A new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on May 1st, 2012, titled ‘Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations’, disclosed that peacekeeping operations to address conflicts fuelled by natural resources have cost the UN system about $32 billion since the 1940s. Most of the natural resources-related conflicts [...]

Within the framework of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, the Government of Brazil and UNDP have extended an invitation to organizations and participants worldwide to take part in the Sustainable Development Dialogues. The dialogues are a virtual and direct platform for anyone who desires to add their voice to the Rio+20 Conference. It is [...]

Solutions, a nonprofit print and online publication devoted to showcasing bold and innovative ideas for solving the world’s integrated ecological, social, and economic problems, is spotlighting an upcoming special issue to be published in anticipation of the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The  issue, “The Future We Want,” features an interview with Gus O’Donnell, [...]

Researchers associated with the University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Bangalore based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) have found that the Himalayas, a biodiversity hotspot, is warming more rapidly than the rest of the globe. A new study report published in the journal ‘PLoS One’ on May 15, 2012 authored by [...]

Global Campaign For Climate Action (GCCA) is bringing together four members of the Elders group, and four young activists for an online discussion about sustainable future.The Elders group was founded in 2007 by Nelson Mandela who, along with Aung San Suu Kyi , remains an honorary  member of the group. The ten member group is made up [...]

Until the end of May 2012, the International Affairs Special Issue: ‘Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice’ is available online for free. The issue, guest edited by Bernice Lee and Robert Falkner, highlights the work of respected academics and researchers in preparation for Rio+20. The full articles are available by clicking on the [...]

‘Quest for Leadership’ recounts the story of environmental governance through the eyes of the individuals who created and led national and international institutions for environment and development.

Produced by Maria Ivanova and Joe Ageyo, The Quest for Symphony has been called “the white paper on global environmental governance in images.

On 29 June 2009, the GEG Project convened a historic reunion of all five successive Executive Directors of the United Nations Environment Programme at the Global Environmental Governance Forum in Glion, Switzerland.

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