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 [...]

The Planet Under Pressure Conference, taking place in London from March 26th-29th, 2012, just announced live streaming services for its plenary sessions and for two live episodes of “The Daily Planet” on each day of the conference. The conference will bring together academics, international organizations, senior policy makers, technology experts, non-state actors, and representatives of the [...]

On February 20, at the Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council, UNEP launched the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5) Summary for Policy Makers. The summary, a prelude to the full report, calls for policies that go beyond protection and mitigation into addressing the actual key drivers of environmental change. The Summary for Policy Makers is the product of [...]

The newest publication of Worldwatch Institute’s flagship State of the World series, State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity  will be available April 11th, 2012. At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, nations made a commitment to sustainable development – an economic system that promotes the health of both ecosystems and humans. Twenty [...]

On January 30 and 31, two conferences dealing with environmental governance took place in Paris, France. At the Institute of Political Science in Paris (SciencePo), the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations hosted a workship entitled, “The Role of International Environmental Governance in Strengthening Stustainable Development Reform in the Run Up to Rio+20.”  Simultaneously, the [...]

On November 21st, 2011, at UN headquarters in New York City, the Permanent Mission of Norway convened a discussion panel on the environmental dimension of the Institutional Framework on Sustainable Development. The panelists included environmental experts Dr. Maria Ivanova of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Ole Kristian Fauchald of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway, and Dr. Tariq Banuri, former [...]