{"id":1808,"date":"2011-04-20T15:13:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/2011\/04\/20\/esnn-20311\/"},"modified":"2011-04-20T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:13:36","slug":"esnn-20311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/esnn-20311\/","title":{"rendered":"esnn 20\/04\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #707375; height: 100%; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table style=\"border: 10px solid #ffffff; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #ffffff; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; width: 594px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1511\" alt=\"esnetworknews\" src=\"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/esnetworknews.png\" width=\"602\" border=\"0\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/esnetworknews.png 602w, https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/esnetworknews-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1739\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"stakeforumlogocmykgreen\" src=\"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/stakeforumlogocmykgreen.png\" width=\"64\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"78\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">If your Organisation has news or an announcement, or you would like to contribute to the Earth Summit 2012 Blog, please send your entry to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:es2012@stakeholderforum.org\" rel=\"noopener\">earthsummit2012@stakeholderforum.org<\/a> The entry could share information about an event, meeting, report\/article or reflect on the <br \/>Earth Summit 2012 process itself.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 565px; height: 127px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a> <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Earth Talks Podcast: Green Economy 101; So what&#8217;s it all about?<\/span><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"> <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/news\/345-co-chair-intersesh1\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">In our first episode of Earth Talks we sat down with Tim Jenkins (New Economics Foundation), Victor Anderson (WWF) and Philip Pearson (Trade Unions Congress) to get to grips with the issue of a &#8216;Green Economy&#8217;. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/media-podcasts\/458-green-economy-101\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 5px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #416a15; line-height: 120%; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\">Blog: Challenges for Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development Governance<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Stakeholder Forum is starting its regular blog which will cover the main themes of the Earth Summit in 2012. One of the main issues for Rio+20 is addressing institutional framework for sustainable development. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/blog\/item\/254-felix-blog1\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 568px; height: 247px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Green Economy Report for Canada released<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) has consulted with a wide range of professional business associations and non-government organizations from across the country  to produce a report on what a Green Economy could mean for Canada in the lead-up to Rio+20. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/pubs\/472-green-eco-canada-report\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Women&#8217;s Major Group publish Green Economy gender perspective paper <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">The Women&#8217;s Major Group have this month released a position paper titled A Gender Perspective on the \u2018Green Economy\u2019: Equitable, healthy and decent jobs and livelihoods, in preparation for Rio+20. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/pubs\/440-gender-perspective-green-eco\" rel=\"noopener\">More<br \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 568px; height: 116px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Roundtable discussion on role of Foundations in Rio+20 preparations<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">On the 20th April 2011, The Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), in collaboration with the Environmental Grantmakers Association, the Ford Foundation and the United Nations Foundation, is organizing a Roundtable discussion to explore how foundations might wish to support Rio+20 through fundraising and outreach programmes. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/workshops-meetings-events\/473-roundtable-foundations-\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"> Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">On 20th April 2011, in commemoration of Mother Earth Day, the UN General Assembly in New York is to hold an interactive dialogue on harmony with nature, set to examine how humans can better connect with the environment around them. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/workshops-meetings-events\/477-interactive-dialogue-on-harmony\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Stakeholders&#8217; meeting to develop Action Plan on Forests and the Green Economy <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">On 10th May 2011, Stakeholders across the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) region are invited to participate in a discussion on developing an Action Plan on Forests and the Green Economy.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/workshops-meetings-events\/474-stakeholders-meeting-forest-action-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">The Madrid Dialogue: Green Economy and Decent Jobs<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Trade union leaders gathered on April 12, 2011 in Madrid with the UN High Level Panel on Global Sustainability and leaders from other social and environmental movements to discuss a new development paradigm on the way to the Rio + 20 summit and beyond. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/pubs\/sf-publications\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Ocean community produces newsletter on Rio+20 <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">The Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands\u2019 April 2011 newsletter focuses on the importance of Rio+20 in advancing their agenda of marine conservation and sustainability. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/news\/476-ocean-rio-newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">Sustainable Development Issues Network launches Rio+20 Web Platform for NGOs<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">The Sustainable Development Issues Network has launched a web platform where all UN-accredited NGOs can discuss and inform each other on topics, events and others related to Rio+20. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/workshops-meetings-events\/444-colombia-uni-event\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 567px; height: 96px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #015480; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #416a15;\">New informal negioting dates confirmed<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Dates for four sets of informal negotiations in the lead up to Rio+20 have been confirmed for early 2012. The meetings will be convened at the UN headquarters, New York to discuss the Zero Draft document, which will be made available for all to read in early January 2012. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/news\/prep-news\/479-new-informals-dates\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #b6b6b6; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 570px; height: 128px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 504px; padding-right: 10px;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #416a15;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/index.php\/media-podcasts\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/earthsummit2012\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1741\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"image009\" src=\"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/image009.png\" width=\"40\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/image009.png 256w, https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/image009-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Follow us on Twitter @earthsummit2012 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/rioplus2012\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"googlelogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthsummit2012.org\/images\/stories\/google_icon.png\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Join our Earth Summit Google group<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=369823038490\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1764\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"facebook-mini-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/facebook-mini-logo.jpg\" width=\"40\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Join us on Facebook <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><em>Copyright \u00a9 2011 Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future. 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