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.
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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.
The United Nations Environment Programme has granted six awards for sustainable development actions. Businessman Fábio Barbosa and sultan Ahmed Al Jaber are among them.
The figure was disclosed by the National Water Agency (ANA, in the Portuguese acronym). According to the study, the country possesses vast volumes of water, but it is unevenly distributed.
A study by the International Labour Organisation forecasts that transition to the green economy should generate between 15 million and 60 million jobs and remove millions of workers from poverty.
Brazil has resurfaced over 2,000 kilometres of highways with ecological tarmac, made from recycled tyres, in seven years. Consumption is on the rise, boosted by environmental and performance factors.
Of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, 183 have already confirmed presence in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to take place in Rio next month.
