Rio De Janeiro has become a Fair Trade Town during this year’s games marking a golden moment for the olympic city. Rio De Janeiro has become...
An an international level, Brazil projects an image of openness and tolerance, where expressions of sexuality during Carnival are encouraged. Yet when it comes to gay,...
The leaders of sub-national governments spanning North and South America, Europe and Australia have today announced collective climate targets that would save 7.9 GtCO2e by 2030...
Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, has said that when it comes to climate and energy policies, cities should have more powers and autonomy, regardless...
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has said that the city may not be able to keep its promise to clean up 80% of Guanabara Bay,...
With the 2014 World Cup kicking off next week, all eyes are on the delicate socio-political situation in Brazil, where the enormous expenditure set aside for...
Mike Scott writes about how the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, perhaps wasn’t all as bad people have made out. “We recognise that the...
Rio+20 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or UNCED) which was staged in the same city....
Two decades have passed since the pioneering Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Today marks the dawning of the United Nations’ game-changing conference for...
There are less than two weeks to go before the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, commences. Blue & Green Tomorrow scours the headlines...
There are 40 days till Rio+20, and news on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is pouring in. Blue & Green Tomorrow takes a look...