On January 4th, 2012, Bonian Golmohammadi, Secretary General of the World Federation of United Nations Association, and thirteen of his colleagues co-signed an editorial in the Huffington Post calling for a comprehensive, global framework for environmental governance. It has been 20 years since the landmark 1992 Rio Earth Summit.  However, the task of  implementing the goals of [...]

Professor Anamarija Frankic will represent the Center for Governance and Sustainability and the University of Massachusetts Boston at the  17th Conference of the Parties (COP17)  to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COP 17 is being held in Durban, South Africa Nov. 28-Dec. 9, 2011. The conference is also the 7th Session [...]

South Africa is ready to join over 190 parties at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place from November 28th to December 9th 2011 in Durban. COP17 is particularly important because it will be the last Conference of the Parties before the Kyoto [...]