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7 Critical Issues at Rio+20

Featured Publications

A guidebook to the Green Economy Issue 1: Green Economy, Green Growth, and Low-Carbon Development - history, definitions and a guide to recent publications, UN-DESA

Secretary-General's Report on Objectives and Themes of the United Nations Conference, UNDESA

Sustainable development has been the overarching goal of the international community since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992. Amongst numerous commitments, the Conference called upon governments to develop national strategie, UN-DESA

Transition to a Green Economy: Benefits, Challenges and Risks from a Sustainable Development Perspective, UNDESA DSD, UNEP, UNCTAD

Rio+20 Issues Briefs

Issues Brief 1 - Trade and Green Economy, UNCSD Secretariat and UNCTAD

Issues Brief 2 - Options for Strengthening IFSD: Peer Review, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 3 - IFSD: Issues related to an intergovernmental body on SD, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 4 - Oceans, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 5 - Sustainable�Cities, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 6 - Current Ideas on Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 7 - Green jobs and social inclusion, UN-DESA

Issue Brief 8: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 9 - Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 10 - Regional, national and local level governance for sustainable development, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 11 - Water, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 12 - Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 13 - Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport in Emerging and Developing Economies , UN-DESA

Issues Brief 14 - Population dynamics and sustainable development, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 15 - Migration and sustainable development, UN-DESA

Issues Brief 16 - Finance for the Transition to a Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication, UN-DESA

Objective & Themes

The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges

The Conference will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable development.

Rio+20 Issues Briefs

The UNCSD Secretariat together with its partners has prepared a series of Rio+20Issues Briefs. The purpose of the Rio+20 Issues Briefs is to provide a channel for policymakers and other interested stakeholders to discuss and review issues relevant to the objective and themes of the conference, including a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, as well as the institutional framework for sustainable development.

The Issues Briefs can be accessed from the right side of this page. For overall information on the Rio+20 Issues Briefs, please contact Mr. David O'Connor, Chief, Policy Analysis and Networks Branch, Division for Sustainable Development at dsd@un.org or Fax: + 1 212 963 4260.