UNW-DPAC

19 June (evening) World Business andDevelopment Awardsin support of theMillenniumDevelopment

Goals

TBC ICC/IBLF/UNDP

19 June 8:00AM -8:00PM

BASD Business Day Windsor Barra Hotel BASD 2012 High-profile platform forinteraction between businessleaders and policy-makers with thetheme: Achieving Scale

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

19 June 9:00AM -7:00PM

Aiming for a FoodSecure Future: ThinkGlobal, Act Local

Sheraton Rio Hotel &Resort

Rome-basedAgencies (FAO, IFAD,WFP and BioversityInternational)

Issues of fighting hunger andmalnutrition, reducing povertyand enhancing the resilience andsustainability of productionsystems and peoples livelihoods


19 June - 21 June Women LeadersForum: Multi-stakeholder event

TBC UN Women http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Rio+20-WomensLead-ershipForum_en.pdf

19 - 22 June Indigenous PeoplesPavilion onSustainableDevelopment

TBC Indigenous PeoplesGlobal SteeringCommittee


20 June 5:00 - 6:30pm Dialogue on aConvention onCorporate SocialResponsibility andAccountability

RiocentroConvention Center

Stakeholder Forumand GlobalReporting Initiative

http://www.csradia-logue2012.org
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20 June Sustainia100 LaunchEvent

Copacabana PalaceHotel

Sustainia During the UN Conference onSustainable Development (UNCSD,or Rio+20), the Sustainiaconsortium will hold a high-levelevent to launch Sustainia100 acatalogue of sustainability bestpractices. During this event, theSustainia100 catalogue ofsolutions will be presented todecision makers.

http://www.sustainia.me/

20 June The World GreenSummit

Government of Rio deJaneiro Pavilion,Olympics Athletes Park

World Climate Ltdand Climate Actio

Business, finance and governmentforum during the high-levelsegment of the Rio+20conference

http://worldgreensum-mit.org/

20 June Day of Global Actionfor Rio+20

Vila do Autdromo Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee

This is an International Day ofMobilization. Actions will takeplace on the local, regional,national and global level. Majordemonstrations in Rio de Janeiro,in several cities of Brazil and in theworld, will express the peoplesstruggle against thecommodification of nature andin defense of the commons. Themarch in Rio will leave from thecommunity Vila do Autdromo, asymbol of resistance.

20 June EEA side event:Sharingenvironmentalinformation in action

TBC EuropeanEnvironmentAgency

This side event will showcaseexamples of European progress inthe global sharing of environmentalinformation. It will also explainEuropes Shared EnvironmentalInformation System (SEIS) andits principles and foundations.

The global promotion of accessto information was a key elementof Principle 10 of the 1992 RioDeclaration.

20 - 22 June Occupy Earth Summit TBC Occupy Green Spring A Global Power Shift will happen aswe occupy and reclaim our future.One world is dying, and anotheris being born - lets tend to bothof them with compassion. We, the99% of people, are now connect-ing, collaborating and participatingthrough a global movement. We areOccupying and Innovating to defineThe Future We Want.

http://occupytheearth.net/
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20 - 22 June United NationsConference onSustainable

Development


UNCSD [email protected]

21 June Women LeadersForum: High-LevelSummit

TBC UN Women

21 - 22 June Peoples Permanent As-sembly

Aterro do Flamengo Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitating

committee

As part of the Peoples Summit, thePeoples Permanent Assemblyreconvenes. There will also be

several other self-organizedactivities on the side.


22 June Peoples PressConference on Rio+20

Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee

This press conference in the end ofthe Rio+20 Summit will echo of thepeoples voices and opinions on theoutcomes of the UN conference andthe way forward.


22 June What happens onMonday?

TBC Stakeholder Forum How we take the agreements ofRio+20 forward, both at thenational and international level.

[email protected]

23 June Peoples Evaluation Brazilian CivilSociety Facilitatingcommittee

This gathering will evaluate theofficial outcomes of the UNCSD2012 Rio+20 from a Peoplesperspective, as well as evaluatethe Peoples Summit for Social andEnvironmental Justice against theMercantilization of Life and Natureand in Defense of the Commons.Thematic axis of the evaluationwill be: Ethical and philosophical

fundamentals subjectivity,domination, and emancipation;Human rights, peoples, territories,and defense of Mother Earth;Political subjects, the architectureof power, and democracy;Production, distribution andconsumption, access to wealth,common goods, and economiesin transition. A final message ofthe Peoples Summit will expressthe bodies of knowledge and builtagreements of the people fightingfor social and environmentaljustice.

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More information

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

websites.

If we have ommitted your event or you wish to make an amendmentplease contact Elena Denaro ([email protected] )

draft diary of rio+20 events (may 9th)

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