The aim is research to fight desertification in Africa and in arid and semi-arid regions. The project is a partnership between Brazil, France and the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall.
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The Brazilian president stated that crisis-ridden nations should not only focus on their own challenges. China promises to aid developing countries.
At Rio+20, representatives of Algeria and Sudan highlighted the need for funding to sustainable development projects. To Ban Ki-moon, little progress has been made since the Rio Earth Summit 1992.
Ambassadors have reached a consensus about controversial themes, but the final decision in talks at the Rio+20 is in the hands of presidents and prime ministers, to meet on Wednesday (20).
Bovespa, Nasdaq and their Egyptian, Turkish and South African counterparts have signed a pledge to promote the practice. The five organizations have a combined total of 4,600 companies listed.
Two of the leading oil producing countries organise an event at Rio+20 to discuss the importance of developing clean energies even in places whose hydrocarbon supplies are vast.
The country will need to unlock Preparatory Committee negotiations for the summit due from the 20th to the 22nd this month. The main impasse remains how to fund sustainable development.
A proposal presented by the G77, of developing nations, does not have developed-nation support. The Brazilian Foreign Minister warns that the ‘green economy’ cannot become an excuse for protectionism.
The G77+China group, which includes Brazil, presented a proposal to establish a US$ 30 billion fund to finance sustainable development in emerging countries. The idea will be discussed at the Rio+20.
The conference begins on Wednesday. One of the jams faced for negotiation of the final document covers the dues of each country in the search for sustainable development.
Panels of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development start next Wednesday. The summit will take place from June 20 to 22 in Rio de Janeiro.
Organisations from France, Brazil and Africa should present research programmes turned to the fight against desertification on the continent. The event should take place on June 20th, at the Rio+20.
The government of Brazil plans to bring ten delegations from Africa and the Caribbean to the conference.
A mission from the country that will attend Rio+20 will lay out plans of increasing crop output while preserving the environment.
