Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Date
4 - 13 June 5 June
Title
6th World Youth Congress Launch of UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) Report
Venue
Sitio das Pedras TBC
Organisers
Peace Child International UNEP
Themes
Website/Contact
wycrio2012.org info@wycrio2012.org
The 5th edition, GEO-5, will be launched on time for Rio+20. GEO5 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. A Parallel Event to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
http://www.unep.org/ geo/
5 - 6 June
TBC
Research and Transfer Centre Applications of Life Sciences of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, under the auspices of the RCE Hamburg and Region. TBC
7 - 12 June
TBC
11 - 12 June
TEDxRio+20
Forte de Copacabana
EDxRio+20
Concentration of thoughts from diverse knowledge areas to understand and analyze human power
http://en.tedxrio20. com/
Date
11 - 13 June
Title
II Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment TBC
Venue
Organisers
ITUC and Sustainlabour
Themes
The Workers & Trade Unions Major Group organises a Global Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, organized by ITUC with 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. Interdisciplinary scientific discussions, and dialogue between scientists, policymakers, Major Groups and other stakeholders.
Website/Contact
Sustainlabour@Sustainlabour.org
11 - 15 June
Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Forum on Social Entrepreneurship and the new economy
Maureen.Brennan@ icsu.org
11 - 22 June
Copacabana Fort
4 main partners: Roberto Maurinho Foundation (RMF), City Hall, Sao Paulo Business Federation, Rio Business Federation. Oikos
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
andrea.margit@frm. org.br
12 - 13 June
TBC
http://www.studentreporter.org/apply-forrio20
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.
12 - 14 June
ICLEI
http://worldcongress2012.iclei.org/ urban-nature.html
Date
13 - 15 June
Title
Global and Regional TBC Research Workshop on SCP Systems
Venue
Organisers
Themes
This workshop, Global and Regional Research on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Achievements, Challenges, and Dialogues, is being organized by the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Consumption and Production, and will focus on the production of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) research, as well as its communication and application in practice. The workshop is by invitation only.
Website/Contact
http://grfscp.wordpress.com/
13 - 15 June 13 - 22 June
Transboundary Waters, Climate Change and Good Governance The Global Forum for Responsible Management Education
TBC
WWF
14 - 15 June
http://www.unprme. org/global-forum/index.php
14 - 18 June
ICLEI
www.iclei.org/worldcongress2012
Date
14 - 22 June
Title
Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20
Venue
Athletes Park
Organisers
Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20
Themes
The Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 is a collaborative outreach activity of the Secretariats of the Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and 25 other international, national and local partners. Aims to discuss Green Economy and Social Governance with companies, local governments and civil society. Health impact plastics have on women and children around the globe.
Website/Contact
http://riopavilion.org/ rio/
Planetrio da Gvea
15 June 1:15 - 2:45 PM Impacts of Plastics on the Environment and the Health of Women and Children 15 June Framing SD Policy Dialogues: A Well-Prepared Society Peoples Meetings on Ecological Debt, Climate Change, and Vale World Summit of Legislatures World Meeting of Environmental Lawyers Rio Centro
15 - 16 June
Aterro do Flamengo
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 The Summit will seek to place national legislation, natural capital and scrutiny at the heart of implementing the Rio agenda Presentation of all gaps in environmental law and proposals for new commitments and new environmental law conventions.
http://cupuladospovos. org.br/en/
15 - 17 June
TBC
GLOBE international
http://www.globeinternational.info/worldsummit-of-legislators/ www.cidce.org
15 - 17 June
Date
15 - 17 June
Title
3rd International Urban Researchers Symposium on local sustainability Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice Responsible Mining in Megadiverse Countries
Venue
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Organisers
ICLEI
Themes
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. The Forums objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices
Website/Contact
http://worldcongress2012.iclei.org/researchers-symposium/
15 - 18 June
www.compact4rio.org
15 - 23 June
Aterro do Flamengo
16 - June
World Federation of Engineering Organizations & the World Bank Global Ocean Forum
16 - June
TBC
http://www.globaloceans.org/content/ rio20
On 16 June a restricted event with 2030 participants will bring together some of the worlds leading chefs and various thoughtleaders to explore ways of protecting biodiversity, while preserving and developing flavours and culinary methods for a new type of cuisine.
16 - June
TBC
Date
16 - 17 June
Title
Fair ideas: Solutions for a sustainable planet
Venue
Pontifca Universidade Catlica IIED
Organisers
Themes
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
Website/Contact
http://iied.org/governance/key-issues/ strategic-planning/ fair-ideas-solutionsfor-sustainable-planet http://www.tebtebba.org/index.php/ content/207-ip-globalconference-and-pavilion-in-rio20
16 - 18 June
Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Sustainable, SelfDetermined Development Dialogues with Civil Society Dialogues with Civil Society
16 - 19 June 16 - 19 June
UNCSD ISEE
ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key debates within ecological economics and environmental policy
ISEE 2012 Conference Windsor Guanabara - Ecological Economics Palace Hotel and Rio+20: Challenges and Contributions for a Green Economy Local and regional authorities day for a sustainable development Peoples Rio+20 Marches, Opening March of the Peoples Summit TBC
http://www.isee2012. org/
Major Groups
17 June
Various
http://cupuladospovos. org.br/en/contact-us/
Date
17 June
Title
2012 World Day to Combat Desertification Various
Venue
Organisers
UNCCD Secretariat
Themes
The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification, an annual event on 17 June, will focus on the theme Healthy soil sustains your life: LETS GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL. In 2012, World Day to Combat Desertification falls three days before the start of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and the global observance is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 17 June, the EEA will organise 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.
