What we're doing
We are guided by three objectives:
- to mobilise a civil society movement around green economy issues, ensuring that multi-sector perspectives and voices from the South are integrated into all discussions;
- to build and share knowledge on green economy;
- to influence the policy discussions at the international level, and jointly communicate policy messages to key audiences.
Rio 2012
Next year, governments and world leaders will gather in Rio, Brazil, for the Earth Summit on sustainable development. The Green Economy is high on the agenda.
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National dialogues
Each country faces its own unique set of green economy challenges. To build up our understanding the Coalition has been supporting a series of national dialogues.
Find out about past and future national dialogues...
Coalition updates
Green Economy Coalition responds to the GSP Report
Continue readingWe salute the Global Sustainability Panel for their vision and ambition. If the conversations at Rio replicate the same ambition, collaboration and scale, and are supported by time-bound commitments, then we will witness a turning point for the future of the planet and for people....
Talking Green Economy: Johan Rockstrom
In the first of our 'Talking Green Economy' series we sit down with Johan Rockstrom, from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and lead scientist behind the concept of...
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Event: Measuring What Matters
If there is one thing that will come out of the UN summit on sustainable development (Rio 2012) in June it will involve metrics.
The call for more robust and integrated corporate reporting; the proposal for alternative national metrics ‘beyond GDP...
Continue readingGreen Economy Coalition responds to the Rio+20 negotiating text
Continue readingThese world summits only come round every ten years. This text needs to be as bold, visionary and urgent as the moment demands. This is one step forward. There are three more to go: This plan needs to be financed; have clearer responsibilities; and it needs to have a much more...
First draft of Rio 2012 negotiating text now out
At a concise nineteen pages, this first text gives a good insight of where global priorities lie in the first draft of the negotiating text. It closely matches ou...
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Green economy: an analysis of the UNCSD submissions
As you are all aware, over the last few years the term ‘green economy’ has crept from the fringes of global conversations into mainstream political discourse. It has been the source of extensive and energetic discussions across inter-governmental, business and civil society...
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Summary of the 2nd Intersessional Meeting for Rio 2012
The Second Intersessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) was held in New York from 15-16 December 2011.
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Registration and accreditation for Rio 2012 is now open
The UNCSD secretariat has announced that the accreditation and registration process for Rio 2012 is now open. Spread the word. Tell your friends. Get registering. This is our opportunity to kick-start the transition to a greener and fairer economy.
The conference itself will be held...
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Calling all UK followers - debate next week in House of Commons on Rio+20.Big opportunity to raise profile.Spread the word @thomaslingard
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