<![CDATA[Blog: The Cycle of Conferences]]> https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_the_cycle_of_conferences en test@test.com Copyright 2010 2010-12-08T15:51:00+00:00 Current Focus https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/current-focus-2012-06-27 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/current-focus-2012-06-27#When:14:44:00Z The Cycle of Conferences is currently focussing on the UN Climate Summit in New York, September 23 2014

 

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]]> 2012-06-27T14:44:00+00:00 Development banks pledge $175bn for public transport at Rio+20 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/development-banks-pledge-175bn-for-public-transport-at-rio20-2012-06-21 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/development-banks-pledge-175bn-for-public-transport-at-rio20-2012-06-21#When:17:16:11Z Development banks pledge $175bn for public transport at Rio+20. Money will be invested in building transport systems that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

]]> 2012-06-21T17:16:11+00:00 Rio+20 People’s summit gathers pace https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-peoples-summit-gathers-pace-2012-06-20 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-peoples-summit-gathers-pace-2012-06-20#When:19:37:42Z Rio+20 People's summit gathers pace. Two hundred civil society groups - including environmentalists, unions, religious groups and indigenous tribes – will take part in the Peoples' Summit, which is expected to climax with a rally of 50,000 people on the 20th June.

On that day, more than 110 world's leaders will fly in for the Earth summit, marking the two decades that have passed since the original Rio gathering in 1992 set in place a system of international conventions and policy documents designed to bring the human economy back into balance with the global environment.
]]> 2012-06-20T19:37:42+00:00 The Great German Energy Experiment https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/the-great-german-energy-experiment-2012-06-19 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/the-great-german-energy-experiment-2012-06-19#When:16:45:38Z The Great German Energy Experiment. Germany has decided to pursue ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions—while closing down its nuclear plants. Can a heavily industrialized country power its economy with wind turbines and solar panels?

]]> 2012-06-19T16:45:38+00:00 Rio+20 Earth summit is too important to fail, says Ban ki-Moon https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-earth-summit-is-too-important-to-fail-says-ban-ki-moon-2012-06-18 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-earth-summit-is-too-important-to-fail-says-ban-ki-moon-2012-06-18#When:17:38:13Z Rio+20 Earth summit is too important to fail, says Ban ki-Moon. The UN secretary general believes the international community is in danger of squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

]]> 2012-06-18T17:38:13+00:00 Rio heads for economics with meaning https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio-heads-for-economics-with-meaning-2012-06-15 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio-heads-for-economics-with-meaning-2012-06-15#When:18:10:10Z Rio heads for economics with meaning. In 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy questioned the wisdom of using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a useful economic measure. Some economists have long questioned whether GDP is measuring anything meaningful. And in recent years, enough governments have listened that the issue is now on the agenda of the Rio+20 meeting.

]]> 2012-06-15T18:10:10+00:00 Scientists urge Rio moves on population and consumption https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/scientists-urge-rio-moves-on-population-and-consumption-2012-06-15 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/scientists-urge-rio-moves-on-population-and-consumption-2012-06-15#When:18:04:14Z Scientists urge Rio moves on population and consumption. More than 100 science academies around the world have called on world leaders to take action on population and consumption at the Rio+20 summit.

]]> 2012-06-15T18:04:14+00:00 Rio+20 organisers struggle to untangle new world disorder https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-organisers-struggle-to-untangle-new-world-disorder-2012-06-15 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-organisers-struggle-to-untangle-new-world-disorder-2012-06-15#When:16:53:45Z Rio+20 organisers struggle to untangle new world disorder. Climate conference's chief negotiator says notions of developing v developed world, or a north-south divide, are outdated.

]]> 2012-06-15T16:53:45+00:00 Rio+20 stage set for debate on what next for development goals https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-stage-set-for-debate-on-what-next-for-development-goals-2012-06-15 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/rio20-stage-set-for-debate-on-what-next-for-development-goals-2012-06-15#When:16:41:41Z Rio+20 stage set for debate on what next for development goals. The recent proposal for  Sustainable Development Goals, and their relationship to the Millennium Development Goals.

]]> 2012-06-15T16:41:41+00:00 IMF chief Christine Lagarde warns world risks triple crisis https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/imf-chief-christine-lagarde-warns-world-risks-triple-crisis-2012-06-13 https://www.lucistrust.org/ru/blog/blog_cycle_conferences/entry/imf-chief-christine-lagarde-warns-world-risks-triple-crisis-2012-06-13#When:15:20:45Z IMF chief Christine Lagarde warns world risks triple crisis. In the run-up to Rio+20, she highlights the need to take environmental issues into serious consideration.

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