Website/Contact
http://www.unccd. int/en/media-center/ Pages/CalendarDetail. aspx?calID=24
17 June
Leblon
17 - 19 June
TBC
17 - 18 June
nrg4SD
From 13 - 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 reation at the UN World Summit of Johannesburg in 2002.
Date
17 - 20 June
Title
World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability TBC
Venue
Organisers
UNEP
Themes
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.
Website/Contact
http://www.unep.org/ DELC/worldcongress/ about.asp
TBC
Forests: The Heart of a Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro Green Economy Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20: Lessons in Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods Peoples Permanent Assembly Sul America Convention Center
18 June
18 - 19 June
Aterro do Flamengo
As part of the Peoples Summit, there will be selforganized activities and the first two days of a Peoples Permanent Assembly, which will reconvene on 21 - 22 June.
http://cupuladospovos. org.br/en/
18 - 22 June
19 June
Athletes Park
State of Rio de Janeiro, nrg4SD, The Climate Group and Regions-United/ FOGAR
http://www.nrg4sd. org/news/save-dateworld-summit-statesand-regions-2012
Date
19 June
Title
Venue
Organisers
UNEP, Stakeholder Forum, EEA, World Resource Institute, Access Initiative, Unitar, Inspection Panel, REC, FGV, World Future Council, INECE, Article 19 United Nations Foundation, Mashable, and 92nd Street Y.
Themes
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 decisionmaking. 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 worlds biggest problems, comes at a time when the world gathers to discuss issues that affect us all. Universities from around the globe are invited to participate in a groundbreaking collaborative workshop one day before Rio+20, 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. 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.
Website/Contact
http://www.accessinitiative.org/choosefuture
Choosing Our Future: FGV Law School Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance
19 June
Rio+Social
TBC
http://rioplussocial. com.br/en/
19 June
19 June
CIFOR
Date
19 June
Title
Water Day TBC
Venue
Organisers
UNDP/UN Water / UN-Habitat/UNEP/ CBD/DESA/UNWDPAC ICC/IBLF/UNDP
Themes
Website/Contact
19 June (evening)
World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals BASD Business Day
TBC
BASD 2012
High-profile platform for interaction between business leaders and policy-makers with the theme: Achieving Scale Issues of fighting hunger and malnutrition, reducing poverty and enhancing the resilience and sustainability of production systems and peoples livelihoods
http://basd2012. org/564/basd2012-business-day/ http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ index.php?page=view &type=13&nr=843&me nu=46 http://www.unwomen. org/wp-content/ uploads/2012/03/ Rio+20-WomensLeadershipForum_en.pdf http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ index.php?page=view &type=13&nr=578&me nu=46 http://www.csradialogue2012.org
19 June - 21 June
TBC
19 - 22 June
Indigenous Peoples Pavilion on Sustainable Development Dialogue on a Convention on Corporate Social Responsibility and Accountability
TBC
Date
20 June
Title
Sustainia100 Launch Event
Venue
Copacabana Palace Hotel
Organisers
Sustainia
Themes
During the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), 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. Business, finance and government forum during the high-level segment of the Rio+20 conference 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 commodification of nature and in defense of the commons. The march in Rio will leave from the community Vila do Autdromo, a symbol of resistance. This side event will showcase examples of European progress in the global sharing of environmental information. It will also explain Europes 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. A Global Power Shift will happen as we occupy and reclaim our future. One world is dying, and another is being born - lets 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.
Website/Contact
http://www.sustainia. me/
20 June
World Climate Ltd and Climate Actio Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee
http://worldgreensummit.org/
20 June
20 June
TBC
20 - 22 June
TBC
http://occupytheearth. net/
Date
20 - 22 June
Title
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Women Leaders Forum: High-Level Summit
Venue
RioCentro Convention Center
Organisers
UNCSD
Themes
Website/Contact
uncsd@un.org
21 June
TBC
UN Women
21 - 22 June
Peoples Permanent As- Aterro do Flamengo sembly Peoples Press Conference on Rio+20 What happens on Monday? Peoples Evaluation TBC
Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee Stakeholder Forum Brazilian Civil Society Facilitating committee
As part of the Peoples Summit, the Peoples Permanent Assembly reconvenes. There will also be several other self-organized activities on the side. 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. How we take the agreements of Rio+20 forward, both at the national and international level. This gathering will evaluate the official outcomes of the UNCSD 2012 Rio+20 from a Peoples perspective, as well as evaluate the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice against the Mercantilization of Life and Nature and in Defense of the Commons. Thematic axis of the evaluation will be: Ethical and philosophical fundamentals subjectivity, domination, and emancipation; Human rights, peoples, territories, and defense of Mother Earth; Political subjects, the architecture of power, and democracy; Production, distribution and consumption, access to wealth, common goods, and economies in transition. A final message of the Peoples Summit will express the bodies of knowledge and built agreements of the people fighting for social and environmental justice.
22 June
22 June 23 June
More information
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. If we have ommitted your event or you wish to make an amendment please contact Elena Denaro (edenaro@stakeholderforum.org)