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Civil Society Warns of Governments' Reluctance on Sustainable Development Commitments
The UN's upcoming Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, has at its focus the primary theme- The Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. The Second theme is the institutional framework for sustainable development, an institutional framework implies and requires government regulation and yet here lies the core of major concern on current Rio+20 negotiations, expressed by the majority of panelists during Friday's Press Conference.
2012.05.04

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When the Iranian people turned out to the polls this week to elect moderate reformist Hassan Rowhani, they offered a repudiation of the Ahmadinejad era; a time marked by domestic turmoil and economic stagnation, coupled with isolation abroad and an escalation of tension with Israel and the West.

Of all the water on earth only 2.5 percent is freshwater. Of all the freshwater on earth only less than one percent is usable supply for ecosystems and humans. Acknowledging these figures, the United Nations and UN member states gather on Monday, June 17, to celebrate “UN World Day to Combat Desertification.”

Fresh figures released by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) find that, “An estimated 26 percent of the world’s children are stunted, two billion people suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies and 1.4 billion people are overweight, of whom 500 million are obese.”