A coalition of institutional investor groups has written a letter urging governments of some of the world’s most powerful economies to show decisive action over climate...
A representative of Ghana’s energy ministry has said that the country is on the lookout for $1 billion worth of investment in renewable energy technology over...
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted peace and security as a “critical ‘fourth dimension’ for sustainable development” in his message for the International Day for...
The United Nations was born out of the ruins of the second world war. It replaced the ill-fated League of Nations, which had failed to prevent...
An intergovernmental food security body linked with the United Nations has set the ball rolling on plans to begin a two-year consultation process for the development...
The UN conference on sustainable development “Rio + 20” marked the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit from which the first international convention to address...
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...
The UN has warned that the world is continuing to speed down an unsustainable track, bringing “irreversible change” despite over 500 internationally agreed climate goals and...
The World Energy Council (WEC) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) have joined forces for a comprehensive study into global energy. The study, entitled World Energy...
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...