Sustainable Development

UN outlines priorities ahead of sustainable development summit

10 Feb 2012

New York, Feb 10: A senior United Nations official on Thursday outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in June so that there is a clear framework of action during the event.

Call for new indicators of sustainable development

9 Feb 2012

[NEW DELHI] The world must develop different indicators on sustainable development that are not biased against developing countries, a major conference has heard.

How Rio+20 may boost the science in sustainability

8 Feb 2012

[LONDON] O ne of the most likely outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) taking place in Brazil in June will be a high-level intergovernmental panel charged with monitoring the planet's progress towards sustainability.